A place for men (and other home cooks) to learn the secrets to everyday cooking
Recreating great recipes from my favorite restaurants
Red Pepper Polenta – piquillo pepper and manchego polenta, with a cherry tomato, white wine, and garlic butter sauce. Recently I was in Sante Fe NM, visiting my son Carlo and his girlfriend Mary for Easter. For Easter dinner, we went to one of the nicer Santa Fe restaurants on […]
Houston’s Spinach Artichoke Dip – Recently, the Dude of The Dudes Kitchen on YouTube (@Thegrillingdude) made a very nice Spinach and Artichoke dip. It wasn’t fancy or overly unique. But for me, it brought back some very powerful memories of a spinach & artichoke dip I used to eat. Houston’s […]
Copycat McDonalds Breakfast Sandwiches – Milwaukee Mayor Johnson Interview – Today we are making Copycat McDonalds Breakfast Sandwiches with the Mayor of Milwaukee, the Hon. Cavalier Johnson. This is in our continuing series “Cooking with Milwaukee Community Leaders” The Mayor takes care of breakfast in his house most mornings. I […]
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie – Well, as many of you know, I like to go to restaurants, have a nice meal, and then try to recreate what I ate, especially if it was memorable. Well, recently I had just such an experience. I was up at our lake house in Leland, […]
Banana Spring Rolls – Some of you know that I like to go to restaurants and eat. Ok, maybe not a surprise, but what I do like to do at these restaurants is recreate at home, the dish that I had at the restaurant. Recently I was in St Petersburg, […]
Short Ribs and Risotto – Recently I was in St Petersburg, Florida, visiting my son, Luke. Our visit coincided with his birthday. For his birthday, we went to a restaurant called “The Library” in St Pete. It is a restaurant attached to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital in downtown St […]