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I have been making pizzas quite a bit on the blog. My old roommate Mark asks me each time I post a pizza, when are you going to write about the Chicago style pizza you used to make back in college. Well Mark, this one is for you. Quite frankly I was scared to recreate…
Every Friday I pick the best culinary events in the DC area for my readers to enjoy. This weekend there are some great events to attend in and around the DC metro area from the Maryland Seafood Festival to Pork Barrel BBQ on ABC’s Shark Tank. Maryland Seafood Festival- Friday – Sunday (Sept. 11-13) Sandy…
Today I was out in my Urban Garden watering it and tending to my herbs. Then I noticed that my Cayenne peppers were ripe. I had about 25 peppers. Besides the Cayenne peppers I had about 15 Jalapenos and Serranos. What could I use 40 peppers for I asked? Hot sauce. This time I was…
It is football season and one of my many traditions is to start the day off with a bloody mary. As a former bartender I have had many bloody mary’s in my day. Most of them were horrible. It was almost as if they just added tomato juice to vodka. After quizzing many bartenders on…
Not every recipe can be a huge success. I am 2-2 with the pancakes on this blog. The deep fried pancakes were a horrible failure, now the cinnamon swirl pancakes are yet another epic failure. The other weekend I was experimenting with a cinnamon syrup mixture that I wanted to swirl into the pancakes.  It…
Happy Labor Day!! I went to the store to make some nice green chili sliders but when I was walking through to the deli, I spotted what I thought was a mirage. Could it be? Why yes, it was slider buns. Pepperidge Farm makes slider buns, 12 per pack. Right then and there, I knew…
Green Curry Mussels – Grill Style I went to the store the other day and noticed that mussels were only $1.99 a pound. I love mussels and I knew immediately that I was going to cooking them. How to make them though. So I recently went to Columbia Firehouse in Alexandria where I had green-curry…
It was a warm one the other day and I wanted something light and refreshing for dinner. So I called up my Mom and asked her for her spaghetti salad recipe. As a kid my Mom would make this for us in the summer. It is great as a side or alone served with some…
Every Friday I pick the best culinary events in the DC area for my readers to enjoy. This weekend there are some great events to attend in and around the DC metro area from the Virginia Scottish Games to Spike’d Sundays. Virginia Scottish Games – Saturday-Sunday (Sept. 5-6) The games are held on Saturday and…
It was my roommates birthday yesterday and I wanted to make a little cake (Happy Birthday Kate!). Actually a dozen little cakes. I asked her what her favorite type of cake was and I got an immediate response. Yellow cake with chocolate butter cream. So I made Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream. The sugar circles…
I can’t watch an episode of Mad Men without seeing a delicious looking Martini. They have ordered gin and vodka Martinis. But since I am also a James Bond fan, I am making a Vodka Martini – Shaken not Stirred. Why does 007 order it shaken, because then it comes out nicely chilled with a…
109 South Saint Asaph Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3119 (703) 683-1776 http://www.columbiafirehouse.com/ Columbia Firehouse is located in Old Town Alexandria in the same space as the old Bookbinder Steakhouse. Walking in I thought I was still in Bookbinders. If you didn’t see the name out front, you wouldn’t know walking into the restaurant. Almost as if they did not…
Have you ever deep fried a hot dog? You should. It is amazing. I unpacked the deep fryer the other day to make Poutine and I didn’t want to drain the oil till I fried up a hot dog. To make a ripper you need natural casing hot dogs. Where I am originally from in…