One of our favorite meals is lamb chops, usually with a side of dirty quinoa (you know, quinoa with “stuff” in it) on a bed of greens or baby spinach or something to that effect. It is easy enough to prepare mid-week, yet always seems to feel like a special meal. However, it is one […]
There’s almost nothing you can do to make a slice of pizza unappealing for me. Even if it is a wheat crust slathered with cheap mozzarella cheese, it still appeals. I wouldn’t eat it, but boy, I’d smell it and drool. Man, I passed by a Subway today and nearly made a pizza pit stop…. […]
I was watching the Food Network the other day (surprise, surprise) and happened upon an older episode of Giada De Laurentiis’s show Everyday Italian. It was one of the great episodes that featured her Aunt Raffi in the kitchen with her, creating havoc and generally getting in Giada’s way. I love when Aunt Raffi shows […]
Today, we are going to try Taco Marys! This is not to be confused with a Bloody Maria, which is made with tequila and bloody mary mix, rather than vodka. This week’s drink is designed to give you a few extra spices and a little bit of fire, so if you have a bad cold […]
Cards? Blech. Box o’ Chocolates? Eh. If there’s one tradition Deb and I will keep for Valentine’s Day, it’s eating a good meal. Sometimes we’ll cook something together, maybe one of our favorites or something that’s new and sounds amazing. For the third year in a row, though, we’re ordering out from a local catering […]
If you’re an avid reader of the online version of Entertainment Weekly, you may have stumbled two days ago on a post about extremely fat food. Actually, the EW post lets you know of a website that posts pictures of artery-clogging food people actually eat! For example, the picture on the right of this post […]
Is this a fun concept, or what? A restaurant in Austin, Texas called Maki has found its niche, to be sure — you can design and roll your own sushi roll there. There’s a connection between this restaurant and this column, too … wait for it…. Maki is attempting to make sushi more accessible and […]
