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UK Restaurant Catches Up With Years-Old American Idea

February 28, 2006 1:25 PM || 0 Comments

In a breaking news story, icteeside reports that a new restaurant has opened in the UK which provides a quirky atmosphere and activities at the table for diners to enjoy....

Chicago Cutlery Reprieve

February 28, 2006 8:00 AM || 0 Comments

After writing a review of J.A. Henckel's 8" Chef's Knife, I was struck by thoughts of guilt for verbally casting aside my trusty Chicago Cutlery Chef's Knife. How low of...

Rachel Ray vs. Giada de Laurentiis

February 27, 2006 6:38 PM || 0 Comments

So call me a pig for mentioning this, but I found a great entry about Rachel Ray and Giada at a site called Bastardly. Is this PG? Some great...

J.A. Henckels 8" Chef Knife

February 27, 2006 11:13 AM || 0 Comments

I used to think that my nice Chicago Cutlery Chef Knife was a great knife. It has such sentimental value to me. The Chicago Cutlery set was given to...

Slashed Pork Chops with Rosemary-Olive Oil Stuffing

February 26, 2006 12:55 PM || 0 Comments

Here's a great recipe that I worked up a while back to improve on the basic grilled pork chops. I use this one often because we have a very large...

New Spices on the Block

February 24, 2006 9:18 PM || 0 Comments

It’s not often that a product lives up to its boastful name, exceptions to that rule being Blair’s Death Sauces, Dave’s Insanity Sauces, and this one, Just Simply Good Stuff....

Kitchen Fun

February 22, 2006 10:19 PM || 0 Comments

I've been accepted as a contributor to a food site called Kitchen Fun. After a few weeks of doing nothing there (thanks very much, Influenza) I finally posted a recipe....

Recipe: Creamy Green Chile Dip

February 21, 2006 10:10 AM || 0 Comments

I had a moment of frustration with the world the other day. Apparently, Hidden Valley has a monopoly on anything called "Ranch." I wanted to make a green chile dip,...

Favorite Cookbooks

February 20, 2006 10:24 AM || 0 Comments

When it comes to cookbooks, there are two kinds: the fancy picture cookbook and the practical cookbook. Every now and then some publisher will try to combine the two, and...

Don't Drink Cooking Sherry

February 17, 2006 11:57 AM || 0 Comments

Ever heard a cooking show or chef tell you not to over salt your food when cooking with cooking sherry since it has so much salt in it? Ever wonder...

Preventing Cupped Burgers

February 16, 2006 4:44 PM || 0 Comments

Have you ever happily put down your hamburger patties over the holy fires only come back a minute later to find they have curled up into these horrible inverted cups?...

Recipe: Top Shelf Margarita

February 15, 2006 9:47 PM || 0 Comments

This is a basic Margarita on the Rocks using top shelf alcohol. Tequila and Triple Sec tend to ride right along with price when it comes to quality. In other...

Panini on the George Foreman

February 14, 2006 8:01 AM || 0 Comments

Who needs a panini press if you have a George Forman Grill? It will accomplish the same thing in the same time, plus, it's heated. Ingredients - Sliced bread, preferably...

Chicken Soup For the Sick

February 12, 2006 8:57 PM || 0 Comments

Q: When is a man not a man? A: When he's sick. In that case, he's a big fat whiny crybaby. I'll be the first to admit that i'm a...

The Chicken Rub Test

February 9, 2006 5:05 PM || 0 Comments

There were a lot of spices and spice rubs lying around my kitchen that needed to test out and give my opinions to the makers, so I decided to do...

Manning the Stove

February 9, 2006 4:58 PM || 0 Comments

I opened an old Time Magazine in the doctor's office the other day, and found a great article called "Manning the Stove," about the man's ever-changing role in the household...

A 4-Drink Progression

February 7, 2006 9:21 AM || 0 Comments

In the realm of mixology 101, there is a progression of drinks that is simple to remember if you can learn the basic drink: the screwdriver. Basically just vodka and...

Recipe: Sex Up Against the Wall

February 7, 2006 9:04 AM || 0 Comments

And the finale in our progression of drinks is the Sex Up Against the Wall. Just follow it along: sex because of the orange juice and vodka, then wall because...

Recipe: Harvey Wallbanger

February 7, 2006 9:02 AM || 0 Comments

The story goes like this: In the 1960’s, a surfer named Harvey wiped out in a surfing competition, then drank too much vodka and Galliano at Pancho’s Bar in Manhattan...

Recipe: Screwdriver

February 7, 2006 9:00 AM || 0 Comments

The ultimate drinker’s hangover cure. A little hair of the dog that bit ya. A half glass of vodka and a splash of orange juice. I think that the screwdriver...

Basic Buffalo Wings

February 3, 2006 6:00 AM || 0 Comments

Superbowl XL is upon us, and I just wanted to get this one posted before the big game. Last year, I did a number of posts leading up to the...

You Are What You Drink

February 2, 2006 1:06 PM || 0 Comments

We've been talking quite a bit lately about beverages here at MIA, and there is more to come. Namely froom the 21st Episode of the Men in Aprons Show. Right...

Recipe: Sex on the Beach

February 1, 2006 6:58 AM || 0 Comments

If you are living breathing human being over the age of 21, chances are you have heard of this drink. And who doesn’t like sex on the beach ..er, I...

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