Duet: Chicken Quesadilla / Santana “Abraxas”

Duet, Poultry, Rock/Funk

The food: Mexican food is such a great guilty pleasure. After all, it’s very often deep fried and loaded with cheese—and when you visit a hole-in-the-wall restaurant (the best kind), it’s likely also swimming in oil, butter, or lard. To save us all a few...

Duet: Chocolate Chip Brownies / Ray LaMontagne “Gossip in the Grain”

Dessert, Duet, Folk/Indie

The food: Brownies are either great or awful, and most of that depends on personal taste. People who like their brownies cakey rather than gooey are probably good people, but I just don’t understand them. For my money, a brownie shouldn’t bother calling...

Duet: Steak with Gorgonzola Butter / Johnny Cash “Johnny Cash at San Quentin”

Country, Duet, Gluten Free, Red Meat, Rock/Funk

The food: Sometimes you just want to clog your arteries a bit with a big, juicy steak topped with butter and cheese. When that mood strikes, make it worthwhile with a fatty bone-in ribeye and decadent gorgonzola compound butter (mitigate your guilt by adding a healthy...

Duet: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies / “Here Today”

Country, Dessert, Duet

The food: There’s nothing—and I mean nothing—like your grandma’s cooking. Try as she might, your mom can never perfectly replicate her mom’s recipes. There’s just something about the love our grandmas put into their food. Or at least, that was...

Duet: Bacon, Asparagus, Spinach and Asiago Frittata / Sarah Vaughan “After Hours at the London House”

Blues/Jazz, Breakfast, Duet, Gluten Free

The food: Frittata sounds fancy, but it’s really just Italian for baked omelette. This hearty breakfast dish is quick, easy, and tasty. You can load it up with any ingredients your family likes and have a substantial meal on the table in about 10 minutes....

Duet: Spicy Grilled Shrimp Skewers / Beach Boys “Surfin’ Safari”

App/Side/Bread, Duet, Gluten Free, Pop, Seafood

The food: One of my favorite things about Cooking with Vinyl is meeting other bloggers, especially those who like to write about cooking. This post is the result of tweeting back and forth with Jay and Dee in Birmingham UK (@jay_and_dee). Their blog is Cook It, Eat...