Every year we disappear into the woods for a week at my dad's cabin. Every year the food gets better. We step it up a bit each trip. There are the standard meals and ingredients: steak, chicken, corn, potatoes (my dad's potatoes are the best!), tomatoes and cucumbers from his ...

Yes, you read correctly...Who puts that in a sandwich?! I went to Epicurious to look for some fancy sandwich ideas. I found a couple of interesting ideas. One was Pressed Coppa Sandwiches with Broccoli Rabe Pesto. Obviously, that's the one I got the most inspiration from. The other was Broccoli ...

My CSA boxed has been transforming slowly from hearty greens and lettuces to, well, still hearty greens and lettuces but also strawberries and summer squashes. I don't dislike zucchini but it's not something I rush out to buy. I had it now though, and would make something delicious. It's been ...

I was approached by the folks at the Blood Kiss Kickstarter campaign to see if I could do something on the site about the movie project. At first I couldn't figure out how to tie a Film Noir vampire movie into FoodPorn. I thought maybe I could do an interview ...

My son said, "I don't like cabbage." I said, "It's not cabbage, it's slaw." I like traditional cole slaw but can only eat so much of it. I don't like cooked cabbage. I've been getting cabbage from my CSA so I've been experimenting. When I decided to make chicken with ...

My husband isn't a fan of chewing meat off a bone. He was out of town so I thought I'd try out making ribs. I'd never made them before since I too wasn't a fan of gnawing on bones, but I got over it. My son recently discovered he like ...

I thought this recipe from Cooking.com's newsletter looked tasty, kid-friendly and easy. Well, this was a miss. The broth had too much sugar in it. I made the rookie mistake of not tasting the broth before cooking the chicken in it (or even before ladling it into the bowls). I ...

Hey, I didn't say all the inspirations would be for dinner. I got a Cooking.com newsletter that had a blueberry pancake recipe and I thought, "Sure! Why not?" I usually make waffles. I prefer them actually. But the whole point of this newsletter exercise is to change things up a ...

I've got a cold. I just got mostly over the flu and got walloped with head congestion. Blargh. So, I want soup. Lots of soup. It just so happened that Food and Wine's newsletter yesterday had soup! Italian Wedding Soup to be exact. I got my frozen chicken backs from ...

I haven't made Indian food in ages. When my son begs for mac-n-cheese...yes, my child who gobbles up raw oysters, serrano ham and ramen still begs for the one "kid" food he likes...I make him that and make something for my husband and I that I know my kid won't ...