Cooking Army

Am I the only one who’s been dreaming of being on a far away beach, laying on the sand, and feeling the sea breeze while a lanky Mediterranean man yells un-intelligibly in your general direction? Well, I invite you to join in my unconscious delusion by coming to Cooking Army this week for some Greek […]

Hey Kats and Kits, Cooking army is back again with a fistful of taste for your language makers. This week’s cooking army is inspired by the man, the legend, Gaurang Bhide. Gaurang graces our Chicagoan soil by way of one of the bigger cities in the biggest nation on this little blue dot: Mumbai. Before […]

Hey All You Crazy Kids, I’ve moved to a larger place and (far more importantly) a much better kitchen. To celebrate, I’m going to chain my cooking army minions to their assigned prep station and force them to make Filipino food. Come and cackle at us as we attempt to use 2 sets of burners, […]

While it may be Spring according to the calendar, the temperatures outside seem to vigorously disagree. We here at the Cooking Army are going to pretend like it’s warmer out and do some grilling with the hope that Mother Nature will catch on. We also have some recipes from closer to the equator that would […]

Nín hǎo! After a stalled beginning, we’re starting Cooking Army back up for 2016 with Chinese that doesn’t make your house smell. By that, I mean, no deep fried food. While undoubtedly healthier for you, I understand if a few people will be a little sad we’re not attempting to kill you this time. I […]

It’s started to cool off in Chicago and a few leaves have fallen off the trees we stack between lanes in the road, so that means it’s time for Fall comfort food! We’ve got some warm, toasty foods (and mixed drink!) planned for you this Wednesday! When: October 14th. Cooking at 6:30. Food by 8pm-ish […]

Hi Kids, No matter how hard I try to avoid it, I somehow manage to age every year. This year that will occur during cooking army. And therefore, because I am greedy and largely disbelieving that other people actually have souls, we are doing food I want this week. What I want is some savory […]

Are you ready for some football? I’m not. I think it should die a death as violent as the game itself. There is, however, an upside to the ritualistic clashing of 300 pound men and the inevitable concussions that follow and that’s the ritualistic gathering of friends to eat grilled meats and over consume beer […]

Hey there, eh? Sorry for the delays in getting this out, we’re drawing our inspiration this week from our neighbors to the North, America’s hat, Canada. Some of their weather seems to be sticking around in Chicago right now, so why not bring their fancy meats and syrup too? We’ll be deep frying potatoes and […]

Howdy folks! You know those Russian dolls that open up and there’s another doll inside and then another one inside of that one? Well, I have one and it inspired me this week to see if we could cook a bunch of delicious things stuffed inside other delicious things. That’s right, I’m going to get stuffed! Or attempt to […]