In reality, elote translates to corn on the cob, but it has also come to refer to this dish of grilled corn slathered in a tangy, spicy sauce and sprinkled with salty cheese. This dish is also referred to as Mexican street corn, as it …
Diplomatico is a no-bake dessert, which makes it vanlife-friendly, but it is not a simple recipe. You’ll need an electric mixer and a bit of focus to pull this off. It may blow your mind that a mediocre walmart pound cake can be dressed up …
Vodka sauce, at its base, is a tomato and cream sauce laced with a bit of red pepper and a splash of vodka. These days it is more of an Italian-American dish than proper Italian, though it did originate in the old country.
That origin is somewhat debated, though the story that makes the most sense to me, and one that I have read many times, has to do with simple economics. Continue reading Rigatoni alla Vodka
This recipe is mostly about the sauce. It is a riff on an Italian classic, the agrodolce. If you have a bit of training in romance languages, you can probably pull apart that name and tell that agrodolce is a sweet and sour sauce. Traditionally, …
This recipe is adapted from a dish served at our favorite Italian restaurant in Boulder, which is no longer in operation, Via Perla. When they were still open, they had the best happy hour deal in town: a bottle of wine and an appetizer for …
In the previous post on traditional spaghetti carbonara (which can be found here) I said just about everything I have to say about the dish and its origins, so this post will be a bit more personal.
When I was first learning to cook, I thought of spaghetti carbonara as the pinnacle of difficulty. A dish in which the sauce is made with raw egg–how bizarre it seemed to me. How would the egg cook? Wasn’t I risking the dreaded salmonella? Continue reading Smoky Vegetarian Spaghetti Carbonara
Spaghetti Carbonara is one of those dishes that I could eat twice, maybe three times a week without ever getting tired of it. It is just always that good. If you have never had it before, spaghetti carbonara is a dish made with pasta, cured …
Chicken Piccata is a dish in both Italian and Italian-American cuisine, though its exact origins remain unclear. The term piccata actually refers to a method of preparation rather than a dish itself. Chicken piccata is the more common dish in the US and refers to …
Welcome to the beginning of The Buslife Kitchen! I have been working on this project since we finished construction of the bus, trying to get a head start on content. I have developed some really delicious recipes that I am excited to share with you, so when you finish reading this recipe, be sure to hit the subscribe button on the sidebar (or at the bottom if you are on your phone)!
To kick things off, I chose a really special Sicilian classic, the orange and fennel salad. Continue reading Fennel and Orange Salad
The cookware that we carry in our bus is likely quite a bit more than many other modern nomads, but if you can find the space for all of it, you can make every meal that you will find on this website. We have champagne …