Coca-Cola gets it right with new blog

February 6, 2008 9:12 AM || 1 Comments

For the past month, coke has been publishing a blog under the title "Coca-Cola conversations." The writer is Phil Mooney, a Coca-Cola historian/archivist. I am pleasantly surprised with this blog,...

Paper Doll Giada de Laurentiis

December 8, 2007 8:16 AM || 2 Comments

Some brilliant (BRILLIANT!) person has created an interactive application that lets users play dress up dolls with famous celebrities and other characters. Check out Giada de Laurentiis paper doll. It...

Weber's Campaign for Grill Decency

October 15, 2007 8:50 PM || 0 Comments

I've been waiting patiently to post this on Men in Aprons, as my skepticism held the "post" button in check. Weber has a new buzz marketing ad campaign called The...

Nuggets 9/20/07

September 20, 2007 8:28 PM || 1 Comments

The world's largest chocolate fountain can be found at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Willy Wonka can be found outside crying. A great new web site and blog find...

Nuggets 9-14-07

September 14, 2007 8:11 AM || 0 Comments

Around the web: Real Meals TV has a quick video about pairing wine and steak. Personally, the answer man's accent bugs me, but I was surprised to see a French...

VideoJug Food & Drink Site

August 30, 2007 1:33 PM || 1 Comments

The Men in Aprons mailbox fills up on a daily basis with spam, comments, press releases and announcements of the latest and greatest Web 2.0 venture. Usually I trash them...

The Onion Got Me

June 3, 2007 8:34 PM || 4 Comments

NHL Signs Broadcast Deal With Food Network NEW YORK—Flanked by Food Network president Brooke Johnson and cooking-show host Rachael Ray, Commissioner Gary Bettman announced yesterday that the NHL has opted...

YouTube: Grilled Chocolate Stuffed Bananas

May 10, 2007 10:03 AM || 2 Comments

Here's a tasty treat I found from the Urban Griller. This quick video shows you how to grill chocolate stuffed bananas. Mmmmm.......

Giada de Laurentiis at SoBe

March 18, 2007 7:52 AM || 1 Comments

J over at Food Network Addict was able to attend the South Beach Food and Wine Festival last week, and at it he took some great pictures of all the...

Nuggets 2/9/07

February 9, 2007 3:36 PM || 3 Comments

Tired of the flare and pizazz of the unrealistic portrayal of cooking on television. Check out Real Meals TV. You can watch videos of real people cooking real food in...

Sara Moulton Live Chat

January 26, 2007 2:45 PM || 0 Comments

Check out a live online chat with Sara Moulton Monday afternoon for tips on making your superbowl party a success. Gourmet Magazine’s Executive Chef, Sara Moulton, is working with Best...

Hot Sauce Blog Wing Off

January 23, 2007 2:05 PM || 0 Comments

Gentlemen, start your hot sauces. Hot Sauce Blog is holding the first annual Hot Sauce Blog Wing Off. You could win some fabulous prizes just by making your own...

Well Fed Network's Food Blog Awards

December 11, 2006 11:49 AM || 2 Comments

Greetings Men in Aprons readers. As the year of 2006 comes to a close, blog awards and self-congratulations are opening up. Normally, I only promote for the Bloggies, but this...

Alive and Well Done

November 2, 2006 4:25 PM || 0 Comments

Step aside, Sandra Lee. Move over Rachel Ray. There's a new diva in town and her name is Michelle Harris. Fans of Michelle Harris probably are crossing their fingers right...

Share Senseo

October 9, 2006 9:06 PM || 3 Comments

I have had the unique opportunity to receive a Senseo Single Serve Coffee Pod Machine, and share it with the world. This white one, I gave to my mother-in-law...

Nuggets, TX-OU Weekend Edition

October 7, 2006 9:49 AM || 0 Comments

First and foremost ... Hook 'Em Horns! Bet the hell outta OU! Should be a good game today, one in which I am dearly looking forward to watching. Not just...

A Big Bowl of Red

September 28, 2006 3:06 PM || 5 Comments

My latest article about Chili is up over at Cooking For US "In my part of the country, folks gather 'round the television in mid-october in celebration of our two...

Secrets of Successful Food Blogs

September 22, 2006 11:04 AM || 3 Comments

Austrailian celebrity chef Benjamin Christie has sent me another link to his blog about how to make your food blog a success. It's a great article with a lot of...

That Thing Got a Hemi?

September 20, 2006 2:01 PM || 1 Comments

Just wanted to share this with you. Some great-looking (and unbelieveable) grills on this link I found from Google. Neatorama's Top Ten Cool Grills And the answer is yes....

The Cardinal Rule of Food Blogging

August 21, 2006 9:15 AM || 2 Comments

Got a nice email from Austrailian blogger and Celebrity Chef, Benjamin Christie today about his article on food photography. Not sure if he was telling me that my photography sucks...

Cooking For US Launches User Submission Feature

July 28, 2006 8:39 AM || 1 Comments

The new food website, Cooking For US has launched it's new user submission functionality. You can now log, create an account, and submit your own recipes for people to...

What has blogging BROUGHT me?

July 26, 2006 11:47 AM || 2 Comments

Last week, Darren at ProBlogger.net asked a question of us readers: What has blogging bought you? Plenty of folks answered stuff, toys, electronics, and vacations. Too bad that Men in...

Carnival of the Grill Mentioned by Food and Wine (sort of)

July 25, 2006 9:48 PM || 4 Comments

FoodandWine.com has mentioned Carnival of the Gril by way of Something So Clever. OK, the link actually goes to Alicat, but I'll take all the bleed off traffic I can...

Foodie Networking

June 13, 2006 9:42 PM || 1 Comments

If you have a food blog, and are looking to expand your networking and/or traffic, you might want to check out FoodCandy.com. It's a social networking site like MySpace, but...

Habits of Highly Effective Food Bloggers

May 25, 2006 10:35 AM || 4 Comments

Greetings bloggers and food bloggers. In answer to Darren Rowse's call for articles on the habits of highly effective food bloggers, I am turning it on it's head a little...

Grilling Gifts

May 21, 2006 7:03 PM || 1 Comments

A reader sent me a link to my new favourite website, Grilling Gifts.com. If anyone out there would like to send me a present (wink,wink), you can go there and...

The Science of Cooking

May 15, 2006 7:55 PM || 0 Comments

I have found, quite possibly, the best cooking web site on the internet today (not including MIA). Introducing Science of Cooking It is a full web site exploring the WHY...

Embracing my Inner Martha

May 3, 2006 12:22 PM || 0 Comments

It's down there somewhere. My inner Martha. I think I can feel it. It's elusive. Recently, I had the opportunity to contribute to a wonderful web project called Very Good...

Prize-Winning Chili

April 4, 2006 2:57 PM || 0 Comments

MIA reader/listener Curt, sent me a link to his flickr site where he has a picture set of the cooking of he and his brother Los' championship chili. I...

Speed Linking: March 26, 2006

March 27, 2006 11:31 AM || 0 Comments

Here are some cool food and cooking sites I've been checking out lately: Super-Sized Meals: Food that a guy can really sink his teeth into. That guy from Super-Size Me...

U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition

March 26, 2006 1:07 PM || 0 Comments

On the latest episode of the Men in Aprons Show, TheWife talks about this year's annual U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition. I thought I might shed a little more light...

Giada Traffic

March 22, 2006 6:59 AM || 0 Comments

Welcome all ye who would come to find pictures of Giada de Laurentiis. Unfortunately, there aren't that many in exisitence, at least not on the web. There are a lot...

Nutrition: Doctors Vs. The Media

March 8, 2006 8:16 PM || 0 Comments

Newsweek has a great article regarding nutrition and the media. What should we believe about nutrition, dieting, weight loss, and health, when all we see are conflicting reports on television...

Jamie Oliver's Flavour Shaker

March 2, 2006 6:00 AM || 0 Comments

I've been a fan of Jamie Oliver for years now, even though his latest 3 or 4 cookbooks weren't the best. Today, though, he earned some respect in my when...

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....

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...

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...

More Men in Aprons

January 23, 2006 3:44 PM || 0 Comments

The list of other Men in Aprons is growing. One of my readers/listeners has started his own cooking weblog. Brady, normally of ShovelMonkey's TestPit, is now the proud operator of...

What the ...?

December 6, 2005 2:46 PM || 1 Comments

Grilling Commandments

December 2, 2005 2:58 PM || 2 Comments

Q'ing with Johnny has the 7 commandments of grilling. Thou Shalt Not Leave The Grill Unattended!When you put somethin' on the"Q" check it OFTEN! Don't go inside and make the...

Men in Aprons Not so common in U.S.

November 23, 2005 3:07 PM || 0 Comments

Just found a great article on the internet about men in the kitchen. Some nice little tidbits about men cooking around the world and what they wear while doing so....

Mystery Solved

November 14, 2005 3:40 PM || 0 Comments

Ever wanted to know where croissants come from? We now have the answer. This exclusive Men in Aprons video was sent to us by Cheryl, a loyal reader. You need...

Review of Big Daddy Jake's

August 25, 2005 8:30 AM || 0 Comments

My review of Big Daddy Jake's Texas Pit Smoked Hot Sauce is now up for your viewing pleasure at the Hot Sauce blog. It was some good stuff. But my...

Black & Tan Redux

January 22, 2005 6:34 AM || 4 Comments

Serves me right for not Googling "Black & Tan" before I actually made the entry. According to this site, the irish don't consider a Black & Tan a Black and...