garlic brined pork chops w/ pipián verde (green pumpkin seed sauce)

Anybody else out there terrified of cooking pork? I’m good with ground pork and I work just fine with pork shoulder, but (HA!) throw a chop at me and I’ll duck for cover.  Oh, and not like it needs to be said, but I’ll totally say it anyways… I’m completely ok with cooking bacon.  That…

curry-spiced sweet potatoes w/ mango mayo

Oh my gosh, these fries. Last week, CJ and I hit up McMenamin’s East 19t St Cafe, one of our most favorite joints from our campus days.  We used to live dangerously close to this place… like two blocks close.  I can’t guess how many times tater tots were ordered after midnight and ciders were…

short rib pot pie (grain free)

Anyone else out there a magazine freak? I totally am.  Ever since high school (aka when I had no bills to pay and therefore had an abundance of cash) I have been hooked on the newsstand… newsstand may not be the right word, gossip rack is probably more accurate.  Anyways, since then, and since my…