The Chopping Block Cooking & Wine Blog

Matt

Matt has spent 18 years in the food service industry. As the oldest of four boys, he learned how to cook at an early age with the help of his father, who is also a chef and his mother who is a great home cook. These days he enjoys cooking dinner for his fiancée and teaching students at The Chopping Block.

Grilled Pork Loin Roast: Who Needs an Oven when You have a Grill?

If you’re anything like me, you despise turning on the oven when the thermostat climbs over 90 as it has the last couple of weeks. What a lot of people don’t realize is that there is a wonderful tool ...

Pork Chili Verde: Versatility Personified

If you’re anything like me, very few things satisfy like slow-braised meat dishes. I use my Le Creuset braiser, a piece of enameled cast iron cookware we carry at The Chopping Block, a lot. I ...

Swedish Meatballs: A Retro Revival

If your family is anything like mine, any festive event, party, holiday, family gathering all revolved around one thing: food. Whether it was pizza for birthdays, ham for Easter, or turkey for ...

The Importance of Unplugging while Eating

We obviously eat food every single day of our lives. Our country's diabetes, obesity, and heart disease rates certainly don't lie about the types of food that we choose to eat, but I think we have ...