Texas Chili Burgers
I’ve had a lot of requests for this recipe since I posted the picture from Texas a few weeks ago. The secret to a…
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Fake-Fried Cornflake Chicken
I have made this recipe countless times for friends, guests, kids, adults, family and strangers… And while everyone raves about it, no one can…
Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Figs
One of the highlights of my summer is when one of my American guests told my Italian mother in law, in perfect Italian, that…
Low & Slow Oven Pulled Pork
I did not grow up eating pulled pork. It’s a famous BBQ staple in the deep south, but Texans generally prefer to barbecue beef….
Favorite Grilled Chicken
Happy (late) New Year everybody! As you might have guessed by my month-long hiatus from the blog, this year’s holiday season has even more…
Stuffed Peppers with Chicken, Chard and Cheddar
Something I didn’t know about pregnancy, something people forget to mention when waxing poetic about the joys of impending motherhood, is that among all…
Oven-baked BBQ Ribs
On these first days of pre-summer, when the breeze is still chilly but the sun warms your skin, and the daylight stretches later each…
Braised Chicken with Caramelized Onions, Olives and Apples
I have an over-population problem in my kitchen. I’m beginning to suspect my pots and pans are breeding at night. Even after I reorganize…
Stuffed Turkey with Herb Butter
Here is a delicious and relatively simple recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey. Check out the video here. I recommend cooking the stuffing separately from…
Stuffed Roast Turkey – Illustrated
You’ll have to pardon my sketch, here. I don’t have a descent picture of a turkey, and won’t have one until Friday, but I…
Improvised, International Chicken Mole
I’ve been on a Tex-Mex craze lately. Maybe it’s because I didn’t make it back to Texas this summer and I’m craving some of…
Summer Grilling Guide
Almost exactly one year ago I found myself hauling a 90 pound (40 kg) cardboard box into the San Antonio, Texas airport and checking…
Some Hamburger How-to
We had a great time last Friday at the hamburger lesson in collaboration with Laboratorio Cingoli. We all got our hands dirty forming and flipping…