Magical Recipes

What is better than sharing a great meal and bottle of wine with friends or family?  Ever since college, I’ve loved cooking for my family and friends.  The meals have gotten more and more ambitious, such as the meal pictured here.  This fabulous picture isn’t magazine ready, but neither am I.  This picture comes from a bacon-themed dinner, which is just as delicious as it sounds.  I’ve also done a feast of seven fish (twice), a chili cook off, a Chopped challenge, and an arugula-themed dinner, but quite possibly my most epic meal was for my First Annual Oscars Extravaganza, in which I made every dish inspired by a Best Picture nominee.  That was some FOOD.  Here are some of my favorite recipes, ingredients, and wine, as well as pictures of food, because …well… food.