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Pan-Fried Garlic Butter Steak with Crispy Potatoes and Asparagus

Pan-Fried Garlic Butter Steak with Crispy Potatoes and Asparagus. Meet the equally simple and sexy date night meal that will change the way you tackle romantic dinners forever. The key? A high heat sear on the steak followed by lots of basting with garlicky herb butter to finish off the cooking process. At the risk…

Pomegranate New York Sour

Pomegranate New York Sour. This tart and sweet whiskey cocktail features a red wine float and gorgeously pink, pomegranate-spiked base. It’s the perfect cocktail for Valentine’s Day, and while it looks impressive and professional, even a cocktail novice can whip it together. Well, it’s still winter– we’re only halfway through it, in fact– and we’re…

Slow Cooker Queso Blanco

Slow Cooker Queso Blanco. This velvety, rich cheese dip is just as good– if not better– than the kind you get from your favorite Mexican restaurant. Serve it straight from the slow cooker (where it will keep warm) at a party, or ladle over nachos. Somewhere around the point of “8 pounds of cheese down”,…

Clams Casino Dip

Clams Casino Dip. The retro hors d’ouerve is transformed into a creamy, easy-to-make dip complete with a bacon-panko topping. This recipe for Clams Casino Dip was also featured on Serious Eats. Clams Casino– the flavorful, open-faced clams with bacon-spiked breadcrumbs– is a dish I’ve spent almost all of my life eating. My dad always ordered…

Lemon Garlic Chicken Orzo Soup

Lemon Garlic Chicken Orzo Soup. Inspired by Greek “Avgolemono”, this recipe is thickened with a mixture of lemon juice, pureed garlic, and egg to create a flavor-packed, citrusy, velvety soup. Let me start by saying that the idea for this recipe is not anywhere near “inspired” enough to warrant a blog post intro– there was…

Sheet Pan Cheesesteak Nachos

Sheet Pan Cheesesteak Nachos. Inspired by Philadelphia’s most well-known sandwich, these nachos feature flour tortilla chips, thinly shaved steak, sauteed onions, hot cherry peppers, provolone cheese, and cheese sauce. This recipe for Sheet Pan Cheesesteak Nachos was also featured on Serious Eats. I never imagined I’d be sad eating nachos. Unless, of course, they were…