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When Big Bad Dad went to the UK, he stayed with his friend, John. (Here’s a picture of him and a cooked haggis.) Being a Scot, John loves his haggis and manages to serve it to us every time we see him. The one and only time I had haggis, it was at John’s sister’s [...]
After slicing up my fingers pretty badly two weeks ago, it’s ironic that Big Bad Dad got me a couple of cool but rather dangerous kitchen utensils for Christmas. First, I got a J.A. Henckels Two Blade Mincing Knife. He purchased this in Germany, which was pretty smart on his part since it’s not available [...]
They’re back – the Best of Blogs (BoB) Awards, that is! The BoB Awards help little bloggers get some recognition and recognizes the great efforts of those online diarists who blog about the minutiae of their life…and entertain many others in the process. Go to www.thebestofblogs.com today and nominate your favorite blog in the following [...]
To go along with the rotisserie pork roast, the mashed potatoes with blue cheese and the port wine gravy with mushrooms (click here to see those recipes), I’ll be making roast veggies, a corn bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, and an English trifle for dessert (from The All New, All Purpose Joy of Cooking though this [...]
This year I’m cooking Christmas dinner on our fabulous grill. This pork roast recipe comes from 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. I’ve made it once before and it was fantastic. Nothing like taking advantage of the pork [...]
With one week to go, I hope you’ve finished your holiday shopping. But if not – or if you want to exchange the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” your Aunt Martha gave you – here’s some terrific culinary books and cookbooks for people who love to cook or read about cooking: Don’t Try This At [...]
We’re attending a holiday party at Big Bad Dad’s coworker’s home. The whole point of the party is that one of his company’s vendor/partners has a lamb farm and is bringing some lamb to roast. Everyone is going to bring side dishes. We’ll be bringing Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Blue Cheese and Garlic from the [...]
Here’s my cooking list next week: bake 2 dozen cookies for Thursday night bake 2 dozen cookies for Friday afternoon cut and "glue" with royal frosting at least 24 "houses" made out of graham crackers for kindergarteners to decorate prepare 1 English dessert trifle for Friday night (see Joy of Baking for a great recipe) [...]
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Big Bad Dad is in Europe this week. His first stop was to visit friends in Berlin. Somehow he managed to get himself invited to his friend Thomas’s in-law’s traditional German Christmas dinner. They had goose, red cabbage, curly kale, dumplings, potatoes, dark beer, and gravy. Yummy! They usually have schnapps, too, but since BBD [...]
My two entries are up at The Baby Shower Guide website. You can view them by clicking on the following: Cupcakes Baby Shower Cake You can view the other entries here. They’ll be judged by Karen, a friend of Tara’s, the website creator/owner and your baby shower guide. Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS [...]
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