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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Food’
May 5th, 2010
Happy Cinco de Mayo
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
March 26th, 2010
What to do this Weekend in DC
Cherry Blossoms All Weekend The Cherry Blossoms are starting to bloom in DC. Head down to the National Mall and then head toward the Tidal Basin. The Jefferson Memorial is the best place to get a nice picture of the whole basin. If you are not interested in seeing the whole National Mall and want [...]
November 1st, 2009
Pasty – Back to the UP
I went to college in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for three years. It was a grand ole time. One of the regional cuisine favorites was the pasty pronounced (Past – EEEE). What is the pasty, well it is a meat pie filled with vegetables. Pretty tasty. My friend worked at a bar called the [...]
October 31st, 2009
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween! My plans for my big Halloween post went up in smoke after the swine flu incident. I was planning on some pretty cool recipes for this last week, but never got around to them. Same with the post for today. But, luckily while I was sick, I was able to surf the web [...]
June 7th, 2009
Food & Wine Festival At National Harbor
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. Plus, I got to hang out with Carla and Ariane from Top Chef Season 5. The National Harbor was the [...]
Posted in Cooking, Events, Things to do in DC 
Tags: BBQ, Beer, cheese, Food, food and wind festival, fun, national harbor, stella artois, Things to do in DC, wine 
5 Comments »June 4th, 2009
Cheesy Poofs – Cheap Eats
Yesterday I reviewed “I’m just here for MORE FOOD” and there was a recipe for Cheesy Poofs. Yes, those cheesy staples of Eric Cartman from South Park. So I had to try them. They are amazing. Not quite the cheddar ones that have the cheetah on them, but they are tasty none the less. This is the [...]
Posted in Baking, Cheap Eats, Recipes, cheese, snacks Tags: alton brown, cartmans food, cheddar poofs, cheese, cheesy, cheesy poofs, Food, poofs, Recipes, south park treat No Comments »May 29th, 2009
What to do this weekend in DC (May 29-31)
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. Cochon 555 5 Chefs, 5 Pigs and 5 Winemakers. Each chef will prepare a 70 lb heritage pig from head to toe for judges and the crowd. In the [...]
May 13th, 2009
Book Review – 25 Essential Techniques for Grilling
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 grilling by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and grilling and this book is right up my alley. Ardie A. Davis Ardie is an award winning expert with his [...]
Posted in Book Reviews Tags: 25 essential techniques for grilling, ardie davis, Book Reviews, corn, Food, Grilling, Recipes, Restaurants Reviews No Comments »May 4th, 2009
Recreating the bread bowl pasta
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 [...]
Posted in Baking, Bread, Cooking, Italian, Pasta, Pizza, Sauces, Sourdough Tags: bread bowl, bread bowl pasta, carb overload, dominos, Food, Marinara, Pasta, pizza, recipe, Recipes 13 Comments »May 1st, 2009
What to do in DC this weekend (May 1-3)
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 [...]
April 25th, 2009
Sourdough Pizza
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 [...]
April 21st, 2009
Chicken Limone with Gnocchi
Update: It was a great time competing in foodie fights. In the end I ended up in 5th place. I want to thank everyone that voted. With your help I ended up receiving the 3rd most popular votes. Thanks again. The time has arrived for my entry into the Foodie Fights Battle. After you check [...]
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.