I’ve gone down some strange Youtube rabbit holes recently and last week somehow ended up watching videos of people eating super hot peppers (like the Carolina Reaper).  It wasn’t nearly as entertaining as watching Homer Simpson down Guatemalan insanity peppers but it did put me in the mood for something spicy. I came across this spicy […]

Over the weekend we got the last of our stuff out of the old apartment and are officially moved in to our new place.  In the chaos of moving and having 90 degree heat for the first time all summer I haven’t gotten around to making any bread yet in the new apartment. Fortunately I […]

About two years ago for dinner my wife made banh mi (pronounced like bon in bonfire) bowls from Budget Bytes and it became an instant favorite for us.  The bowls are a bread-less version of a Vietnamese banh mi sandwich.  There is no denying the exceptionally complicated and often dark history (and present) of colonialism but […]

I did not get off to a great start with homemade hummus; the first few times I made it were underwhelming to say the least.  It was supposed to be so easy to make great hummus yourself, but I couldn’t seem to find the right mix of chickpeas, tahini, and lemon juice. When I made […]

I know the ‘amaizing’ pun is so overused, especially here at U of M, but I just couldn’t resist.   Anyways… Last August when I made tamales I finally opened the 5 lb bag of corn meal I had bought months prior.  I had all these extravagant plans on how to use the rest, but […]

Michigan can’t seem to make up it’s mind about the weather, and most of this weekend was cold, windy, and rainy.  As a result, I spent a large portion of the weekend cooking.  A friend of mine had a bunch of people over for chili, so I made two types of cornbread.  This one was […]