Roasted poblano peppers must be one of the best flavors in the world. There are a lot of delicious peppers out there, but for me, poblanos are unrivaled. Unfortunately, it can be really difficult to get that amazing flavor to come through in a meal. …
I would guess that just about everyone clicking through to this recipe has made guacamole before. It is very simple and very difficult to mess up. Mash up some avocados with onions, garlic, tomatoes, lime, and salt. Simple and wonderful. But what if I told …
The weeks spent perfecting chicken tinga were undoubtedly some my favorite in the kitchen. Not only were we eating amazing tacos every few days, but our friends also kept dropping in for dinner. Once you’ve tasted these tacos, it is not hard to see why.
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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 …