Tasty grilled pork banh mi sliders with all the fixings, from Jonathan Melendez’s fantastic cookbook The Slider Effect. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
jalapeño chicken salad with homemade aioli and fresh fennel
An effortless jalapeño chicken salad recipe featuring tender dark meat chicken, homemade aioli, fennel, and green pepper sauce on toasted ciabatta. This post is sponsored by Tabasco. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
the blue ridge swim club + a picnic
Summer fun has never been my kind of fun. I don’t like heat. I burn easily. I like wool sweaters and socks, thermoses of hot soup, and ice hockey. So when we decamped for Virginia, my plan for May to September was to ride out the daylight hours indoors with the AC running full blast and then sit on the porch with a beer and/or bourbon after sundown. Our dear friends (and distant relations) Patrick and Freedom spoke highly of their swim club as an antidote to Virginia summers, but I was skeptical. Pools, after all, are places where books get wet. [Read more…]
chimichurri roast pork sandwiches + a mezzetta giveaway {sponsored post}
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Back in Brooklyn, busy Saturdays would often lead to a kind of desperate hunger that ended with Brian heading out for sandwiches. If we were flush, we’d either stop by one of our favorite neighborhood places like Saltie, otherwise there were plenty of plain old delis that could be counted for a good sandwich for not much money. And either way, we only had to walk a block from our front door.
Here in Virginia, things are different. We knew when we moved here that we’d be giving up the incredible NYC food culture, and we’ve run into a few painful reminders, like trying to find dinner at 10pm on a Tuesday or a decent sandwich on a Sunday afternoon. To cope, we’ve gotten better at cooking the favorite foods we used to outsource. Good sandwiches are a necessity for us, and over the past few months, we’ve honed our skills. [Read more…]
grilled cheese with peach bruschetta
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As autumn nears, we mean to linger on every delightful summer moment. For us, that means getting outside as often as we can. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be heading to parks, rivers, and pools with the car windows open the whole way. This has been such a gorgeous and mild summer and I really can’t stand thinking it’s about to end. But it will, and until then you can find me outside.
Of course, my outdoor priorities don’t leave a lot of time for cooking, so we’re keeping things really simple in the kitchen. Grilled cheese has long been part of my easy dinner arsenal, but it’s now taken on an essential status. [Read more…]