15 Crowd-Pleasing Recipes for Football Season Few things excite me more than the prospect of a lazy Sunday spent hanging out with friends and family eating football couch chow. I love cooking for a crowd, rolling out different finger foods, hearty soups and snacks throughout the day. Here are some of my go-to recipes for… Read More →
Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen Season 3 As a lifelong outdoorsman and chef, I’m thrilled to marry my passion for hunting and fishing with cooking over fire. In each episode, I create delicious meals using wild food, while sharing tips for sourcing, butchering and preparing game meat and fish. These meals are sustainable and easy…
From my grandmother’s split pea soup to pasta carbonara and sticky Chinese chicken wings, my FREE digital cookbook includes all of my best-loved recipes. This digital cookbook has a little bit of everything. Soups, salads and appetizers, plus game day snacks that are super-shareable, hearty weeknight meals and even a few special occasion items (hello,…
Crowd-Pleasing Recipes for Football Season Few things excite me more than the prospect of a lazy Sunday spent hanging out with friends and family watching football. I love cooking for a crowd, rolling out different finger foods, hearty soups and snacks throughout the day. Here are some of my go-to recipes for game day, from… Read More →
It’s time to take your grilling game to the next level. Whether you’re a seasoned grill master or an amateur backyard barbecue enthusiast, a little inspiration for the season can’t hurt. Sign up for my newsletter and receive my free grilling guide, including exclusive recipes and tips for cooking with fire. Once your subscription is… Read More →
My Best Game Day Recipes I love the traditional nacho and chicken wing spread, alongside dishes inspired by my travels—from fried chicken summer rolls to Baltimore-style crab cakes. If you’re really ambitious, go all out and construct the ultimate Super Bowl snackadium. Fried Chicken Summer Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce They’re commonly filled with shrimp and roast… Read More →
Sticky Spicy Chicken Wings By Andrew Zimmern Of all the dishes I’ve tasted around the world, this is the one I’m happiest to have brought home and perfected in my own kitchen. Sticky, fatty, salty and sweet, the best versions of this recipe emulsify the chicken fat into the sauce as it reduces. They’re great… Read More →
My Best Super Bowl Recipes Of course I’m disappointed the Vikings won’t be winning the Vince Lombardi Trophy on their home turf, but I am thankful for an amazing season and ready to welcome the world to Minnesota for Super Bowl 52 and the best week of events in NFL history. If you didn’t score tickets… Read More →
Frozen Margaritas By Andrew Zimmern You can easily make these party drinks non-alcoholic, just omit the tequila and Grand Marnier and add a little extra sugar. For a winning game-day combination, serve a pitcher of margaritas next to a platter of my brisket nachos… your friends will thank you. Watch Andrew make this recipe: Like… Read More →
Figs & Smoked Mozzarella Wrapped in Prosciutto By Andrew Zimmern Smoky, salty and sweet, these prosciutto-wrapped figs with smoked mozzarella are a perfectly balanced appetizer that only takes a few minutes to throw together. They’re a great addition to a holiday spread and make for a classy upgrade to your game-day finger foods. Watch Andrew… Read More →
Join me in the kitchen for #BrisketWeek! I’m sharing my go-to brisket recipe, one of the first dishes I helped my grandmother make and a staple at my family’s holiday table for generations. Braised in the oven with fennel and onions, it’s perfectly melting and tender. I like to cook a whole brisket because the… Read More →
15 recipes for a Memorial Day Barbecue From grilled salads and classic fried chicken to easy homemade baked beans and an ultra-moist angel food cake, here are 15 ways to welcome summer. • 7 Easy Tips for Grilling • Grills Gone Wild • Up Your Salsa Game
Game Day Snacks & Soups I’m a huge football fan and love any excuse I can find to veg out on the couch with family and indulge in my favorite finger foods and one-pot meals. And even if your hometown team didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, I’ll bet you still need some snack-time… Read More →
The Best Sunday Couch Chow Few things excite me more than the prospect of a lazy football Sunday spent hanging out with friends and family. I love cooking for a crowd, rolling out different finger foods, hearty soups and snacks throughout the day. Here are some of my go-tos always sure to please the masses… Read More →
Super Bowl Sunday Touchdown! On this week’s Go Fork Yourself, find out what Andrew serves on game day, who Andrew and Molly will be cheering on in the Super Bowl, and why Andrew is pro-Beyoncé. Plus, they talk about The Taste and the Yelp reviewer card. For Andrew’s Super Bowl recipes, look here. Questions We… Read More →
Super Bowl Sunday Touchdown! On this week’s Go Fork Yourself, find out what Andrew serves on game day, who Andrew and Molly will be cheering on in the Super Bowl, and why Andrew is pro-Beyoncé. Plus, they talk about The Taste and the Yelp reviewer card. For Andrew’s Super Bowl recipes, look here. Questions We… Read More →
A Game-Day Recipe Round-Up Even if you can’t get behind the 49ers or the Ravens, who doesn’t love an excuse to laze on the couch and chow down on finger foods, a hearty bowl of chili or Wisconsin-style mac n’ cheese. You’ll find some of my favorite recipes on this list, from appetizers and wings… Read More →
A Game-Day Recipe Round-Up Even if you can’t get behind the 49ers or the Ravens, who doesn’t love an excuse to laze on the couch and chow down on finger foods, a hearty bowl of chili or Wisconsin-style mac n’ cheese. You’ll find some of my favorite recipes on this list, from appetizers and wings… Read More →
Sheet Pan Chorizo Nachos By Andrew Zimmern What’s better than a towering platter of fully loaded, flavor-packed nachos? Nothing… especially when you consider the scratch-made salsas, the chorizo, the mix of cheeses and a healthy dose of my Mexican Fiesta seasoning. It’s the perfect game day couch chow, an epic midnight snack, a really hearty… Read More →
Craveable Meatball Pull-Apart Sliders By Andrew Zimmern This easy crowd-pleaser has become a favorite in my household, for parties, on game day, as an appetizer or dinner. The combination of pork, veal and chicken makes a beautiful, tender meatball that’s elevated with my flavorful Andrew Zimmern Badia Italian spice blend – with REAL flavors of… Read More →
Homemade Crispy Onion Rings By Andrew Zimmern With a light and crispy batter, these buttermilk fried onion rings are a perfect snack for game day, or as part of a backyard burger bash side dish. It’s a classic Southern-style recipe, with an extra flavor boost from my Lemon & Shallots spice blend and hot sauce. Make sure… Read More →
Brisket Nachos with Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa By Andrew Zimmern One of the easiest and most satisfying ways to utilize leftover brisket is to make a big platter of these insanely delicious nachos. Your friends will go crazy when you put these out on game day with a pitcher of margaritas…. be prepared to make a second… Read More →
3 New Ways to Spice Up Your Chicken Wings An essential element of game day festivities, chicken wings are practically sacred food in this country. They’re economical, easy to cook and extremely versatile. Here are three of my favorite ways to dress them up. One-Pot Sticky Chicken Wings I first discovered this recipe while in Penang,… Read More →
Vietnamese Shrimp Summer Rolls By Andrew Zimmern Packed with herbs, vegetables and shrimp, nothing beats a fresh Vietnamese-style summer roll. Make them for a healthy snack, fill up on them for dinner, or add the spring rolls to your deep-fried, cheese-laden lineup for a refreshing appetizer on game day. I use a classic combination of… Read More →
Buttermilk Fried Onion Rings By Andrew Zimmern This is a classic Southern-style recipe for buttermilk fried onion rings, with an extra flavor boost from the fennel, paprika and hot sauce. Make sure your oil is up to temperature while frying and you’ll end up with the crispy, crunchy onion rings of your dreams. Like this recipe? Save… Read More →
The Best Cookbooks of the Year It seems each year there are more incredible cookbooks published than the last; it’s a tough job to whittle down the lengthy list into a handful of my favorites. This year in particular, there are several noteworthy debuts, like Aaron Franklin’s meat smoking manifesto, Michael Solomonov’s ode to Israeli cuisine,… Read More →
Congratulations JBF Award Winners! As always, I had a fantastic time at the annual James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious awards ceremony honoring professionals in the food and beverage biz. I’m so proud to be a part of this amazing organization that works hard on education, agriculture issues, food insecurity and hunger relief. You… Read More →
Cookbook Gurus Brothers Matt and Ted Lee grew up in Charleston, South Carolina but attended colleges in Massachusetts. They so missed the foods from back home that they founded The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, a mail-order Southern food company. When an editor of Travel + Leisure magazine asked them to write a story about road-tripping their home state… Read More →
Whole Animal Butchery Without the Self-Congratulatory B.S. Tom Mylan is a butcher. Not because it’s trending, but because no one else in his company wanted to do it. Seven years after launching Marlow & Sons’ local meat program, the largely self-taught meat man is running one of the best butcher shops—The Meat Hook—in New York,… Read More →
A Game Changing Cooking Technique By Andrew Zimmern OK, so I was with Hot and Hot Fish Club’s amazing chef Chris Hastings, standing in his Birmingham, Alabama, restaurant kitchen and eating my way through his mise en place about an hour before service. He hated me. But before I left, he fed me some shrimp and grits,… Read More →
