Posted in ramblings, cooking on Jul 18th, 2008 No Comments »
…as if it’s not already glaringly obvious. Today, I went to Red Lobster and tried the Macadamia Tilapia with White Chocolate Beurre Blanc. Why? Because the dish is the result of a Next Food Network Star challenge, and the winning entree is currently being served at a friendly neighborhood Red Lobster near you. Thinking of […]
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Posted in cooking, family on Apr 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Yup, chicka here spent yet another Saturday in complete foodie dorkiness. I spend the first few hours of every Saturday glued to the best network on TV, then settle down with the Ingles and Publix sales papers side-by-side with my coupon organizer, and plan out the entire week’s menu based on (a) what’s on […]
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Posted in cooking on Jul 28th, 2007 No Comments »
On our way home from our vacation, we stopped at a little peach stand just north of Aiken. I was really surprised to see they had peaches available, since we had heard that the state’s peach crop was lost because of the late frost back in the spring. Betcha didn’t know that, on […]
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Posted in cooking on May 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Until I came across Diner Girl’s site. Wow. I didn’t know normal people (i.e. people who aren’t professional chefs) could cook like that.
I so want this book now. I’m inspired. I know that unlike a certain Food Network chef (heheh), I (a) know how to handle a knife and […]
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Posted in cooking on Mar 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
Which Food Network chef are you?
Oh bother!
Take this quiz!
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Posted in cooking, family on Dec 26th, 2006 No Comments »
Wow, is it over already?? What a busy few days. The in-laws came up for a visit (did I mention that I have the best in-laws ever?) and just left an hour or so ago. We had such a great time with old traditions and starting new ones.
One of the old traditions […]
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Posted in cooking on Oct 16th, 2006 1 Comment »
I am really getting tired of not having a stove. There’s only so much you can do with a crockpot and oven, and tonight while cooking on the single burner on the grill I was getting chilly. Yup, it’s definitely autumn. Tonight I thought I’d throw together some beef stew… I had […]
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Posted in cooking on Oct 9th, 2006 1 Comment »
On Saturday morning at our house, do you think we watch cartoons? Not on your life. Food Network all the way, baybee. So I’m watching Tyler Florence’s show “Tyler’s Ultimate” (did you know that Tyler is from Greenville?) and he’s making these pork chops that look to die for.
Lucky me, I had […]
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