Learning to cook together
Welcome this colorful sesame soy chopped salad with chicken to your table for a feast on the eyes and the tongue. Color and flavor abound in a salad that comes together with tons of crunchy texture. This one is inspired by another of my mom’s recipes from growing up. […]
Holidays, relationships, family, and traditions. When we were first married, I learned some of my wife’s family holiday traditions just as she learned some of mine. And one of her family’s biggest Christmas traditions was a huge family dinner featuring their lasagna recipe. Though I’d had lasagna before, to […]
Thanksgiving is a time for f-words: family, friends, and food. And nothing is more synonymous with Thanksgiving than turkey. So cook a flavorful bird with this sage roasted turkey recipe. Turkey can be a pretty divisive meat. Maybe it’s just me, but it doesn’t seem like turkey is a […]
I love chipotle peppers. (Note my chipotle hot honey, chipotle crema, blackened seasoning, and bbq sauce recipes…) I also love alliteration. And so here is my chocolate chipotle chili con carne. All of the C’s. It is the time of year for a nice hearty, warm meal and chili […]
Well, I recently made buttermilk biscuits, so you might have seen this coming. But you can’t really learn how to make biscuits without also learning how to make sausage gravy. Because they just go hand in hand so perfectly. Crunchy, layered biscuits smothered in creamy gravy with sausage spiced […]
This recipe comes loosely based on the grilled shrimp burrito I used to get from a lesser-known chain restaurant called Rubio’s. It was a favorite growing up, was really close to our house, and mom liked it. So it was one of the more common places to go if […]
While living in Texas we invited our friends over for dinner. I was making my chicken pot pie and we asked them to bring a side or salad. When they showed up for dinner, they had brought quite a large salad. We tossed the salad together and had it […]
This recipe comes by way of one of my mom’s college roommates. My mom was a college student with a short budget and a need for some cheap food. That roommate took charge and showed her the ropes of this simple and inexpensive meal. It stuck around long enough […]
I’m Marc Peterson and I once cooked a meal that made a close friend state ‘that was pretty good.’ So I took that glowing review and ran with it and now I'm a full-time food blogger. Follow along with me on my journey to master chef as I learn new techniques, skills, and recipes.
