Foodie Rant: McDonald’s Happy Meal Kerfluffle

December 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Now, I don’t consider the ‘food’ at fast food restaurant McDonald’s particularly tasty (or edible for that matter) however I am slightly amused and concerned about their presence in the news lately as San Francisco has tried to regulate their Happy Meals and today’s news that a Sacramento woman is actually -suing- them over it. [...]

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Did you need your Gluttony Pants this Thanksgiving?

November 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I am generally guilty of some holiday gluttony myself , but due to my recent move, I didn’t get the chance to do the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.   Instead, I grubbed on the pizza, pasta and salad bar buffet at Hungry Howie’s in St. Augustine.  I was actually pretty well behaved.   In [...]

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Fabulous Spoon Bread

November 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Sometimes simple dishes are the best. One of my favorite foods during Thanksgiving is my wife’s spoon bread. It is a simple quick recipe made of: 1 Cup of Sour Cream 8 Ounces of Cream Corn 1/2 Cup of Melted Unsalted Butter 2 Large Eggs Slightly Beaten 1 Box of Jiffy Corn Bread Mix 4 [...]

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Cranberry Orange Muffins

November 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This week at my kids’ school they had their yearly Grandparents Day. All the grandmas and grandpas come and see what their grandkids are learning and working on, the kids do special presentations and show them around. One of the highlights is the coffee and pastry table and the 5th grade parents get to provide [...]

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Recipe: Baking Powder Biscuits

November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Several of my friends were discussing crackers, biscuits and scones today with a bit of debate as, depending where you are in the world, the words describe foods that are quite different. Trying to describe the texture of an American biscuit to someone in Europe is not quite as easy as it sounds! Rather than [...]

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It’s just not the holidays until…

November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We all have our holiday traditions…decorations, family gatherings, well wishes for the coming year, and FOOD! It’s just not the holidays around our house until someone breaks out those foods we wait for impatiently all. year. long. Growing up, it was never officially Christmas until mom had made the familial standard trifecta of decadent candy: [...]

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The Air Force has yummy potatoes

November 1, 2010 By 1 Comment

Actually it’s “twisted taters”. I went to my very first Air Force football game this past weekend and was surprised to encounter such yummy smells in the air. Besides the standard hot dog and burger stands, they also offered cinnamon roasted almonds, a copy cat “dippin’ dots”, hot chocolate and my favorite… twisted taters, among [...]

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Bay Area Steps up to the Plate

October 28, 2010 By 1 Comment

The San Francisco Giants are in the World Series for the first time since 2002  and Bay Area foodies are getting into the spirit of the hometown team by devouring variety of Giants-themed delights. Here are some tasty treats from local food establishments: SusieCakes is making cupcakes that include the Panda, Fear the Beard, and [...]

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If Bob Marley had a flavor

October 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Ever wonder what the Reggae king would taste like? Ask for a Bob Marley the next time you’re near a well stocked liquor stash and you might find out. This stack of drinks was made in Nigril, Jamaica and was unexpectedly potent. There are a number of recipes you can find online, but none of [...]

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What do you get when you combine eggs, BBQ pork, salsa and bacon?

October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

If you’re unsure of this combination, think again, it’s delicious! In our house we tend to “invent” a lot of meals from whatever we have in the fridge. Sometimes it’s leftovers, sometimes we are missing ingredients for otherwise normal meals and sometimes we are just feeling adventurous. This tortilla happiness was the result of a [...]

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