Posts by James Smith

I love baklava. I really do. But let me be honest for a second—traditional baklava asks for patience I don’t always have. Layering phyllo sheets one by one sounds romantic until it’s a Tuesday...

I still remember the first time I made Chicken Alfredo Monkey Bread, and yeah… it wasn’t planned. I had leftover rotisserie chicken, a half-used jar of Alfredo sauce, and one of those “what on...

I still remember the first time I tried to make a homemade veggie burger. I followed a recipe I found online — and let me tell you, that thing fell apart like my willpower around fresh brownies. I...

I have this very specific memory of the first time I tried a jalapeño popper in my early twenties. You know how some foods create instant personality shifts? That was me. One bite and suddenly I was...

There are certain foods that should honestly come with a warning label, and onion rings are one of them. You tell yourself you’ll “just have one,” and next thing you know, you’re staring at...

If you’ve ever sat in a restaurant and ordered potato skins “for the table,” only to secretly hope nobody else touches them because you want them all for yourself… yeah, same. Potato skins...