Ultimate Oven-Fried Chicken

We are posting this on a Friday, because this is definitely a weekend recipe. There’s a lot of love and care that goes into this chicken that can’t get done in the one-hour dinner-making time frame. So do yourself a favor, get all the ingredients by Saturday, and serve this as a Sunday afternoon feast.
What’s [...]

Thirsty Thursday: Cafe Latte

While I began to write this post, I was trying to figure out what to call what I had made. Was it a latte? Cafe au lait? Cappuccino?
Who knows.
So I turned to google for a minute. It turns out there are distinctions to all of these words. At first glance it would seem that I [...]

Half and Half Patty Melts with Sweet Potato Fries

Some days, you just crave a good burger. Blame it on iron deficiency if you must, but I am a carnivore at heart, and I’ll take a little red meat where I can get it.
Unfortunately, for a really good burger, you need the 80/20 mix of ground beef, which means that the meat is 20 [...]

A Breakfast Blend

I totally ripped this dish off from a diner in Michigan. At least, I ripped off the idea . I don’t think it could be considered a rip off anymore because I really have changed it to be my own thing.
Still, the basis is the same: it’s all the breakfast foods chopped up and covered [...]

Diner Days

There is something to be said for living on the edge of New Jersey — we have easy access to some of the most amazing diners in the country. So whether we want breakfast, lunch or dinner, at any time of day, we can get it. And for cheap!
The downside of course, is that diner [...]