Perfect fried chicken. It's the holy grail of any chef. Fried chicken should be perfectly light and crispy, a crust that's not too thick, but hearty, and it cannot be greasy. The critical factor, though, is the brine. Perfect fried chicken should be most tasty from the inside. I wouldn't have thought that this step was so important, but don't...

A few weeks back the Texans were the Sunday evening game (I don't want to to even talk about what a disaster this season has been because I'm totally in denial), and I wanted to do a dinner version of chicken and waffles with a twist (though I still would like to do a traditional brunch version). Instead of buttermilk waffles, we made potato...

In keeping with our recent obsession of buffalo wings and blue cheese, here is a fun variation that incorporates those delicious flavors into a macaroni and cheese. As you might expect from anything titled macaroni and cheese, it was delicious— perfect for an evening of watching Monday Night Football after a long day of school. We poached and...

Before Dustin left for one of his trips back to San Antonio, he specifically told me not to eat all of his Frank's. He literally eats Frank's hot sauce all of the time now. Last week at the grocery store, he bought tortilla chips with no salsa, but instead said he would eat them with Frank's. Now I enjoy the flavors of hot wings (as evidenced...

For another installment of easy dinners on days you want to put zero effort into making food, may I present to you orange chicken tacos! I feel like all of my food inspiration these days either involves pumpkin or combining two different cuisines like Asian and Mexican in this case. Trader Joe's makes some great frozen orange chicken that I...

Buffalo wings are the ultimate football food, and lucky for us they are actually super easy to make! Tasty buffalo wings don't need to be fried. Honestly, we think frying might take something away from them because where it's at is the buttery hot sauce and blue cheese dip. Waaaay better than the wings from that a well known joint with the half...

We needed a simple and healthy lunch one Saturday afternoon to balance out the epic dinner we were planning for that evening (to be posted soon...you'll know it when you see it). I didn't want to do any cooking, but at the same time, I didn't want to do our normal quickie lunch of bread, cheese, and hummus, or chicken salad and crackers. I...

When looking up how to preserve lemons for the most delicious pizza ever, I learned they are a staple in Middle Eastern and Moroccan cooking. We still had quite a few leftover after making our pizza, so I went looking for an easy and healthy dinner in which I could incorporate the preserved lemons. I found this recipe for chicken with lemons and...

Making fried chicken is still on our to-do list together. But we usually reserve our frying ventures for the weekend, so for a quick weeknight meal, we usually bread our chicken with Panko breadcrumbs and bake them in the oven until crunchy for a faux-fry. This time around we added some shredded coconut to the mix as if we were making the...

So this isn't legit jerk chicken, but it is still really damn delicious and pretty darn similar. Jerk chicken that you'd get in Jamaica uses Scotch bonnet peppers, which are similar in heat to a habanero pepper, so that is what is often substituted here in the states. We decided to forgo the habanero pepper and just use a jalapeño, so maybe this...