My Addiction, or Guilty Pleasure

I have an addiction. An addition so bad that every Saturday, the world stops between Noon and 5 p.m. My addiction, or guilty pleasure : cooking shows.
I make sure all of my chores are done before the Bewitching Hour. I make sure the Sous-Chef has enough snacks to tide her over, and I have plenty [...]

Simple ways to cook chicken breasts: Chicken Bosciaola with Penne

Chad wrote:
CC – I’m a simple, single man with limited culinary skillz.  I like to eat  chicken breast.  I cube it and fry it in a pan with olive oil, and sprinkle some  garlic salt.  Its getting old.
Do you have any favorite, simple ways to cook chicken breast?  Bake?  Fry?
Why yes, Chad; I do [...]

Dirty Rice

Do you like it dirty? Well, do you? MMmmnnnn, you cheeky monkey!
The CC does! But shhhh, my doctor wouldn’t be so thrilled about knowing that. So, the CC made a version of her favorite dish using ground turkey and turkey sausage to achieve the legendary taste that helped put N’Orleans ( Nawlins) on the map.
For [...]

Death by Salad???

So, the CC was webhopping a few days ago and ran across this article about a British celebrity chef confusing a benign herb with a deadly cousin of the nightshade family.  Fat Hen, is supposed to be rather innocuous, while henbane , or stinking nightshade can cause hallucinations, vomiting, and death. His response was kind [...]

What are you having for dinner tonight?

The Culinary Chick is in a quandry. I fed the Sous-chef her usual mix of kibble and Filet Mignon-flavored food (yes, the CC knows that the marketing is directed to me, since the Sous-chef usually makes a meal out of her posterior, and really doesn’t care what I feed her), bit I am trying to [...]

Try compound butters to liven up grilled food!

Hey gang!
Tired of the same old A1© sauce on top of your charcoal grilled steak? Is that marinated grilled chicken boring the heck out of you? Sick of the same old grilled vegetables? Yes, I know.
Have you tried making compound butter before? You should.  It is a great way to add flavor and pizazz to [...]

AP reports Mexican Peppers tagged as unsafe long before outbreak

According to the Associated Press, Federal inspectors at the U.S./ Mexico border routinely rejected shipments of peppers months before the outbreak of Salmonella this year. As many as 88 shipments were turned away since January, and it surprised the higher-ups at the FDA.
Using records obtained from the FDA, AP discovered the pattern of rejection from [...]

Earnings of Celebrity Chefs

The Culinary Chick ran across an interesting slide show of the top ten celebrity chefs and what their earnings are. Sous-chef and I read this with our mouths agape at who was the top earner on this list. If i was Queen of The Universe, I would send this person to my Fantasy Culinary [...]

Maque Choux

About a week ago, I bought some local corn from the grocery store. I only bought four ears, because I live alone, and Lucky doesn’t like corn. Who is Lucky? Well, she is my 11-year-old Dalmatian mix, and is my sous-chef. Sous-Chef will be her nom-de-plume in this blog henceforth. But I digress.
Well, to celebrate [...]

This Week (so far) in Restaurant Shenanigans

The Culinary Chick saw two interesting item in the news over the past three days, and decided to enlighten you folks. If you haven’t heard about this first incident, then let me tell you.
Apparently, A cook in an Indiana steakhouse received six months in jail and three years probation for tampering with food. The cook, [...]