Smoking the Prime Rib. My good cooking buddy, Nick Haddow, invited me and my good friend, Bruce Babbitt, over for some smoked prime rib. It was a treat, as Nick, the executive chef, prepared the entire meal. The meal consisted of a smoked prime rib, matchstick potatoes à la Francis Mallmann, and a scratch wedge…
Tag: side dish
Grilled Corn Greek Salad 🌽
This super simple salad has become one of my favorites of this 2022 summer. It’s easy to make, packs some complex flavors together, and I think the charred corn with the reserve sherry vinegar add just enough “Je ne sais quoi” to really make this salad pop! Ingredients 6 ears of corn 2 English cucumbers…
Cherry Tomato Bruschetta 🥘
Cast Iron Goodness! My good friend and fellow chef Nick Haddow gave me this recipie for a good starter appetizer. Ingredients 2 pints of cherry tomatoes – a mixed variety will be more colorful 3 – 4 balls of buffalo mozzarella – you could also use burrata 1 – 2 cups of extra virgin olive…
Stacked Scallop Potatoes 🥔
With fall in full swing here in 2025, I have been cooking at home most evenings, and this scalloped potato dish is on frequent rotation. I call these stacked scallop potatoes because, during layering in the pan, I flip them upright so the cheese and cream can settle between the layers, which adds an extra…
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus 🇺🇸🥓
Prosciutto wrapped asparagus is one of my favorite dishes to serve, and eat, especially in summer. It’s a fun side, that one can eat with your fingers while grilling! I like to serve it with almost everything, especially steak, and it’s a great component for a grilled vegetable medley. I like to finish the dish…
Harrisa and Honey Roasted Carrots and Parsnips 🇺🇸🥕
I love roasted vegetables, especially the less often consumed roots, such as parsnips, turnips, rutabagas, and other tubers. For this dish, I paired the sweetness of carrots with the bitterness of parsnips. If you cook much, you know that roasting most things, especially root vegetables imparts a nuttiness that becomes more savory and intense with…
Roasted Beets and Braised Beet Greens 🌿
Food has the magical ability to evoke emotions and also sustain memories throughout time. My love for food came from my Grandmother Elizabeth “Uppy” Wisher. Uppy had a very large backyard garden in her post-WW2 house in Lakewood, WA. She grew so many fabulous things – I was amazed by the size and bounty of…
Stuffing Muffins 🦃
The stuffing muffins are by far my favorite holiday dish to make. I love my stuffing recipe. It’s my favorite thing to eat – in part due to all the herbs I add, but the freshly dried sourdough, savory sauteed onions and celery, Jimmy Dean sausage, Green Hatch Chilies, chanterelle and morel mushrooms sauteed in…
Roasted Brussels Sprouts 🥦
Roasted brussels sprouts are quite possibly my favorite vegetable to serve with dinner. Growing up I detested these underappreciated and often poorly prepared petite choux or baby cabbages as the French would say. My mother would simply boil them or best case steam them – sadly for me, seasoning was a concept not yet discovered…
Twice Baked Potatoes 🥔
Twice Baked Potatoes My twice-baked potatoes are one of my guilty food pleasures in life. I probably gain about 5 pounds consuming this meal. My recipe has evolved over the years and now includes cheese, bacon, morel and chanterelle mushrooms, onions, chives, and sour cream. These are also amazing as leftovers. Ingredients 12 large russet…