I did an episode of Iron Chef two summers ago with a very talented chef named Joe Isidori. I got to eat approximately 15 courses of steak prepared by him and Bobby Flay. It was pure heaven. I just wish I could have distributed those meals out over a longer period of time... they had…
I just returned from yet another magical Girl Hunter Weekend. There is something about these weekends, every single time I say to myself, "wow, I couldn't have hand picked a better group of women to come together as total strangers and bond as if they had known each other for years." I feel very lucky…
I have been on a hurrication for the past week. I was in Montana and then had quite the time getting to New York because of the hurricane that pummeled the east coast. My journey here involved a small plane and a six hour car ride in which I subsisted on gummy bears, jerky, and…
I'm giving away a pretty awesome book today guys and gals.
It is by the talented, formidable Aida Mollenkamp, and it just hit bookstores everywhere. It is one of the most comprehensive technique cookbooks I have seen in quite some time. And you will love it.
To begin with, there are 300 juicy recipes and beautiful color…
People often ask me what my favorite kitchen tool is. This, of course, depends on what’s for dinner. If there is protein on the menu, and there often is, these are the top 10 items I rely on most often to ensure that the final result is as delicious as it can be and nothing…
I just got back from hosting the first Adventure Weekend of the year with 20 wonderful women from all over the map. They brought a warmth and fearlessness with them, since many of them had never even held a gun before, driven an ATV, thrown on waders and gone fly fishing, or sat in the…
I'm super excited to announce... The Bacon Adventure Weekend
Open to just 6 people , this once in a lifetime exclusive cooking and outdoor adventure will take place in the heart of where I wrote Girl Hunter, at a privately owned 3,000 acre nature preserve along one of the most soulful parts of the Mississippi…
In part 1, I talked about my tips for field dressing and aging game birds. And though my preference is to keep birds whole with skin on whenever possible, here are several other options when the circumstances call for it:
On skinning a bird…
There are times when a bird has been too badly damaged to keep…
In honor of the gratuitous number of shots of me eating steak on last night's Iron Chef episode, I thought this recipe was in order for today.
Now before all of the hard core Chicago beef sandwich eaters start freaking out, let me tell you that this recipe is very much my own version... it's not…