Fruit Tarts at Skies on Mother’s Day On Mother’s Day, I took the special mother in my life and our son to Skies’ Restaurant in Kansas City. For those not hip to the Kansas City culinary scene, Skies is the tallest restaurant in the area. It sits proudly atop the Hyatt Regency hotel (one of […]
Author: Chris Perrin
Vote for the Best in Kansas City
Kansas Citians (or those familiar with the area): Vote at http://www.citysbestkcmag.com/ for KC Magazine’s City’s Best in 2010. There are places to vote for your favorite salons, fashion outlets, and restaurants. No reason not to give your favorite place a little love. (And yes, in case you’re wondering, I did, in fact, vote for Jasper’s […]
Benton’s Steakhouse and Cooking Prime Rib
On Monday, I was invited to a United Way dinner at Benton’s Prime Steakhouse. I met some very nice people there who are doing some wonderful things to make the world a better place. This food blogger salutes all of you. The dinner was also the first time I have been back to Benton’s in, well, […]
Limoncello Recipes
Last week, Chef Jasper Mirabile had a great Limoncello Experience where he and Suzanne Frisse of Meadowlark Acres served us course after course after course of delicious breads, pastas, chicken, and desserts featuring limoncello. He was gracious enough to share his recipes, which I have included unmodified below. If you like how this sounds, he […]
Slow Cooker Chiapas-Style Mexican Pork
Slow Cooker Chiapas-Style Mexican Pork If I was stranded on a desert island and could only bring one cooking tool with me, it would be my slow cooker. (Don’t read too much into that sentence since if I was on a desert island, I could fashion a grill from native trees and rocks and probably […]
SproutGear, Get Your SproutGear
Okay, so a little while back I released some recipes for Cooking With Your Kids, but as my friend Marc tells me, if you are going to cook with your kids, you are going to need some stuff from SproutGear Of course, he owns SproutGear.com, a cool little kids’ boutique, so he’s not really the […]
Cinco De Mayo Roundup!!
Hey everyone, don’t forget today is Cinco De Mayo So, real quick, if you need inspiration, here are some great recipes from previous BlogWellDone.com culinary explorations. Vegan Pork Albondigas in Red Gold Tomato Sauce– A meatless version of the Mexican classic. Comes in a delicious sauce made from crushed spicy tomatoes. Pretty rocking! Camarones a […]
Kansas City: Three Great Chefs to Battle It Out Iron Chef Style
This weekend, Saturday May 8th, three culinary maestros are meeting at the stroke of 6pm to duke it out Iron Chef style at the Healthy Food & Good Wine festival at St. Joseph’s Hospital (103rd and State Line.) Who will win? Let’s look at The Tale of The Tape Chef Michael Foust Chef Tate Roberts Chef Jasper […]
#MeatlessMonday Grilled Leeks
So, it must be grilling season because now we’re doing Grilled Leeks This is a follow up to grilled green onions, a post in which I talked about the Well Done family’s desire to find new foods and grill them. The inspiration for this little gem struck in the grocery store when we were picking […]
Grilled Green Onions
Grilled Green Onions It’s not May and I’m already bored with the usual cast of grilling characters. In the WellDone household, we do the usual suspects on the grill: chicken breasts, steaks, flank steaks, carrots, onions, and peppers. Sometimes we even do tomatoes to make a nice fire roasted salsa. But me, I want something more. […]