Duet: Pulled Pork Nachos / Bryan Adams “Reckless”
The food: I'm not one of those people who likes to watch the same movie or read the same book again and again. Likewise, I'm not interested in eating the same meal day after day. My anti-leftover attitude meant I needed to come up with a way to repurpose what remained...
Duet: Pulled Pork and Creamy Coleslaw / Willie Dixon “I Am The Blues”
The food: Pulled pork is a hit-or-miss meat. When it's good, it's moist, flavorful, and nearly impossible to stop eating. When it's bad, however, it's dry, tasteless, and not worth the calories. The good news is I have an easy recipe for getting it right every time,...
Duet: Classic Cheesecake / Ella Fitzgerald “Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie!”
The food: Cheesecake—especially the classic baked New York style—is a true crowd pleaser. Its rich, creamy flavors appeal to most tastebuds, and both the taste and the appearance fool people into thinking it is difficult to make. In fact, it's a relatively simple...
Duet: Chicken Quesadilla / Santana “Abraxas”
The food: Mexican food is such a great guilty pleasure. After all, it's very often deep fried and loaded with cheese—and when you visit a hole-in-the-wall restaurant (the best kind), it's likely also swimming in oil, butter, or lard. To save us all a few calories, I...
Duet: Chocolate Chip Brownies / Ray LaMontagne “Gossip in the Grain”
The food: Brownies are either great or awful, and most of that depends on personal taste. People who like their brownies cakey rather than gooey are probably good people, but I just don't understand them. For my money, a brownie shouldn't bother calling itself such...
Duet: Steak with Gorgonzola Butter / Johnny Cash “Johnny Cash at San Quentin”
The food: Sometimes you just want to clog your arteries a bit with a big, juicy steak topped with butter and cheese. When that mood strikes, make it worthwhile with a fatty bone-in ribeye and decadent gorgonzola compound butter (mitigate your guilt by adding a healthy...
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