Sometimes I wonder if everyone has his or her own culinary pet peeve, I know I do. You hear it all the time; New Yorkers have a lot to say about their pizza. Chicagoans are passionate about their hot dogs and Philadelphians are crazy about their cheesesteaks. Well, I feel the same about the Cuban sandwich. Growing up in Miami, I know my Cuban sandwiches and for years I watched celebrity chefs make “authentic” Cuban sandwiches. It makes me …
Over spring break, we spent the week in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains in a cabin not far from the Mountain Valley Farm, a grass-fed cattle farm. Knowing we wanted to grill steaks that evening, we hopped on over for fresh beef. I was expecting to see the normal items sold at a smaller farmer’s market like strawberry jam and things like that. I was not expecting …
If you’re not familiar with José Andrés, he is a James Beard Award Winning Chef and specializes in traditional and modern Spanish cuisine. Since he is one of my favorite chefs, we searched the internet and found one of his recipes and found Salt Baked Fish on Food and Wine Magazine’s website. Living in South Florida …