Belgium Evdive Ham Au Gratin

I saw this on Andrew Zimmern’s show and wanted to give it a try. A vegetable side dish! There is ham and cheese, so I’m not going crazy. The endive brings some bitterness; salty ham, and the creamy cheese sauce ties everything together. This dish dates back three hundred years, but I made it fresh….

Hash Brown Stack

My favorite meal to cook is brunch since you can pretty much do anything you want. Depending on how many muffin tins you possess, this recipe has the ability to feed a lot of people. This one is from Alabama with Southern influences and the hash brown potatoes for a base. Andouille sausage, tomatoes, cheddar…

Spatchcock Baked Chicken

This is more a stylistic and better cooking thing as well as a flavor delivery method. By spatchcocking the bird, it makes brining the bird easier as well as more even cook results. The dark meat gets done at the same time as the white meat plus crispy skin. This method also makes for a…

International Flavor Bases

All dishes have a base of flavor, and depending on where in the world each dish comes from, each has a different group of components. Regional ingredients and tastes make up the flavor bases and work with the main ingredients available in that region. Let’s highlight some of the most common bases that are used…

Bacon Deviled Eggs

There is a problem with deviled eggs: the flavor delivery is all done with the yolks. The whites act like the parking lot for flavor to drive over. It’s not their fault! The egg whites have always been neglected – they are egg whites. If they don’t become macaroons, they kinda just give up. So…