Chefs
Hi, we are Bryan and Jessie - a recently married couple who enjoys cooking at home, eating at our favorite local restaurants, and trying new restaurants and recipes. We also have two pets - Brew, a black lab, and Alton Brown, a domestic shorthair.
Foods we couldn't live without: blue cheese, potatoes, gin, popcorn, garlic and butter
Number of cookbooks we own: 57 and counting
Favorite kitchen tools: Shun knives, Le Creuset cookware
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shopping Archive
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Product Review: Organic Valley French Vanilla Half & Half
I’m a coffee junkie. I love it – the smell of it, the taste of it. Mostly hot, but sometimes iced. It is a requirement for me to be a pleasant person in the morning (just ask the other half of HouseOFoodies). I started drinking coffee in college and it needed to be sweet for [...] -
UPDATED: Beware of pine nuts from China
UPDATE 6/6/10: I believe I’ve found the remedy. Read at the bottom of the post. On Monday night I made a pretty tasty salad of mixed greens, chives and mustard greens from our garden, 15-year-old balsamic vinegar, shaved parmesan and pine nuts. The pine nuts, I would learn, were a bad idea. Jessie didn’t suffer [...] -
A gift to your tastebuds
Several weeks ago, I was watching Food Network’s “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” Hot & Spicy episode and heard Ryan D’Agostino talk about this spicy chocolate ice cream called Queen City Cayenne. I was ready to commit to memory the name of the place where he had found this ice cream, anticipating I would [...] -
Will Drive For Groceries
Yesterday, Bryan met me in Chicago and we went to a few of our favorite grocery stores, including World Market (in Evanston), Trader Joe’s and Whole Grain Fresh Market, which is an Asian market (both in Hinsdale). We picked up some new things to try, so we should be posting more shortly. -
HouseOFoodies Pantry Must-Haves
Tonight Bryan made one of our stand-by pasta dishes since it was a long work week and we were hungry. He was able to do so because we tend to keep our pantry full of our favorite ingredients. I thought we should share some of our favorite pantry must-haves in case you’d like to add [...]