I first made this orzo spinach and feta salad for a backyard potluck, half-expecting the bowl of pasta salad to get lost next to the burgers and Colonel Sanders Coleslaw. It didn’t. It came back empty, and three people asked for the recipe before dessert. There’s something about the combination of tender orzo, wilted-fresh…
Some recipes take me months to get right, and this Japanese steakhouse clear soup is one of them. It’s easily one of my most requested starters, and for good reason – that first spoonful at the grill, with its deep savory broth and crunchy fried onion topping, is unforgettable. I spent a long time…
I still remember the first time I tried this smoothie – I was in Dallas visiting my friend Jennifer, who I’d met online long before we ever met in person. The moment I landed, she picked me up straight from the airport and took me to get a smoothie, no detour, no debate. That trip…
Every March, my Memaw pulled out her big stockpot and started the countdown to St. Patrick’s Day the same way – with corned beef and cabbage simmering on the stove. It’s a tradition I’ve carried into my own kitchen, and this Guy Fieri corned beef recipe, originally shared by Nick Iverson of Colorado, has become…
There’s something magical about the day a marinade actually works. I still remember the first time I made this Japanese flank steak recipe. I mixed up a simple miso marinade almost as an afterthought, let the steak sit overnight, and completely forgot about dinner plans until the smell hit me the next evening. One bite…
There’s something about a bottle of bourbon and a hot stove that just feels like a barbecue ritual – pour one for the sauce, one for yourself, repeat. That’s exactly the vibe behind this Jim Beam Maple Bourbon BBQ Sauce, a recipe passed along by Dave from Red Smoke BBQ in one of his famous…
There’s something about pulling up to KFC and getting that little tub of creamy, tangy coleslaw with your bucket of chicken – it just feels like home. A viewer once wrote in asking for a homemade version of that famous Colonel Sanders coleslaw recipe, and after tweaking it more times than he could count, this…
My first bite of a Guy Fieri burger patty happened on a lazy Sunday when I was craving that big, juicy drive-in burger but didn’t want the guilt that comes with it. That’s when this chicken burger patty recipe saved the day. Packed with red bell pepper, red onion, jalapeño, garlic, black olives, and artichoke…
There’s a particular kind of joy in cracking open a jar of homemade dill pickles and hearing that same crisp snap you remember from your favorite store-bought jar. This Vlasic dill pickle copycat recipe brings back that nostalgic crunch, but made the old-fashioned way – through natural fermentation, using little more than salt, water, and…