In New York City, Martin Luther King High School have been the reigning champs of boys high school soccer for fifteen years.  The MLK team, year after year is so skilled that often the bench is as talented as the starting line-up. Yesterday, I got the chance to see the lads from Beacon high school… View Article

Yesterday we made my second favorite chicken wing recipe. The first is Crunchy Sesame Chicken wings from MH. This one is sweet and spicy and a little crispy–a little gooey. You’ll see that recipe soon on MHTV. After we finished filming, Calder sat in the living room to scarf down a plate full of them…. View Article

I’m posting this not because I made it but because I WANT it: spicy laksa from Pok Pok in Portland, Oregon. Emerging from a sickness haze, where boiling water, honey, lemon and ginger plus emergen-C and mushroom pills have been my meals–I think I may have beaten back that bluesy bummer of a cold/flu. But–now… View Article

Love this pic of the boy on MH FB page eating his first B.E.C.! Thanks to Rose Sievewright for posting and I hope you’re entering that sandwich in the competition! Best, LSQ

We’ve got a BIG surprise… MAD Hungry is hitting the road and off to visit Mr. Contratti’s 4th grade class in Garden City, NY! After receiving a letter from Mr. Contratti himself, we learned that he and his class love to watch the show, so much so in fact, that they invited us to their… View Article

I made a pound of bacon yesterday (drained on recycled paper bags) and it was immediately devoured. I made another pound this morning: crumbled in omelettes, nestled next to the eggs on a plate, rolled in toast and last but not least–layered into a large roll with tomatoes, lettuce and mayo squashed into a soccer… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”PorkJowl”] Have you ever had it? OMG it’s like bacon only better. Is that even possible???–YES. Meanwhile, we’re getting ready for Mad Hungry TV to launch THIS Monday at 12/11c. CCQ and I will be visiting Martha’s show live at 10am that morning with a new super simple recipe using our favorite ingredient–… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”MaialinoMotorino”] Decided to pretend we were on vacation in our own town for a few days. NYC is a dream on holiday weekends in the summer. You can get into restaurants, movies etc etc–all those things ordinarily so crowded. Always on the pizza quest, we are– with best ones rotating in and out… View Article

The first ten shows of MHTV are wrapped. It’s been, crazy, comfy, cozy, challenging, delicious, embarrassing, entertaining enveloping and enlightening, funny and humbling, illuminating and invigorating, mad fun, mad hard, mad cool, mad cap nourishing and naughty quieting, quixotic, quinnifying rambling, rambunctious, reaffirming solidifying taxing, tiring, tremendous, verifying, vexing, voluminating wonderful yummy zany………. and I… View Article

I know I know–I shouldn’t look a gift cook in the mouth, but–I’m just saying….

As everyone MUST know by now–at MSLO we had the greatest event here at our offices last week where we hosted hundreds of bloggers, in town for the annual BlogHer convention, for Martha’s Blogger’s Night Out. They came to get a taste of all the bloggin’ we have going on here. What everyone who was… View Article

At a fav NYC restaurant, Yakitori Toto, here is one of the meals I crave in the summer. Fresh, homemade udon noodles are chilled and served over a platform of connected ice cubes with shaved scallions and a light soy dipping sauce. We drink a chilled, strong, piquant sake. Plus a few charred skewers of… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”TasteOfChicago2010″] Am home from “Taste” (as the locals call it). No, we didn’t miss ANY meals. And, thanks to everyone for their suggestions on Chicago dining–we had a few highs, just one low but no need to dwell on that. A couple things I loved about the weekend: photo opp under the Taste… View Article

I ate this dish recently at a restaurant and the flavors were so well drawn. Soba noodles tossed in a mild but delicious Asian flavors, cilantro-mint pesto, seared wild Alaskan King Salmon, topped with a lightly savory-sweet, mildly pickled red cabbage slaw. At first I thought there might be too many elements (enough anyway that… View Article

Came home tonight and My hubs had made one of his signature dishes, Crunch Sesame Chicken Wings. And they were so beyond good I could not believe it. Yes, I had to pin him down when it came to writing the recipe since he usually is a riffing type of cook. BUT–I noticed Mad Hungry… View Article

This is from my first born sons (a NYC boys) first caught fish. Tradition has it that if you don’t eat the heart of the first fish species you catch then you’ll never catch from this species again. Ok with you people?

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”GuestBloggerSonSFriendBBQ”] I received this meal recap from one of my sons friends about his grilling adventures this weekend. This guy has spent many a barbecue at my home over the years and I am the friend he refers to who he called for how-to reco’s. The story is really funny. He writes of… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”TechnoGlitchSpaghetti510″] Somehow–the last blog post was a strangely cut off review from Stephanie about Mad hungry which I attempted to post because I loved it. Here is the actual link http://www.thegoodtastereview.com/. Sorry for any frustrations. Meanwhile–here at a Thursday, post-meal rest after a long work week are a couple of things. First off–in… View Article

“Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys” + Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies by SAMANTHA TACKEFF on MAY 17, 2010 · 2 COMMENTS in COOKBOOKS If you’re new here, you should subscribe to our RSS feed or get updates by email. Thanks for visiting! One of the most common requests I get atOmnivore Books is for really… View Article

Thanks to respected colleague Lynn Rossetta Kasper for suggesting Mad Hungry to John in Nashville whose trying to juggle a tough work schedule with creating healthy home cooked meals Lynne Rossetto Kasper: The Splendid Table Roast vegetables for supper or take-to-work lunches Dear Lynne: My wife and I never have the same schedule two weeks… View Article