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 [...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 30th, 2009
Poutine, Oh Glorious Poutine!!!
So I have been searching the DC metro area for cheese curds for a couple of weeks. The other night I went out to dinner with my friends Ryan and Melissa and they informed me that you can purchase cheese curds at Trader Joes. This is awesome as it is right down the street. So [...]
August 29th, 2009
Peach Pie
I have been overloaded with peaches lately. I guess there are worse things to be overloaded with. So I pulled out the food processor and made a couple of pie crusts. Then I contemplated what kind of peach pie to make. Then I settled on the basic peach pie. Since I have so many peaches, [...]
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Peaches, Pies, Recipes 
Tags: food processor crust, food processor pie dough, local peach pie, peach pie, Pies 
3 Comments »August 28th, 2009
What to do this weekend in DC – (August 28-30)
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 end of Restaurant Week to Spike’d Sundays. Time to make reservations This is the end of DC Restaurant Week you [...]
August 27th, 2009
The Blue Box Revisited – Pesto Mac
The results are in for the FoodieFights.com competition. I ended up finishing in fourth place with 133 pts. Thanks to everyone that voted. If you would like to see my entry click here. A couple of months back I did a post on how to spice up boxed mac n cheese. It was a popular [...]
Posted in Clear out the Pantry, Cooking, Pasta Tags: pesto mac, pesto mac n cheese, pesto macaroni and cheese, spiced up mac 6 Comments »August 26th, 2009
The Old Fashioned
I want to let everyone know that I do read all of the emails that I get. There was a common theme in my emails this last month. Lets set this up. About a month ago I was extremely busy and didn’t have enough time to thoroughly read and review a cookbook. So I wrote [...]
Posted in Cocktails, Cooking Tags: bitters, bourbon, Cocktails, Drinks, how to make an old fashioned, mad men cocktails, Old Fashioned Recipe, Recipes 3 Comments »August 25th, 2009
Peach Chutney Stuffed Pork Chops with Bearnaise Sauce
I am trying once again to win the glory that comes with the title FoodieFights.com Champion. I entered last week and was blessed with the secret ingredients of Peaches and Tarragon. Two ingredients that I have never used together in a recipe. So I went through a couple of ideas and settled on Peach Chutney [...]
August 24th, 2009
Chocolate Chewies
The supermarket by my house makes these crunchy cookies that are filled with walnuts and have a chewy center. They are addictive. So I decided to look around and find a recipe for them. After a while I discovered a recipe that sounds delicious. Although it did not contain nuts, I figured we could work [...]
August 23rd, 2009
Eggs Benedict
One of my favorite brunch items is Eggs Benedict. I love hollandaise sauce but some times you just walk into a restaurant and you just don’t trust the chef with preparing it correctly. To fix this problem I say, make it at home. Traditional hollandaise can take a lot of work and time to prepare, [...]
August 22nd, 2009
Homemade Soft Pretzels
So I have been getting prepared for football season. I usually have friends over for bloodymary’s, chili, tacos and beer. This year I wanted to change it up a bit, so I have been trying out recipes for a variety of different foods that would work with football and beer. What goes better with beer [...]
Posted in Baking, Pretzels, Recipes Tags: beer and pretzels, best pretzels, homemade pretzels, how to make pretzels, Pretzels, soft pretzels 1 Comment »August 21st, 2009
What to do this weekend in DC – (August 21-23)
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 weekend DC has some great events from the Montgomery County Fair to the Alexandria Cambodia Community Day. Time to make reservations [...]
August 20th, 2009
BBQ Ribs On A Gas Grill
My friends Ryan and Melissa have been promoting my site to all of their friends and have helped increase my readership. So in return, I decided to cook them dinner. I asked Ryan what he wanted and without hesitation he said ribs. This worked perfectly as I have been getting a lot of emails about cooking ribs [...]
August 19th, 2009
Book Review: The Bergoff Cafe Cookbook
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 The Berghoff Cafe Cookbook by Carlyn Berghoff and Nancy Ross Ryan. As a Midwesterner I frequent Chicago and I have been to the Berghoff Cafe. The Bergoff Cafe is [...]
Posted in Book Reviews Tags: berghoff cafe, berghoff cafe cookbook, Book Reviews, cookbook, cookbook reviews 2 Comments »
September 2, 2010 (12:24) Homemade Hashbrowns I love crispy edged hash browns but have had trouble making them consistently. Great tip on getting the starch out!
August 30, 2010 (11:40) Homemade Hashbrowns Waffle House hash browns have nothing on these suckers. Delish.
August 30, 2010 (9:12) Homemade Hashbrowns YES. Excellent man. Nothing like a good hash brown.
August 29, 2010 (8:13) Grilled Chicken over Cellantani Pesto Chris - It is totally time to start using up that fresh basil. If you can move it into the house. That basil is good all year.
August 27, 2010 (10:49) Grilled Chicken over Cellantani Pesto Fresh basil is the best. It's getting that time of year that I need to start using up our basil plants, they have been productive this year.