Let’s face it, we all love pizza. Pizza is a thing of beauty in its simplicity: Dough, sauce, cheese. And of course some toppings, preferably meat. But in that simplicity there is also so much complexity and diversity. Thin crust, deep dish, NY style, Chicago style, St. Louis style, wood fired, brick oven, national delivery […]
3 Meat Dishes I Want to Perfect This Year
Maybe perfect is a bit too lofty of a goal. If I can just make some very good versions of the following dishes I will be happy. I have tried 2 of the 3 dishes before with middling results. They have definitely been edible and even good but I know they can be better. I […]
My Take on Halal Guys Street Meat
Have you ever been to New York? Have you had some of the awesome food from the Halal Guys? They started out with a food cart on 53rd and 6th in NYC and has since added more carts and some restaurants. They are even franchising and opening some restaurants in California, Chicago, and a few […]
Meat Madness – Chicken/Seafood
OK, time to get the Meat Madness tournament under way. Instead of going round by round I am going meat group by meat group. We will play each group out until we get to four finalists for the showdown. So let’s get started with the Chicken/Seafood bracket. Here are how the matchups went down: Chicken […]
Meat Madness Bracket
Yeah, this is a pretty blatant ripoff of a big college basketball tournament that is happening right now but now is as good a time as any to have the Meat Madness Bracket. I have split these meats into 4 “regions”: Beef, Pork, Poultry/Seafood, and Charcuterie/Other. Now these aren’t necessarily the most popular cuts of […]
