Fresh Rick's - Awesome Food from Home

I took this recipe from Thomas Keller and modified it to my liking.   It tasted as amazing as the picture shows. This...

I was out Christmas shooping in NYC and stopped by Mario Batali's Italian shopping Mecca, Eataly. They literally ...

This is the best ham and cheese one can make. Jamon Iberico de Bellota is the most expensive and tasty ham in the world.  Wild pigs that ...

I finally got some free time and the urge to cook.  I went to the local market and found all these strange ingredient...

Food, wine and great company is all I need to be happy.  In this case we had a lot of all three. Thanks Michal, Harou...

I made this at Casey and Toinette's house and I need to thank Toinette for doing all the prep and the recipe. These delic...

Fish and vegetables is the ideal diet.  It truly doesn't get better and healthier then that.  This meal costs about $3...

Summer is all about the grill.  This Sunday cook out included some fresh cut swordfish steaks that are about as good...

How do you turn up the standard BBQ hotdogs and hamburgers.. Start by making lobster rolls on hotdog buns like the previo...

I put a little twist on this classic summer sandwich.  We had to kick off the summer with a BBQ and this was a great app...

Good morning!! That's what this day turned into for sure.  I was going to make a pedestrian omelette when this idea c...

This soul enriching soup is an Italian classic that I customized by using some lamb loin chops ...

I haven't cooked that much recently but I think with the spring coming I am going to do a lot more dishes focusing o...

Mozzarella Panino is an appetizer I saw in the super market and I thought I could do the same but on a larger scale using higher qualit...

I dressed up some regular old fried eggs to make a more appealing breakfast.  This takes 10 minutes, costs...

Big Eye Tuna is a little more pink in color and more fishy in flavor then its more popular cousin Ahi Tuna.  Im trying t...

Baby kale in a salad is great tasting and super healthy.  Add some baby lamb chops and a delicious vinaigrette and now you have a quick di...

Nothing kicks off a night of partying like a great meal with the friends.  This New Years Eve dinner was prepared at our s...

It has been a while since I made a post.  Probably because I haven't gone food shopping since Hurricane Sandy.  Now ...

The meal was for the Christening of  my friends new apartment at the Jersey Shore along with a celebration of my frie...

There is nothing complicated about making this healthy and tasty dish.  These feeds two, takes about 20 minutes and costs abo...

This simple salad is turned up with a high protein, low fat bison steak.  Bison steaks are available in most grocery store...

I am constantly looking for new ways to add something different to the blog.  I try not using a specific vegetable or prot...

Thanks to Harout for bringing me a 5 lb Grade A yellowfin tuna loin.  This great appetizer dish is the perfect way to start a tuna feast. ...

The earthy flavors of Chinese vegetables go great with the meaty textured Cod. Quality fish is the key making this dish a...

This is another original from the freshricks laboratory.  This low carb, high protein and flavorful dish takes about 1 ho...

A pork loin is a great way to feed a lot of people good protein at a reasonable price.  This was a store bought pork loin ...

Chicken and salad is about as basic as it gets.  With a little more effort you make that ordinary dish amazing. This ...

The earthy flavors of sunchokes, favas and asparagus match nicely with a buttery stripped bass filet.  The healthy an...

This classic Northern Italian composition is the definition of comfort food.  This dish takes 2 hours, costs $30 and feed...