Monthly Archives: July 2009

I Like Big Buns and I Cannot Lie

July 7, 2009
I Like Big Buns and I Cannot Lie

Yeah – I know. Just come right out and tell me how you feel. I promise I can take it. A post about a delicious, succulent burger with the best in the midwest kick-you-in-the-ass-spicy-but-also-sweet-bbq sauce – after the 4th of July? After?!! Well, yes. Yes, yes, yes. In fact, heck yes and you bet your bottom dollar, yes.Because unlike some of you weirdos out there, I like burgers more than just on the 4th. And for those of you out there making chicken and sausage and whatnot over the weekend, what were you thinking? I mean, c’mon. Of the 365 glorious, lovely days in the year, there is one day where eating a burger must fit some sort of requirement to being an American. [I'm not sure where vegetarians fit here.... but maybe the higher powers would let you guys slide if you promise to eat something that at...

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Heather had a Little Lamb

July 3, 2009
Heather had a Little Lamb

Midway through the first 1/2 of the last quarter of culinary school baking class, I found that I had absolutely no cotton pickin’ room in my freezer. I’d stuffed a loaf of challah bread, and a bazillion foot-long pieces of French baguette, made sponge-style and well, non-sponge-style into our already (in my opinion) tiny fridge. Not to mention the other loaf of pumpernickel, eclair shells, and the list goes on. Before that point, the little thing was already pretty packed. Being somewhat of a hate-to-waste-things freak, I tend to freeze almost anything I can get my hands on. Eggs whites? Check. Lime leaves? Yepper. Tomato paste? Thai chiles? Mole sauce? Now, I sense you understand. It’s safe to say I’d be totally bummed out if we lost power in these parts. No friends, not because I’d have to take an ice-cold shower in the dark, but because I’d lose...

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The Gut Buster

Eating good, healthy food is an admirable goal. It’s a really good goal. Sometimes though, it’s just. so. dang. hard. Ya feel me? Exhibit...

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