When the Radonsos came over for lunch last month, I made these super quick, fresh and delicious salads. This spicy chickpea salad doesn’t even require any cooking, just a bit of chopping and making a mess and you’re done. It’s a great little dish to bring to a picnic or backyard barbecue. ...

I miss my kitchen so much, you guys! I’ve been on the road for work (nowhere exciting) and there aren’t really any good eats to talk about*. I’ve been reading Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook while I’m here (checked it out of the library – I was curious), and there are a few intriguing things I want......

I realize Mother’s Day was three weeks ago, but I’ve got a bit of a blogging backlog going on right now, due to some technical difficulties that left me internet-less at home for the last few weeks. Quick shout-out to my brother for fixing things up; he was thanked with the rest of the Cowboy......

I feel like I spend just as much time talking about foods I don’t like on this blog, as I doabout what I love.  What can I say, I have issues with a bunch of things, and soup is one of them. About five years ago, I went through a prolonged soup bender. The problem......

We all know by now how I feel about the Golden Globes; they are my Superbowl.  Kristine and Nicole were both away for them this year, so I kicked it with Mom & Dad and we had a good time watching together, after we had a chat about not spontaneously changing channels to football during......

  There was a Taco Bell up the street from my high school, and according to some cryptic notes in my yearbooks from Alexis and Kristine, we were regular customers. None of us really remembers going there that often, but I guess it went down (or else it was code for something else??). Anyway, in my......

I’ve always assumed making risotto is a lengthy process, based on what I’ve seen on the Food Network.  I’ve never made it at home, because it seems kind of intimidating, and I hate wasting time and ingredients on things that don’t turn out.  Nevertheless, I know I need to work on this, so I bought a bag......

  Do you remember these Hummus Cakes?  I made them last year when I was doing my Elimination Challenge. Since I couldn’t have tomatoes, mushrooms and eggplant at the beginning of the challenge, I missed out on the Caponata Stew, which is a slightly spicy vegetarian dish. Alexis’ mother-in-law made this for us a few summers ago when......

  These are the little apps we munched on while we watched the eTalk Red-Carpet special, trashed George’s girlfriend, and played fashion police. Nicole and I made these little triangles for our Smitten Kitchen Christmas dinner (which I will write a Retro-blog post about!) with a spinach & feta filling and another batch with a caramelized onion......

Kristine and I take our awards shows very seriously. I’ve written before about the Superbowl of awards shows, the Golden Globes. The Oscars have all the prestige though, but they are just soooooo loooong, you have a lot of categories we don’t care about (Sound Mixing, Editing, Documentary Short Subject), and by this point in......