New York System Wieners

New York System Wieners

Rhode Island is known as “The Ocean State”.  We’ve got loads of coastline and beaches and a long history of things like fishing, boat burning, and religious tolerance.  We also have exotic local delicacies, like coffee milk, and cabinets, but most exotic of all are 

Trinidadian Chicken Roti to Spice Up Your Table

Trinidadian Chicken Roti to Spice Up Your Table

Recently, after a week of gorging ourselves on foods like an amazingly rich parmesan orzo and The Beard’s turkey burgers, we decided to lighten things up a bit and did an entire weekend of chicken, one of which was an immensely flavorful Trinidadian chicken roti 

Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

I freely admit that I have a problem with bread.  I love bread, I will look for any excuse to have it in a meal, and it’s even better if I can somehow manage to stuff it with or wrap it around some meat.  I 

Pasta Carbonara – A Fast Dinner That Tastes Anything But Fast

Pasta Carbonara – A Fast Dinner That Tastes Anything But Fast

Before two weeks ago, neither of us had heard of pasta carbonara. We don’t make a lot of pasta here; we can never decide on what pasta to make, and one of us always ends up disappointed with the choice. Spaghetti? The Tart won’t eat 

Bacon and Blue Cheese Turkey Burgers

Bacon and Blue Cheese Turkey Burgers

One of our favorite meals in our household is turkey burgers. Like the chimichangas, our burgers are customized to each person’s tastes. The Beard tops his with tomatoes and onions and a smear of mayo and mustard, while I like to accessorize mine with mayo, 

Double Sauced Chimichangas – Smothered and Covered Pork

Double Sauced Chimichangas – Smothered and Covered Pork

We wanted Mexican for Cinco de Mayo this year, something other than just opening a box of Old El Paso, and we attempted to do it all weekend.  Saturday’s meal was mostly “meh” – enchiladas with a green sauce and cheese that defied the laws