What follows is a compendium of preparations for the greatest dishes ever to appear at either an event or in the kitchen of one of our members. Some are original, some adapted, and some outright lifted. We’ve given credit where credit is due, and are always on the lookout for new things to cook. If you’ve got something to submit, Contact Us.
The bone-in pork chop is an underrated piece of meat. While steak and chicken get all the love, there are worlds of possibility with the other white meat. I snagged this recipe from a friend’s cookbook, and discovered that not only is it a great dish, it makes amazing leftovers. Take my word for it, [...]
For years, I hated Italian food – especially pasta. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I realized the reason that I didn’t like pasta was because I’d only had crappy pasta. Now I’m so into Italian food that I’ll gladly spend half a day making something as authentic as possible. That being said, [...]
Every July and August, Middle America celebrates the harvesting of sweet corn. There are corn festivals, road side corn stands, and surplus of fresh sweet corn at your farmers market. This is the time to grill corn on the cob.
What most people don’t understand is that outside metropolitan areas the corn being grown [...]
By JB Mays
Not all pasta sauces need be giant chunky messes, slopped over innocent pasta with all the subtlety of an ice cream scoop. Here’s a pasta dish light enough for eating outside on a summer day, but hearty enough to be surprisingly filling. If you prefer, you can marinate the shrimp for a half [...]
By JB Mays
Occasionally, the mood may strike to eat healthy. Or perhaps you’re entertaining guests who do. Either way, it’s worth having a few dishes in your back pocket that satisfy health needs and don’t taste like boiled cardboard. Try this one out on them. The ancho chiles give it a strong, memorable flavor – [...]
I’ve raved a few times about a certain pub here in Dayton that serves Greek food and how much I love their Souvlaki. But, I don’t always feel like driving across town to get it. Since it’s grilling season, I may as well step to my Weber and learn to make it myself, [...]
I promised I’d post a gravy tutorial to follow up John’s biscuit recipe, and last night’s BFMFD finally gave me the chance to fulfill my obligation.
In the kind of household I grew up in, gravy was considered a condiment fit to put on almost anything – biscuits, eggs, toast, chicken, ham, potatoes, etc. Hell, [...]
Last week, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo, the commemoration of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin’s victory over French Voltron on the surface of the moon. Or so I’ve been led to believe. I know that it’s not Mexican Independence Day (September 16), and that it’s bigger here than in Mexico. Either way, we here at MBQ [...]
Apropos of nothing, I’d like to begin this article by saying that if you wear a Che Guevara shirt, you should be kicked in the spleen. I don’t feel like getting into that much more, but suffice to say, every Cuban-American knows that. One other thing every Cuban-American knows is the pleasure of the Cubano, [...]
I almost shat last week when I read an article regarding how baffling it is that the average American family receiving food stamps gets around $70 per week for a family of four. According to MSNBC, that’s a very paltry amount. According to yours truly, it’s perfectly reasonable, at least living in a mid-sized [...]