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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…
Every once in a while you need a quick meal and don’t have any jars of marinara lying around. Or, if you are like me you like to make your own, but don’t have time to let it simmer for 2 hours. I made this quick sauce that took only 15 minutes to make.
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…
How to Grill Tuna: Essential Preparation Grilling fish can be extremely hard. Many questions come to mind. Do I need a basket? Do I need to oil the grill or the fish? How do I season the fish? Do I cook it on high, medium or indirect heat? How long do I cook it for?…
Last week on friday I made a sour dough starter. After stirring it today I noticed it was ready to go. The first thing that came to mind was sour dough pizza. When I was in college there was a pizzaria by my house with the best sour dough pizza. After years of trying I…
This weekend is going to be awesome. High of 87 on sunday. I can only think of one thing to do when it is that hot out. Wine Tours. Here in DC, at some the winerys you can take wine tours with your dogs. Tucker appreciates it. Tucker looking forward to a little wine tour. Fabbioli…