Quick heads up before we get to the food: the US Wellness Meats $175 grass-fed meat giveaway closes this Sunday, June 14. If you've been meaning to enter and haven't yet, this is your last reasonable window. Enter the giveaway here → It takes about a minute and there's a $175 bundle of ribeye, ground beef, lamb chops, pasture-raised chicken and more on the other side of that click. I'd love to see one of you win it! Now, on to this week. I just published the Greek chicken marinade I keep...
7 days ago • 1 min read
A quick reminder before we get into it: there's still time to enter the US Wellness Meats $175 grass-fed meat giveaway tied to my June Featured Chef spot. The contest closes June 14, so if you missed last week's email or haven't entered yet, here's the link. It only takes a minute and there's no catch. Now, on to this week. Something I read while we were traveling has been sitting with me since and I wanted to share it with you. It's actually a perfect follow-up to last week's conversation...
14 days ago • 1 min read
We're finally home, for at least a few days anyway. After two graduations, four cities and more car time than I care to admit, it is very good to be back in my own kitchen and back to my regular training schedule. Both boys are officially graduated and I'm equal parts proud and exhausted. I'm ready to get in a little recuperation time then officially kick off summer. I have some happy news to share with you this week. I'm honored to be the June 2026 Featured Chef at US Wellness Meats. US...
22 days ago • 2 min read
May snuck up on me and now it's nearly over! I'm not sure how we're already closer to summer than we are to January but here we are. We've been traveling quite a bit lately, with both sons graduating (one from college, one from high school) and visiting relatives along the way, with stops in Chicago, Milwaukee and Boston and (this weekend) Deerfield. When we're finally done running around, the pool is open and grill season is officially underway. I've been heads-down on some content I'm...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Memorial Day is a week from Monday and I have something to tell you that changed how I cook steak. You don't have to thaw it. I worked out the reverse sear method for steaks pulled straight from the freezer years ago and after a lot of requests I finally wrote it up. The short version: low oven to bring the inside up to temperature, then a quick hot sear at the end. Frozen actually gives you a better crust than thawed because the inside stays cold while the outside browns hard. No gray band,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Years ago after I started reading the research on PFAS and phthalates, I made a list of every potential exposure in my kitchen and felt mildly horrified. The pans, the plastic storage containers, the candles, the cling wrap, the fragrance in the dish soap...all of these carry potential health hazards. The instinct, when you read enough of this research, is to throw everything out and start over, but that isn't necessary. I have spent the last few years swapping things out gradually and I want...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Yesterday was a hard leg day, the kind where you know you'll feel it on the stairs for the next 48 hours. I had dinner out with a girlfriend that evening, we split a bottle of wine and spent two glorious hours catching up. We laughed at the kind of stuff you can only laugh at with someone who has known you for 13 years and discussed all the conspiracy theories where the AI overlords rule and make us thankful we have friends with farms. You know, the usual 😂 Given the wine, leg day and later...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
At some point, you clicked to show an interest in getting the free version of the High Protein Kitchen meal plan, so that's why you're seeing this email. Going forward, you'll get a new plan the last Wednesday of every month. It’s built as a daily high-protein system, so instead of overthinking the whole week, you just follow the day in front of you. If you DON'T want to receive the free monthly plan, just click here and your preferences will be updated. If you want to make absolutely sure...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
As I'm writing this, I'm getting ready to set up my new Eight Sleep pod and filming the whole process for a future review. I've been using my Chilipad Dock Pro for over five years and love it. I'm genuinely curious whether the Eight Sleep lives up to the hype. More on that soon. Until then, I want to talk about what's already happening on my wrists, fingers and in my gym. For the past several weeks I've been wearing the Oura Ring and the Whoop, while also using the Hume Body Pod for daily...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read