Getting ready for Grill Season!
Chipotle Lime Grilled Shrimp
I love shrimp so much that I purchase it whenever it is on sale. I don’t mind buying frozen shrimp as all of the shrimp…
Coal Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I love baked sweet potatoes, but they take so long to make. Plus, you have to heat up your oven and thereby heat up your…
How to Split and Grill Lobster Tails
The weather is finally making a turn for the better. It is about time that spring has finally sprung upon us. To celebrate spring, I…
Cocktails
There is nothing more fitting on this Holiday of Holiday’s than a shot of Jameson. So lets have a little history lesson. St. Patrick is…
St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching. I used to work in an Irish Pub in Milwaukee and at about this time every year, we started…
The other day I went to the greatest grocery store around, Wegmans. They opened one about 20 miles south of me in Woodbridge, VA. …
Leftover rum from Mardi Gras plus orange juice, cranberry juice and triple sec. The Rumster. Simple, easy and really good. Serve it straight up or on the rocks.
Since yesterday was Fat Tuesday, I figured I would go all Mardi Gras on you guys and make a Hurricane. The hurricane was originally mixed…
It has been non-stop snowing here in the DC metro area for almost a week now. The federal government is closed, the state of Virginia…
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Corn and Black Bean Chili
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