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Today is the Wingtacular!!! Instead of debuting my sauce to the world giving the other competitors my recipe I am going to post some links to some great hot wing spots on the web. These websites include great wing recipes, stories and pictures. How to make hot wings step by step The hot sauce blog describes…
DC101 Chili Cookoff – Saturday, May 16th (noon-10pm) Every year DC101 the local Rock station hosts a chili cookoff to benefit the National Kidney Foundation. The cookoff is going to be located on the RFK festival grounds. Along with the chili they will be having live entertainment from The Offspring, Third Eye Blind, Shinedown, Papa Roach,…
Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for grilling by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and grilling and this book is right up my alley. Ardie A. Davis Ardie is an award winning expert with his…
Pienza Italian Market – 3 stars My parents came to town this last weekend and since it was Mother’s Day I made brunch reservations at Pienza Italian Market. Pienza Italian Market is located in the Gaylord National Hotel at the National Harbor. They have a large outdoor dining area that is located underneath the giant…
Smoked ribs recipe with dry rub, apple juice basting, and barbecue sauce glaze. Hickory smoked spare ribs that fall off the bone.
My parents came to visit me this weekend. They like to visit and barbecue and I like to have them to manual labor in return. My dad helped me replace my front door and my mom cleaned and cooked. It was pretty sweet. On one trip to the grocery store we noticed that strawberries were…
When I started grilling I grabbed a bag of kingsford charcoal and lighter fluid. I doused the charcoal with the fluid lit a match and watched as my eyebrows dissapeared in mushroom cloud. I knew that there had to be a better way. Adding lighter fluid causes crazy fires and further adds unpleasant flavors to…
Every friday I try to compile a list of food related events to go to in the DC area. This week is no exception. Meet Bravo’s Top Chefs Carla Hall and Spike Mendelsohn will be in Adams Morgan @ 18th Street and Wyoming Avenue with the Top Chef Tour. They will have cooking demonstrations, autographs…
Sourdough pancakes made with your own starter. Tangy, fluffy, and perfectly balanced with real maple syrup and butter. Easy breakfast recipe.
Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help you, my faithful readers, to purchase only the best books. Cookbooks are expensive and nobody wants to buy a book that is only good as a paper weight. Today I am reviewing The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker. It…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of today I wanted to make a classic mexican dish. At first I wanted to make steak tacos with homemade tortillas. But, it just so happened that everyone around me had the same idea. There wasn’t a single flank steak to be found within 10 miles. So I changed it…
If you have been watching TV lately, Dominos has been advertising their new Bread Bowl Pasta. It is Carbs on Carbs, so basically it is amazing. So I wanted to make my own version to see how great pasta in a bread bowl could actually be. Spoiler Alert – It was amazing. The bread bowl…
Quick marinara sauce recipe made in just 15 minutes. Homemade tomato sauce with garlic, herbs, and optional red pepper flakes.
Nothing says saturday like Infomercials. This is quite possibly the funniest thing I have seen on youTube lately. The slap chop has its own remix and Vince is the man. You will love how they remake the unforgettable commercial.
I just picked up th wing cup for the 2nd annual wingtacular. Standing at 23″ tall it is enormous. The trophy is a traveling trophy and will have the names of the winners engraved on it every year. Every weekend I try to compile a list of things to do in and around DC. To…
The wingtacular is coming up in a couple of weeks and I wanted to give a little help to the competitors. The basis of any good wing sauce is a good hot sauce. Over the counter hot sauces are good, but if you make your own you can control the ingredients and the amount of…
Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for smoking by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and this seemed right up my alley. Artie A. DavisArtie is an award winning expert with his own barbecue university. Artie…
Update – The wingtacular has been moved up to May 16th. We still have three more open spots. Click here to learn about the wingtacular. A couple of weeks ago I planted 12 varieties of herbs and peppers in a self-watering seed starter that I purchased at Lowes. You can find the link here. The whole…
Grilling fish is hard. Grilling tuna is harder. I have messed it up more times than I care to admit. But over the years I have figured out exactly how to do it right — high heat, the right timing, one flip. This guide covers everything so you nail it on the first try.
