How-To: Create Beer Pairings with Fall Dishes

Food, How-To

Fall has officially debuted and as it happens every year, taste buds begin to crave something new. Instead of craving cold beer and summer barbecue fare, pumpkin and stews are high on our radar.  This leaves a lot of people wondering how to pair beer with fall flavors. …

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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

Recipes, Sweet Treats
chocolate chip cookie skillet

Baking cookies, while equally rewarding and satisfying, can be a tedious and occasionally, a thankless job. Though the end result, a delicious cookie, is almost always worthwhile, there is a lot of taking things in and out of the oven and rarely do one-bowl cookie recipes deliver on their promised lack of dishes. A ready alternative: baking a giant skillet chocolate chip cookie next time the craving strikes.…

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How-To: Season a Cast Iron Skillet

Food, How-To
season a cast iron skillet

If there is one thing every cook, beginner to advanced, should have in their kitchen, it’s a cast iron skillet. It’s one of my most used kitchen tools and is as perfect for stovetop cooking or frying as it is for baking a batch of brownies or a skillet chocolate chip cookie. …

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A Safest Choice™ Party at Nellcôte [Recipe: Lemon Thyme Fizz]

Fashion

There are plenty of reasons to have a party. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, the day that ends in a ‘y.’ Last month, we felt it would only be proper to have a party celebrating our redesign and relaunch after six years of delicious content.  We teamed up with one of our favorite restaurants in Chicago, Nellcôte, and one of our favorite brands, Safest Choice™ Pasteurized Eggs, to throw a quick Tuesday night cocktail party last month. …

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