updated: “you STILL can’t spell…” chili

Four years ago, we were watching the 2005 Notre Dame-USC game (infamous for the “Bush Push”… cheaters) with some friends and I made a pretty good batch of chili, which I posted on the blog last year as part of the Wedding Gift Recipe Series. We were going to make a batch yesterday for this [...]

buffalo chicken dip

Last week we were visiting Mike’s family in OH. We arrived late on Friday night and I (not surprisingly) was hungry. Mike’s brother, Joe, had some of this dip in the fridge, so we heated some up and WOW it was super tasty! Joe was kind enough to share the recipe and his modifications, and [...]

dutch oven pulled pork

I am about to hit the road for another week of work travel, so I thought I’d cook up some meals to leave in the fridge for Mike. I asked him what he wanted, and he requested pulled pork. Lately, I’ve been making a dutch oven version of the Svarovsky staple, since our slow cooker [...]

Rachel’s Super Salsa Recipes

Back in August, when I had tons of tomatoes and tomatillos, I asked my friend and colleague Rachel – who was born and rasied in Tucson, and is an excellent cook – for some authentic salsa recipes. She shared these two with me, which she found on Google some time ago. I’ve only made the [...]

Benton’s BBQ Chicken Pizza

I’m on the road this week in Louisiana, and I’m staying with some great friends from grad school, the Bentons. Alica’s been making some very tasty dinners, and tonight she made BBQ Chicken Pizza (one of the Svarovsky favorites when visiting the Bentons!) in honor of the ‘Bama-Georgia match up. I asked her for the [...]

WGRS: “Can’t Spell…” chili, reblogged

I first posted this on our personal blog, and decided to reblog it here in honor of the OSU-USC clash of the titans this Saturday. I first made this recipe on 10-15-05, the day of the legendary ND-USC game, when Reggie Bush cheated and pushed Matt Leinhart over the goal line at Notre Dame Stadium. [...]

more game food: podin’s pulled pork

Well, the NIT has started, the Big Dance had its play-in game last night, and tomorrow is the first of two awesome days of NCAA basketball. As such, I thought I should share yet another game day favorite – Podin’s pulled pork. This recipe makes enough for a crowd, and it’s done in the slow [...]

What time is it? GAME TIME! (and time for chicken wings!)

So, we are entering one of my favorite times of the year, when almost all professional productivity takes a serious dip as a result of one of the greatest inventions of all time: NCAA March Madness. This week is Championship Week, where many of the conferences have their end of season tournaments, leading up to [...]