Category: Travel
-
Cilantro Pesto Recipe (Can It Pesto? Series)
I had other intentions for the fourth edition of Can It Pesto?, but then two things happened—and this cilantro pesto recipe was born. First, I spent six worthwhile hours making the quesabirria tacos from the ArnieTex cookbook. Second, I had a full-on forest of cilantro growing in the top spot of my Gardyn (my indoor…
-
5 Mild Peppers I Grow Every Year
If you’re planning a garden and want peppers that add flavor without a lot of heat, these are the five mild peppers I grow every year. They’re reliable, versatile, and easy to use in everyday cooking — from salads to weeknight dinners. I also grow plenty of hot peppers for homemade hot sauce, but these…
-
Cookbook Roulette: Hasselback Potatoes with Baltimore Blonde & Chive Sauce
This week’s Cookbook Roulette wheel landed on The Official Guiness Cookbook. Every recipe incorporates some form of Guinness beer, which makes it a fun (and slightly unpredictable) choice for Cookbook Roulette. The randomizer landed on page 59: Hasselback Potatoes with Baltimore Blonde and Chive Sauce. We were already planning steak for Saturday night, and this…
-
Turkey Tetrazzini with Poultry Herb Pesto
Turkey Tetrazzini with Poultry Herb Pesto is a total leftover-dump recipe — and I mean that in the best possible way. My husband makes the best smoked turkey on his enormous, 500-lb, wood-guzzling smoker, and because he loves the process so much, he tends to make… a lot of it. I can only make so…
-
Cookbook Roulette: Making Croque Madame from Matty Matheson’s Cookbook
I collect cookbooks, and in an effort to actually use them more, I decided to let a spinning wheel choose what I make for dinner. First, I added eight of my cookbooks to an online randomizer and hit “spin.” Then, I used a second wheel to randomly select a page number. The result? Page 205…
-
Homemade Tabasco Sauce
Making homemade Tabasco sauce is easier than you might think. This simple homemade hot sauce recipe uses just a few ingredients and minimal effort, yet adds bold flavor to eggs, seafood, and Bloody Marys right at home. The hardest part is gathering enough tiny Tabasco peppers to make the sauce—one cup equals about 80–100 peppers,…
-
Italian Sandwich with Burrata
This Italian Sandwich with Burrata is seriously flavorful and so delicious. The creamy burrata, salty Italian meats, and spicy Calabrian chiles come together with the other toppings to create a sandwich that’s a total explosion of flavor. To really understand how to best enjoy a sandwich like this, I need to introduce you to the…