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Ideal 7oz Gas Grill Burger

There’s a moment in grilling where complexity becomes noise. Where the instinct to add, tweak, or improve actually moves you farther from what you’re trying to make. A great hamburger lives on the other side of that moment.

This recipe isn’t about novelty. It’s about proportion, heat, and timing. It’s about letting beef taste like beef, fire do its work, and restraint carry the rest. After years of trial, error, and unnecessary cleverness, this is the version that keeps proving itself: the Ideal 7oz Gas Grill Burger.

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Pan-Fried or Deep Fried Falafel (Canned Chickpea Shortcut)

Traditional falafel relies on dried chickpeas soaked overnight, ground raw, and fried hot and fast. When time doesn’t allow for soaking, canned chickpeas can still deliver satisfying falafel if the recipe is adjusted for their higher moisture and softer structure.

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Lemon-Tarragon Shrimp Scampi with Orzo

This recipe came from the April 2025 issue of Food and Wine, a particularly good issue for fast weeknight meals. We’ve made this one so many times now!

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Homemade Margherita Pizza with Fresh San Marzano Tomatoes

There’s something deeply satisfying about pulling a homemade pizza from a blistering hot oven, especially when it’s topped with ingredients from your own garden. This Margherita pizza is what summer cooking is all about—simple, rustic, and wildly flavorful. I used fresh San Marzano tomatoes, just picked, for the sauce. If you’ve never made your own pizza sauce with sun-ripened tomatoes, you’re in for a treat.

Of course, you don’t have to have a tomato garden to make this work. Canned San Marzanos are a fine (and frankly, excellent) option—just don’t skip the step where you crush them by hand or with a quick pulse in a food processor. More on that below.