This weekend is the Safeway National BBQ Battle right in the heart of America’s Capital. I am featuring this event today as I am competing in it with the Pork Barrel BBQ team. This event is awesome!! Not only because it is in my neck of the woods, but because it features both KCBS and [...]
Sorry for not posting over the weekend, but I was a little busy. I asked my girlfriend to marry me. She said yes! Luckily for me, I was prepared for the occasion. Check out my champagne taste test post for the best champagne under $15. I will be back tomorrow with a new post.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending Food and Wine Festival at National Harbor. It was a lot of fun. There was wine tasting, beer tasting, liquor tasting and food. Lots and lots of food. Dana and I attended the festival on Saturday. With your entrance fee, you get a souvenir wine glass for sampling [...]
Sorry about my lack of posts over the weekend. I thought I had enough prepared for my trip to Memphis. Unfortunately, I fell short. However, I have great news about my first trip to Memphis. I traveled to Memphis with the guys for Pork Barrel BBQ to compete in the annual Memphis in May Contest. [...]
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Tags: Beale Street. Barbecue, Jambo Pits, Memphis in May, Mike Mills, Pat Burke, pork barrel bbq, pork shoulder, Tuffy Stone 
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!! In honor of Cinco de Mayo I decided to do a little list of my favorite south of the border recipes. Since this is Cocktail Wednesday the first has to be a refreshing beverage. Nothing starts off a good Cinco de Mayo like a Margarita!! The Margarita
It has been one year of posts, quips and some downright fatty and amazing foods. We have seen everything from Chicken Fried Bacon to Bacon Pancakes to the recreation of the Domino’s Bread Bowl Pasta. I decided to post some cool statistics. Most popular posts, number of impressions, most popular search term, etc. Top Ten [...]
Posted in Best Of..., Events Tags: anniversary, happy birthday savoryreviews, Recipes, savory reviews, savoryreviews, stats, thank you, top ten posts 4 Comments »Since next week is the greatest holiday of the year, I decided to compile a list of the Irish Pubs in DC. There are a ton of pubs in the area and you want to be able to have the best holiday possible. So I have broken down Northern Virginia and DC and have come [...]
Posted in Events, Things to do in DC Tags: alexandria, arlington, irish bars, irish pubs in dc, northern virginia irish pubs No Comments »It is that time of the year again. DC Winter Restaurant Week. Here is the gist of it. Restaurant Week consists of the best DC area restaurants offering a 3 course prix fixe meal for $20.10 for lunch and $30.10 for dinner. Restaurant week is from January 11-17, 2010. So making a reservation at your [...]
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 [...]
I am a huge fan of potato skins. The other day I made bbq chicken potato skins. While making them I realized that potato skins are the perfect vessel for Thanksgiving leftovers. Fill the skin with your leftovers and your are there. I must say that these are some of the most delicious potato skins [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Events, Thanksgiving Tags: leftovers, potato skins, thanksgiving leftovers, thanksgiving potato skins 3 Comments »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 [...]
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today I decided to take a little break from cooking and recap my favorite Thanksgiving dishes. If you need a few tips for cooking your turkey check out my turkey hints and tips that I posted on Tuesday. Herb Roasted Turkey Breast
Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I wanted to give a few pointers. Let me know if there is anything that I have left out.
