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. This is the weekend of the county fair. Both Loudon and Fairfax are having their county fairs.
Loudon County Fair – Friday Thru Saturday (July 31-August 1)
A traditional county fair featuring a demoliton derby, extreme motorcyclists, bull riding, circus thrill show and carnival rides. On Saturday they will be announcing the winner of the kiss a pig contest. Yep, the person that raises the most money gets to lock lips with a pig. Saturday also features cooking demonstrations and a donut eating contest at 2:30. Maybe I will head over there to get some donuts.
Gates open at 8:30 am and goes on to past 10 pm.
Loudoun County Fairgrounds
17558 Dry Mill Road
Leesburg, VA 20175
http://www.loudoncountyfair.com
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One of my favorite cookies is the white chocolate macadamia nut cookie. Here in DC Macadamia Nuts are quite expensive so I have never picked them up. That all changed last Thursday when I went into the local giant and they had Macadamia Nuts on sale. Granted they were salted, but they still were extremely cheap.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie
As you can see, the cookies are jam packed with chocolate and nuts.
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Every Wednesday I review a cookbook and/or food related books to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach by Anthony Bourdain.
I am a huge fan of Bourdain, I have all of his books. I enjoy all of them. Amazingly enough, this book was signed by Anthony Bourdain himself. I ran into him at the DC Central Kitchen Food Fight. He was hosting it with Jose Andreas. He is one tall man with cowboy boots on.
I will not the celebrity encounter hinder my review of this book.
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No Reservations is photo book of Bourdain’s journeys while hosting the TV show No Reservations. I decided to do this review in a question/answer format. You will see why.
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Since I purchased my new grill I have been grilling non-stop. I wanted to make a grilled dessert but was lacking in ideas. Then I went to the supermarket and they had fresh peaches on sale. Then the light bulb went on. I am going to make Grilled Peaches.
Grilled peaches topped with ice cream
The extra sauce was caught using a piece of tinfoil. It drizzled perfectly over the ice cream.
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Growing up my parents would always make pork chops. My mom would marinate them and my dad would grill them up. They were great. So when I went to the store they had pork chops on sale. The first thing that came to mind was my mom’s marinade. It is a soy based marinade that I knew I could spice up nicely.
The marinade is amazing on pork chops.
So I added a bunch of hot peppers and red pepper flake. I like it spicy!!
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Today I woke up and it was beautiful. I decided that I should grill something. So I went downstairs to check the grill and see how much charcoal I had. Come to find out, I was out of charcoal. So I took a trip to Lowes. Little did I know that I was going to need to call Jeff for reinforcements. As I walked in to the grill section I noticed that there really wasn’t that many grills left. I grabbed a bag of charcoal and as I was walking past the grills, the manager was putting prices on the floor models. I have had my eye on a nice Weber grill for a while, but they are just too darn expensive.
While they don't have all of the bells and whistles, they are built solid, heat evenly and will last forever.
The three burner base model starts out at $500. I sat the charcoal down and watched as the manager priced each grill. I was standing next to the Weber Spirit E-310 – as the manager slashed 60% off the price. This put the Weber in line with the cheapest grills that are sold at Lowes. I immediately took it. Within the next 5 minutes 3 other people tried to buy it, too bad, its mine. It was all about being at the right place at the right time.
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The other day I was at the store and I happened to stop by the fish counter. What did I see, a big sale on Lobster tails. So I picked up a couple. Since it is so nice out, I wanted to grill them. But how does one grill a Lobster tail, read to find out.
Quick and easy to do. The perfect summertime meal.
It is actually really easy to grill a lobster tail, all you need is a grill, some skewers and a little butter.
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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. There is everything from German to Peruvian Festivals, Blackberry Festivals and finally a ice cream social for the kids.
Blackberry Bonanza and Wellness Festival – Saturday and Sunday (July 25-26)
Blackberries filled with anti-oxidants and health benefits so to celebrate blackberry season, this year’s festival is taking on a wellness theme. Join us for blackberry picking and blackberry wine tasting with Bluemont Vineyard. Our blackberries are grown without any chemicals and are thornless so easy to pick!
The price is $10 per person and 21 and over get free wine tasting
18780 Foggy Bottom Road – Bluemont, VA 20135 – Roughly 30 minutes from Dulles.
http://www.greatcountryfarms.com/
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