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From the monthly archives:
Over at the Pastry Life blog are the most amazing photographs from a cupcake decorating competition at the World Pastry Forum. Before you get disheartened, remember these folks pastry chefs not home cooks. (You can view more pictures on the Pastry Life Flickr page.) These should provide ample inspiration for anyone who likes to decorate [...]
When I told Big Bad Dad that I was forwarded a copy of Dr. BBQ’s Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook: A Real Barbecue Champion Brings the Tasty Recipes and Juicy Stories of the Barbecue Circuit to Your Backyard to review he said, "Oh great! I nearly bought that." And I can see why. First Dr. BBQ (Ray [...]
Michelle D. writes in: "Remember the yummy shrimp dish Brook brought to Kurt and Karen’s? Well, I got the recipe from him and it is a cinch to make. This has become a summer staple at Casa Dargen. -M " Brook is an awesome cook and always brings unusual and extremely tasty dishes to parties. [...]
It must be summer, because the backyard raspberry bushes are in fruit. The scrawny plants Big Bad Dad planted four years ago have become huge. They’ve "creeped" and completely taken over the garden next to it. We also have a very large blackberry bush and a few small strawberry plants. The berries are so plentiful [...]
Big Bad Dad had a barbeque party for his coworkers at our house a little over a week ago. Big Dave, a Kansas City native, brought his electric smoker over and cooked pork ribs. He also grilled bbq chicken for our guests who didn’t eat park. BBD decided to make pulled pork from Alton Brown’s [...]
First recommendation – Rosenblum Cellars California Zinfandel Vinters Cuvee XXVII. One of our guests, Kim, brought a couple of bottles of this to our barbeque last week. The opened bottle has been sitting on our refrigerator since then. In the spirit of still trying to get rid of party leftovers, I finished off a couple [...]
Well, if I’m going to recommend a cream cheese frosting for Michelle D.’s buttermilk chocolate cake, I’d better post some recipes. Here are a few from around the web: Cream Cheese Frosting from the Dinner Co-Op 1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups powdered sugar 1 [...]
I’m so busy these days that I haven’t had much time to devote to blogging. Thank the kitchen goddess that my good friend, Michelle D. emailed me a cake recipe. She writes, Hey girlie, I have a great cake recipe for you! It’s very easy. This is the cake with a taste of my childhood. [...]
Iron Chef rocks! When I discovered the shows nearly four years ago, when we finally got the Food Network on satellite, I fell in love. Such entertainment value! Such weird food! Such happy Japanese women talking about liking the feel of something in their mouths! (My husband really enjoyed hearing that.) I even got my [...]
I’ve never met a cookbook I didn’t like. However, there’s a first time for everything and The Happy Camper’s Gourmet Cookbook – The Complete Guide to Camper/RV Cooking by Joyce Ryan is it. I went to the library looking for a cookbook I could use during last weekend’s camping trip. We have a pop up [...]
I guess several cooking blogs were contacted by marketing firm Hass MS&L to critique the new Hefty Serve ‘n Store plates. I was thrilled to be asked since it meant FREE STUFF. However, I haven’t had the chance to use these yet. For camping, I like to use paper plates, since we can use them [...]
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