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    About DadCooksDinner

    Published: Aug 24, 2011 · Modified: Feb 7, 2015 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · 37 Comments

    About DadCooksDinner:

    Hello!
    I'm Mike Vrobel, a food-obsessed dad who cooks dinner for his family every day. I blog to share my passion for food.
    If I didn't share, I'd probably explode.

    I believe in home cooking, simple cooking, and cooking with real food.

    I believe that basic techniques set cooking free from recipes. I also believe that technique can constantly be improved.
    Especially my technique. I'm a self-taught home cook, so I'm constantly learning new things.

    I believe that understanding the science behind cooking makes me a better cook.

    I focus on grilling and rotisserie cooking because I'm a guy, and cooking over a live fire satisfies deep seated Y chromosome needs. I write about weeknight cooking because I cook for myself, my wife, and our three kids every night. Beyond that, I go wherever food mania takes me. This covers a lot of ground, from what to do with that strange new vegetable in my CSA to how to make Vietnamese Pho in my pressure cooker.

    DadCooksDinner is a one-man effort; I am the writer, editor, photographer, cook, recipe tester, grill lighter, and dishwasher.
    *OK, my wife and kids help with the dishwashing.

    I hope you enjoy my ramblings about food.  Please stop back soon!

    [DadCooksDinner grilling in the snow - picture by Kev Anderson]

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    Email is the best way to contact me. Email me at dadcooksdinner@gmail.com

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    1. Tom says

      July 29, 2012 at 4:40 pm

      Hi Mike, congrats on a great book, I really like it. I see that you have a shun bob Kramer chef knife from sur la table, I have one too. My question is what type of honing steel do you use to keep it sharp? I see there is a honing steel from sur la table in the bob Kramer line, but I couldn't tell how good it was.

      Any suggestions on honing steels you use/like please let me know, thanks. -Tom.

      Reply
    2. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      June 03, 2012 at 12:05 am

      Wow...All-clad, Fiesta, and Ikea all in one day? You're a machine!

      Reply
    3. Rhonda says

      June 02, 2012 at 10:54 pm

      Hi Mike,
      Just got back from the All Clad sale (Saturday).  Got there at noon and only waited 5 minutes to get in.  Got the d5 2 and 4 quart sauce pans, 4 quart Saute pan, 5.5 quart stock pot, a stainless saute pan, large spoon, and digital read thermometer.  I had a blast and also stopped at the Fiesta outlet and Ikea.  It was a fun road trip! 
      Rhonda

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    4. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      April 22, 2012 at 12:46 pm

      Great, let me know how it goes.

      Reply
    5. Kitdesigns says

      April 22, 2012 at 12:18 am

      Found you on bing! We just got the rotisserie attachment for our older BBQ and wanted to try it out. Your site got us so excited, we went and bought 2 rib roasts! We're a little worried about the cook time since we don't have rows of burners, but we're going to try it on about a dozen friends tomorrow.
      I'll report back!

      Reply
    6. Vincent,Denmark says

      April 02, 2012 at 11:45 am

      Thanks for replying,and hello foodies around the world 😉

      Reply
    7. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      March 17, 2012 at 7:29 pm

      I'm slimming down the topics so I can have a central "Index" page...but it's not ready yet. So, for now, you get the worst of both worlds.

      Sorry about that...

      Mike

      Reply
    8. Aaron says

      March 17, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      It's much harder to find things since you changed the format of your blog topics. It was much more fun to browse when the list of topics was longer.

      Reply
    9. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      March 14, 2012 at 12:23 am

      Check out my obsessive posts about salt to find out why I always use Diamond Crystal Kosher salt:

      https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/2012/02/salt-by-weight.html

      and
      https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/2010/04/things-i-love-diamond-crystal-kosher.html
      Summary: No, I'm not Jewish - it's just that Koshering salt is easier to use when you apply salt by hand.

      Reply
    10. Vincent,Denmark says

      March 13, 2012 at 5:15 pm

      Hello there from Denmark,an Irishman filling the bellies of his family ,like yourself and everyone else on your page,enjoying the moments and a glass of wine `painting edible pictures`,being creative out of the blue.Wonderful indeed;-)
      But I`m wondering about your use of Kosher salt all the time--why?If its religious then the Jewish community will use it anyway.Or has it a distinct flavour that Im ignorant about?This is a culinary question and nothing else,maybe my salt world will be expanded again,like maldon etc.
      As my mother said-KISSIN DONT LAST,, COOKIN DO!

      Vincent

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    11. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      February 21, 2012 at 12:52 am

      Great! Thank you for all the great tableware - I love it. Keep on cooking!

      Reply
    12. Cary says

      February 20, 2012 at 11:33 pm

      Just found your blog, actually my wife did and showed it to me. Love the choice of Fiesta, I am an engineer at Homer Laughlin. I too cook most nights for the family and am always looking for easy meals through the week that are healthy.

      Reply
    13. Mike V @ DadCooksDinner says

      January 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm

      Thanks, Kerry. I'm happy with blogspot; it's easy to work with, and free. (Free is always good.) I pay about $10 a year for my own domain name, and blogspot takes care of the rest.

      Reply
    14. Kerry says

      January 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm

      Just found your blog in an effort to find a slow cooking recipe for beef - lovely, clean, funny, attractive, eminently useful blog!  I am getting ready to do a blog myself on skin issues.  I still really like the look of blogspot...

      Reply
    15. Anonymous says

      September 27, 2011 at 2:32 am

      just found your blog thru a google search. sounds like fun. you sound like the guy from smoking meat which i really enjoy, looking forward to some fun recipes.

      Reply
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