Mom’s Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes

Crab cakes are best kept simple. No filler. No extra spices.
This is my mom’s recipe, which I tweaked just a bit by using panko instead of breadcrumbs.
For the crab meat, ideally we would have picked the crabs on the back porch, steamed crabs, shells and guts piled high on newspaper, the smell of [...]

Vegetarian Chili for the First Cool Day in Fall

One can each:
Kidney Beans
Navy Beans
Chili Beans
Sweet Corn
Canned Diced Tomato
One each:
Yellow Onion
Red Onion
Yellow Squash
Zucchini
Bottle Pale Ale
Dried Chili Pepper
Large Tomato
Bunch Cilantro
2 Large Portobello Mushrooms
1 Pack Shiitake Mushrooms
Cumin seeds, 2 pieces garlic - minced, salt, pepper, cayenne, celery salt
On medium heat, soften the yellow and red onions in vegetable oil with the minced garlic, a small handful of [...]

This Is Why You’re Fat

Courtesy of Greenlake Bar and Grill in Seattle, this is my contribution to the This Is Why You’re Fat blog: The Deep-Fried Double Cheeseburger. Damn it was good.

My Wife Makes Cooler Cakes Than Your Wife

Princess Leia Cake with R2D2 cupcakes for Lily’s 6th birthday.

Star Wars purple castle cake. Lily’s 5th birthday.

Phoebe’s 1st Birthday

Emma’s 7th birthday

Cinderella cake for Emma’s 3rd birthday.

As you can see in these pics, my wife Kate makes the coolest cakes in town. Star Wars, Cinderella, Funky… I haven’t seen her back down from a last-minute-cake-challenge [...]

Killer Dhal Recipe

This is my recipe for Dhal, which has been modified through trial and error, borrowing from recipes provided by Jai and Dipti, recipes listed in this Indian Home Cooking cookbook, as well as my experiences in India. If you’re not familiar with dhal, it is any dish made out of boiled beans or lentils, usually with spices added. If you had the dhal at Mark and Walter’s new year’s brunch, this is it!

Baked Stuffed Missouri Rainbow Trout

This is my favorite way to prepare trout, and is best when the fish is very fresh - caught in the same weekend.

Amchoor Home Fries

Awesome, dead easy recipe for potatoes fried with dried mango powder, or Amchoor.
I found the recipe in my favorite cookbook, The Best Recipes in the World. The Amchoor powder is a souring agent that doesn’t lose its bite when cooked. I buy it at the Indian section at Global Foods in Kirkwood, my favorite grocery [...]

Amchoor Home Fries

Awesome, dead easy recipe for potatoes fried with dried mango powder, or Amchoor.