Back at Rice, Erin and I used to eat Barry's Pizza pretty often. Their pizza was pretty excellent but whenever we ordered cheese bread, we knew we were in for a treat. It was the most ridiculously large layer of mozzarella you could imagine. Even though I specifically put "Mozarella (LOTS)" on the grocery list this week, Erin didn't buy enough...

I've been wanting to make arancini (fried risotto balls) pretty much since the first time we've made risotto. But it always seems likes there is never quite enough to make it worth it, or else we have some really weird risotto mix-ins that wouldn't translate into the best arancini. Plus it wasn't until relatively recently that we felt...

Without a doubt, whenever we eat at our staple Indian restaurant we order samosas. We almost always get chicken tikka masala as well, but sometimes we change it up and get butter chicken. However, samosas (and naan) are always on the must order list. When it comes to making dinners at home, we are really creative and experimental, but when it...

Hit #1 from our Super Bowl party appetizers. At the party we went to, everyone was asked to bring an appetizer to watch the big game. Normally I'd bring dessert, but a long standing and fattening tradition at the Super Bowl party we went to is Super Bowl Sundaes. Literally there were 5 kinds of ice cream, numerous toppings from candy and...

French onion dip is one of those things you usually buy prepackaged for parties and get togethers, but the homemade version is so much better tasting and better for your heart. You can spend a good while standing over the stove caramelizing onions and shallots on the stove. Or you can roast them as we did when inspired by this recipe from Bon...

I finally did it! I finally made homemade hummus the right way. We bought dry garbanzo beans and soaked them over night before following this popular hummus recipe by Mark Bittman on Epicurious. The taste was awesome by taking the extra step to soak the beans, but we still can't get the creamy texture of the hummus served at Mediterranean...