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Marsh Madness 2024
After a long pause I have resurrected everyone’s favorite NCAA Tournament Bracket Pool – Marsh Madness. Entry fee is $10 per submitted bracket. This is a winner take all contest. To enter, simply follow this link and follow the instructions to sign up. RULES
Recipe: Simple Buttermilk/Miso Marinated Chicken Breasts:
This recipe is super simple, highlighting the umami depth of miso and the tenderizing power of buttermilk resulting in amazing chicken breasts that can be incorporated into any dish. I recently used it for Chicken Caesar Salad and it was perfection. While miso provides savory complexity, the secret weapon here is buttermilk. Let’s delve into…
Recipe: Mahi-Mahi with Miso Glaze and White Bean-Spinach Stew
This is a pretty simple, weeknight recipe that is both healthy and hearty. Use almost any fish that you like. I happened to have frozen mahi-mahi on hand but have made similar recipes with black cod (amazing), salmon, and Chilean sea bass. Vegetables are easy enough to omit or add to your taste. Ingredients Instructions…
Recipe – Chicken Meatball, White Bean, and Spinach Soup
Growing up, meatballs were for two things – spaghetti and subs. It turns out they can play a starring role in so many other dishes – including soup. Here we swap ground chicken in for beef and get a really wonderful wintertime soup that’s not particularly hard to make. Bonus – the leftovers are amazing.…
Recipe: Cauliflower Purée
You Might Not Go Back to Mashed Potatoes Cauliflower has become a real workhorse in my kitchen. I roast it, make soup out of it, eat it raw in salad, etc… But the recipe I’m most proud of is the one I’ve been refining for over three years. It started as Mashed Cauliflower but the…
Recipe: Tortellini Soup with Sausage and Kale
Like most of my recipes, this one is based on several similar ones floating around the interwebs. I was actually introduced to it over Thanksgiving weekend when my daughter Morgan and her husband Liam made a huge batch of it for extended family back in Maryland. This is super simple and ridiculously satisfying – especially…
Recipe: Kevin’s Best Chili
I’ve been cooking a version of this chili since I was in my early twenties and frankly not much has changed in the recipe. People spend too much time arguing about cubed beef vs. ground beef, beans vs. no beans. I say use it all. Kevin’s Caveat – I rarely use recipes. Most of what…
I Was Interviewed for the WEF Words on Water Podcast Recently…
Where I discuss the increasingly popular practice of wastewater epidemiology in identifying coronavirus in communities and on college campuses. I explain that to accurately measure the presence of the virus, wastewater flow data must be normalized for inflow and infiltration in collection systems, and how my company is working with others on this approach. I…
Cocktail – Kevin’s Double Nickel
I turned 55 yesterday. Mid-life, right? We celebrated with a late-summer feast of Joe’s Kansas City BBQ in the backyard. There was plenty of meat of course. More than a few bottles of red wine as well. I also wanted to kick off the evening with a cocktail, so why not a signature cocktail to…
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