Single Guy’s Kitchen

Everyone thinks of the microwave as the bachelor’s best friend but is it just prolonging the myth of the lazy, kitchen-challenged bachelor? Take your typical frozen pizza, there are usually two ways to cook it, the microwave or the oven. The microwave is always faster but the instructions usually include a statement like [...]

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Every guy (or at least every guy reading this) has a freezer and odds are he probably just uses it for meat, frozen vegetables, etc. It’s understandable to only put things you buy frozen into the freezer, but why not use it for more? Mark has graciously supplied a couple of easy ways [...]

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Easter Sunday just seems to lend itself to a nice brunch. I remember growing up with a honey baked ham almost every year. Spending Easter with a vegetarian this year rules out the ham and most traditional items from my childhood (my mom seasoned just about everything with bacon grease) and besides, we [...]

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There’s no better way to enjoy a meal than with a good group of friends. I like to cook so why not cook for my friends? If you don’t enjoy cooking as much as I do then just look at it as an excuse to get together with friends and have a good [...]

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Moby, yes the musician, is also an amateur cook. While in NYC Sandy and I visited TeaNY, his cafe on the lower east side of Manhattan and quite enjoyed it. Moby is vegan and TeaNY is vegetarian/vegan friendly. Sandy is vegetarian so this was a natural choice for us.
Since there’s no TeaNY [...]

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The Carnegie Deli - “We smoke, cure, bake, and pickle our own - that says it all!”
The Carnegie Deli, situated across from Carnegie Hall at 7th Ave and 55th St, is synonymous with New York Style Cheesecake. They are the standard. Numerous restaurants and bakeries (including others in NYC) will proudly serve Carnegie [...]

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