With the trees lit, phase two of holiday-zation has begun. Initiate cookie sequence. Matt Powell of Cooking With Bwog is here with a triple whammy of festive treats that will make you and anyone you decide to share them with jolly.  Coming from California, I associate the holidays with about 60 degree weather. Even though […]

Procrastinator? No problem. Join Matt Powell, Bwog’s resident chef, for a last minute lesson in Thanksgiving entrées. Tomorrow is the biggest food holiday of the year—a day devoted completely to feasting and drinking and being merry! It’s the only day that almost everyone forgoes any restrictions and pigs out, to the brink of explosion. As […]

In the past, we’ve covered the spectrum of cooking all the way from the cooking essentials to Morningside’s exquisite dishes. Last week we showed you how to whip together a mean white wine pasta. For our third installment of  Cooking with Bwog’s dorm chef challenge, we sent our campus-trotting chef Matt Powell to the kitchen […]

In the past, we’ve covered the spectrum of cooking all the way from the cooking essentials to Morningside’s exquisite dishes. Last week we showed you that it’s even possible to make prosciutto in the humblest of kitchens. For our second challenge, our dorm-trotting chef Matt Powell visited the kitchen of Daily Editor Alex Jones. Matt […]

In the past, we’ve covered the whole spectrum of cooking all the way from the cooking essentials to Morningside’s exquisite dishes. This week, we challenged our fearless chef Matt Powell to enter where maintenance seldom ventures—the dorm kitchen. Contributor Marcus Levine offered to descend with him to the lowest depths of foodie hell. Matt recounts […]

As much as we love our campus, there is nothing spectacular about the square footage on some of our dorm kitchens. Cooking with Bwog helps you make the most out of your cooking while still dining in style. For this week’s installment, blade master Matt Powell breaks down the chef’s tools of the trade.  Basics […]

Before running off to get your pumpkin spice latte, consider a chilled treat. This week we want you to put on your summer specs and dial up that radiator for a last toast to summer. In our latest Cooking with Bwog your not-quite-vanilla chef Matt Powell whips together a sensational delight. This week, we will […]

Craving something sweet? In this week’s edition of Cooking with Bwog, our saccharine chef Matt Powell reveals how to make basic and not-so-basic treats like cookies, meringues, and chocolate ganache! The Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Makes 1 1/2 dozen 5-inch cookies The best chocolate chip cookies in the city are made by Jacques Torres. This is […]

Vegans and Vegetarians, avert your eyes! But carnivores, it’s time for us to use our gratuitous “meat and greet” tag, and you should start salivating. This week Matt Powell covers the basics of beef, pork, burgers, and chicken. Beef Know where your meat comes from! The Culinary Society has a handy guide to choosing cuts and such. […]

Matt Powell continues his exhaustive “Back to Basics” series this week with veggies and fruit! Picking out and storing vegetables Take a good look at your veggie. Is it bruised, soft? Are the leafy parts wilting? These are signs of vegetables decaying. Most vegetables need to be stored in the fridge for freshness. Don’t store […]

In this week’s Cooking with Bwog, our fearless chef Matt Powell has an existential crisis and begins a series on the basics of cooking for the epicurious collegiate. It’s a lengthy one, but packed with useful information. This week, I started working on “Cooking with Bwog” when suddenly, I came to the realization that the […]

On this week’s Cooking with Bwog, our resident fruit fanatic Matt Powell reveals some of the wonderful things you can do with berries. Strawberry Shortcake Makes 4 shortcakes Ingredients 1 C cake flour 2 tbsp. sugar ½ tbsp. baking powder A dash of salt 4 tbsp. butter 1 egg 1/6 C cream Turbinado sugar (or […]

In this week’s Cooking With Bwog, resident snack chef Matt Powell serves up something even the least culinary competent can easily create! It’s tough work to be a full-time foodie. It takes a lot of time: time to grocery shop, time to menu plan, time to cook, time to eat. So what happens when the foodie […]

When the weather sucks, sometimes you need a good comfort food. Bwog’s resident marinara maestro, Matt Powell, found himself craving marinara after a recent monsoon. In this edition of Cooking with Bwog, he teaches us how to make the simple sauce, and offers a lamb ragú with a topping of minted ricotta for the more […]

In this week’s Cooking With Bwog, resident herb expert Matt Powell explains how to care for your herbs and use them in delicious dishes. At the Union Square GreenMarket, Matt picked up purple basil, lavender, lemon thyme, tarragon, and oregano. Questions about other types of herbs should be directed to our other herb expert, Snoop […]