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Oct 27

I have  a love-hate relationship with Thanksgiving.  I love to cook, I love to entertain and I love to eat.  Every year I look forward to Thanksgiving with high anticipation and every year by 4:00 on Thanksgiving day I’m in bed cuddled up with a bottle of wine and a bad attitude saying “I will [...]

Oct 26

I briefly considered demanding to be called “Legendary Chef Whineaux”  but that doesn’t roll off the tongue very well, so I can live with “Chef Whineaux.”  However I prefer you refrain from using tones of mockery when you address me. This weekend I completed an insurmountable task.  I achieved a perfect score on all 35 [...]

Oct 13
Dinner Conversation!
posted by: dawn in Uncategorized on 10 13th, 2009 | | 5 Comments »

Sometimes dinner isn’t about the recipe, it’s about the conversation.  I like to “travel” through food.  In fact in the era of super chains; regional comfort food is one of the few defining experiences of travel. Recently I was lucky enough to go to Netherlands.  Early in my visit I was sitting in the town [...]

Sep 26
Just For Fun
posted by: dawn in Uncategorized on 09 26th, 2009 | | 2 Comments »

The Epcot Food and Wine Festival is a highly anticipated event in our house.  It kicked off this week with glorious ceremony.  I’ve eaten about half the world in two days.  To add our own spin to the celebration we created this video.  My husband is a doll! I’m getting used to doing silly things [...]

Sep 21

Ahh, fall is in the air and the hearty soups that go with it are back on the menu!  (you’d think I’m writing from Vermont, not Florida where it was 93 degrees yesterday!) In our case, we have to lower the air conditioner to experience fall.  True, we miss out on the turning of the [...]

Aug 26
Gordon Ramsay Eats Puffin Hearts!
posted by: dawn in Uncategorized on 08 26th, 2009 | | No Comments »

This is a great clip from Jimmy Kimmel last night. Not only was the eating of Puffin hearts discussed, but Ramsay also tastes Jimmy’s Marinara — maybe he should bottle it! By the way, my sauce sticks to the pasta

Jul 20

If you follow me on Twitter, you know Thursday was that magical day that one of our wine club shipments arrived.  Included was the Rock Gate Merlot. Separately I had been craving BBQ chicken so Sunday we invited some friends over, I made antipasto salad, corn bread, BBQ chicken and then we had a chocolate [...]

Jul 17

I am compelled to shoot off a quick post because I’m so shocked that this is news. I just read an article about Energy Bars not being real food. I believe I’ve said this in the past. Does anybody else remember watching Willy Wonka and thinking the concept of dinner in a ball of gum [...]

Jul 12

I’ve  been struggling with eating lately as  something was upsetting my stomach and I had to go back to the basics.  When my tummy decides not to cooperate with me I go back to soup, it always seems to work for me.  This process has taken about three weeks to figure out the problem.  I [...]

Jun 28

I made this almost a week ago and am just now able to sit down and write about it.  I only get around to making Chicken and Dumplings 2 – 3 times a year and I don’t know why, it’s easy and it tastes so good that writing about it is making me want to [...]

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