Risotto is a great weapon

People ask me all the time what is a good dish to add to their repertoire. There are a lot of generic items that you all already make that I can make adjustments to and improve but its still the same generic item. There is only so many ways you can make a roast chicken […]

Smoking meat

The most common question i get is what is my favorite thing to cook? People are always expecting my answer to be some fancy dish they have seen on Chopped or some other show on the Food Network. The truth is far and away my favorite thing to do is fire up the smoker and […]

Why I Cook

I wish I had some mushy, made for TV explanation for why I got into the culinary industry, but I don’t. Truth is its the only thing I was good at that I could present as a skill. For a very very brief time I dabbled in the “office life” and failed miserably. Aside from […]

Chickens from Chernobyl

Hello again, second post, here goes. The main complaint I hear from Jewish people in relation to kosher food is how expensive kosher meats and poultry are. Today I fabricated (butchered) over 35 chickens before it was 6 AM. Believe me when I tell you that if you saw what these chickens looked like, especially […]