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What are some of your favorite beers? Either brewery, brand or style would work here. I like IPAs and Stouts, have a soft spot for Belgians. Especially, I very much enjoy Guinness Foreign Export Stout, and Chimay Blue. So what beers do you turn to often?

I have a frozen lobster tail I need to make, and I'm looking for the best technique to thaw and then prepare it. I'd like to have it sautéed in garlic butter, or perhaps baked?

Starting things off with a Spinach salad as an appetizer (topped with grated smoked pepper cheese, bacon and sesame ginger dressing) with some chicken wings fried crispy with an Sesame/soy/sweet chili glaze (extra garlic of course) and some good beers. What are you having?

Hey all, need help with a beer cheese recipe. I plan on serving beer cheese dip with pan fried pita. Not sure how much beer, cheese, garlic , hotsauce and flour would be needed to make a thick beer cheese sauce/dip. Making it in a few hours any help would be appreciated.

Im making perch tonight, I have 3 fillets. Small meal w/ some garlic roasted taters. If anyone has any recipe/cooking tips on the perch, please do let me know!

I am starting to really like tofu, but I need help on a few specific questions. 1. Preparation. Usually, I fry it in oil then toss with a sauce. It comes out great this way. I was wondering if it would be OK if I stir fried it in minimal oil? Sometimes I coat it in corn starch, is this...

I have some atlantic caught salmon that I want to use for a asian style salad. Using cedar planks to cook it on the grill I have 2 questions. 1. Im not using all the salmon and thawed it all already (I will have 2 extra filets) Should I refreeze them, or not. Ill be out of town for the...

I have some dry aged angus steak, looks like a pretty nice cut. Thinking about grilling it with just some salt and fresh cracked pepper, getting a nice sear on both sides and serving rare. Not sure if thats the best way to cook it or not. Also trying to think of a sweet, savory sauce to...

No lunch threads? Its my favorite and most important meal! Today? Eel Roll w/ Cucumber Imported Rice Lager I just realized Im a strange person. But ****, this sure hits the spot. No beverage I'd rather have with sushi than a light crisp beer.

So tonight I am planning a big dinner for my bro. One of the dishes is Lobster Ravioli in a butter based sauce. I am going to saute some garlic and minced cuttlefish in the butter then add some Rosemary. I plan to roughly chop it and leave it in, would it be better if I just put a few sprigs...

I am watching IRON CHEF AMERICA and the challanging chef used a blowtorch to carmelize/crisp some rock cane sugar ontop of cubes of melons. I think thats a great idea and want to do it at a dinner this week. I unfortunately don't have a fancy blowtorch that they have on the show. I do have a...

Potato, Sweet Potato, Yam. I used to think that Sweet potatoes and Yams were the same thing, but they apparantly are not the same since my grocer has Sweet Potatoes (White Inside) and Yams (orange inside). Which is healthiest? Is there a big difference? I'm curious.

These are a fun one. Try it, you'll like it. 1 package Chinese Noodles Peppers, Onions, Julienne Carrots (or your fav. substitute) 2 oz. Sirarcha 6 oz. Ginger Soy 4 oz. Sweet chili sauce 1 tbsp. chili oil 1/2 tbsp. garlic Crushed red pepper to taste. I suggest less than 1/4 tbsp. Make the...

Something Ive created. Heres the secret. 2 tbsp. sugar 2 tbsp. smoked paprika 1 tbsp. chili powder 1 tbsp. garlic salt I cook the wings first then coat them in this, sometimes I coat them first, then bake. Good stuff, seriously.

Looking to make a bleu cheese dipping sauce for buffalo wings. I have crumbled bleu but don't know how to make it creamy. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

In florida yesterday and had a wonderful Honey/Citrus dressing on spring greens. Wondering if anyone makes a sweet honey based dressing... Come on people! Share your yummies!

Recently went to a Indian resteraunt called Tamarind, which boasted a signature dish "Chicken Tikka Masala". It had a thick brown sauce and was spicy as can be. I really did enjoy it though and am looking to try making it myself. Interesting side note, the chicken was wonderfully tender...

I find it in many recipes and being used by master chefs. I can't find any at the local grocer, however. How often do you use smoked paprika? How does it differ from the standard paprika I find at the store? What kinds of dishes do you use it on?

I tried to find a category to put this post in, but the only one that seemed right was Miscellaneous. When browsing the local grocer I happened upon some frog legs. These froglegs were different from any others I have seen. Previously I had only seen small frog legs, which looked like...

Heard on the news in Pittsburgh PA that gas prices would be going up 75 cents in the next week. Currently the average is about 3.31/gallon regular unleaded.

I am making beef jerkey in a food dehydrator. It was marinated overnight in a soy/spice mixture. How long should I leave em in there? I believe last time I made it , it took like six hours, but Im not sure. Any advice or tips will be much appreciated. I currently plan on just checking...

I was at a sushi resteraunt with my grandfather today and we had a plethora of sushi and shashimi. We had california rolls, smoked eel, squid stuffed with salmon, and alot more. One of the platters had WhiteFish. Ive never heard of Whitefish before, call me uninformed. We had it raw, but I...

Sometime this spring or summer I plan to buy an octopus and cook its legs (tentacles) on skewers over an open flame. Apparently I am going to treat them similar to a shishkabob but with a light spice rub and sauce. Has anyone tried octopus? If so how was it? How did it taste, how was it...

Recipe calls for Thyme (dried) and I have none. What to do...?

Making Tilapia tonight for the fam and am looking for good recipes. I'm thinking something baked, possibly sweet. Thanks in advance!