With winter fast approaching, the amount of light in my kitchen is dwindling. It is hard to cook a meal and take photos when there is little to no natural light. As you may or may not know, food photography requires natural light in order to get the mouth watering images that we love. A [...]
Posted in All, Cooking, Uncategorized 
Tags: budget, cheap, cheap lighting, continuous lighting, diy, easy, easy lighting, fun, homemade lighting, low cost, photography, quick, soft box 
No Comments »Make sure to check out the DC curbside cook-off today. Who doesn’t love a little street meat for lunch and/or dinner. It is going to be a beautiful weekend. 70′s and sunny. Who could ask for more. This might be the last weekend to pick apples. It is winding down. Have a great weekend! Sugar [...]
Howard County Fair — Aug 7, 2010 8:00am – Aug 14, 2010 11:00pm It is fair season. The Howard County Fair is a great traditional county fair. Food, rides and livestock. Admission is $5. Montgomery County Fair — Aug 13, 2010 9:00am – Aug 21, 2010 10:00pm Yet another fair. I love carnival food so [...]
I have been getting a lot of emails on how I take photos and where I get my dishes. Readers are constantly asking what kind of camera I use, what lenses, and how do I get the perfect photos. Well I must admit not all of the photos are perfect, but there is a method [...]
Posted in Best Of..., Cooking, Uncategorized Tags: cameras, dishes, food blogging, how to, lighting, photos, pictures, plates 2 Comments »I am a huge fan of potatoes. Maybe that is the Midwesterner in me. Maybe it because I love starch. I really don’t have an answer for it, but I do know that I love potatoes. So whenever I am looking for a side, I always look to potatoes first. Searching through the internet I [...]
Posted in Cooking, French Fries, Potatoes, Vegetables Tags: oven baked fries, oven fries, parmesan oven fries 1 Comment »Last week Tucker and I drove to Michigan to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. It was a great time. Tucker loved the road trip. When we arrived I learned that we were going to deep-fry a Turkey. I have done this a couple of time before, so I helped prepare a marinade and we were [...]
Every Friday I usually list the things to do in DC. However, today is special. It is Black Friday. Only the greatest day to pick up kitchen gadgets. So I have compiled a list of the best deals today for Kitchen appliances and gadgets. Macys.com KitchenAid Classic 4.5-qt. Stand Mixer (After Rebate) $179.99 Cuisinart [...]
Well it appears that I have swine flu. Since I am over 25 the ER told me to go home and take some tylenol. It was like a scene out of Seinfeld, “No tamiflu for you!!” After waiting 3 hours to get denied tamiflu they were nice and only charged me $18 for the two [...]
I can’t believe it is Wednesday already. The hangover from the weekend just past and now it is cocktail Wednesday. This week I am featuring my favorite drink. Rex’s Lemonade. It is a take on Lynchburg Lemonade but it uses the most regal brand of whiskey, Crown. The name itself exudes royal acclaim. So lets [...]
Posted in Cocktails, Cooking Tags: Crown lemonade, kings lemonade, rex's lemonade, whiskey lemonade No Comments »My favorite photos from SavorySights, my free photo sharing site. Add your food photos now! Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars Posted by browneyedbaker Marinated Mahon with Roasted Red Peppers Posted by sbsbea
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 »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 »When I was in college I used to go to this restaurant with great pizza. One of my favorite pizzas was the tostada pizza. Basically it was taco pizza. Since the bread sticks yesterday only used one pizza dough and the recipe makes two, I figured I would try to recreate the pizza today. This [...]
Posted in Cooking, Mexican, Pizza, Recipes Tags: Beef, mexican pizza, non-traditional pizzas, Recipes, taco pizza, taco sauce, taco seasoning, thin crust pizza, tostada pizza 7 Comments »
