Craving chocolate?  Looking to satisfy your cravings in less than 100 calories? Mrs. WellDone is!!  (And me, too.) That’s why I’m glad ChuaoChocoholic found me and offered me a promise: sweet tooth satisfaction in 100 calories or less.  I said prove it.  She said she would…as long as I shared with me wife.  I reluctantly agreed.  So a […]

2010 Continues! A lot of exciting things are supposed to happen this year.  If Arthur C. Clarke is right, this is the year that Jupiter will turn into a sun thanks to Roy Schneider.  We’re 2 years away from the Mayan (Aztec?) apocalypse.  Yep, this is an exciting time to be alive! In all seriousness, while […]

From Camarones a la diabla comes Spicy Chickpeas in Ancho Chili Sauce So, first of all, happy #MeatlessMonday!  Hopefully you are doing your part for the environment and for yourself today and are having one day where you go without meat.  If so, good for you!  If not, it’s never too late to get started! […]

Never one to turn down a challenge, when The Olive Press, an all-world olive oil store in Sonoma and Napa put out a challenge to several food bloggers to do four courses with four of their olive oils, guess who signed up?  This guy. Guess who is going to win?  This guy!  (No offense, I come […]

It’s kind of last minute, but I found out that Chef Michael Smith who, as luck would have it, is the head chef at Restaurant Michael Smith (funny how that happens) and the excellent Extra Virgin, is having a dinner with wine pairings featuring superstar Italian winemaker Antonio Sanguineti on Monday, March 1st. The festitivities for […]

Hey, like I said in my last post, Jasper’s Restaurant in Kansas City really is having a Slow Food Pork Demo and Dinner, which is proudly called from Snout to Tail (click on the link for the Google Calendar reminder.)   I’m pretty excited about it.  Scratch that, I really excited. Why?  Well, I kind of […]

Match Meat Pizza It’s another #MeatlessMonday!!  But wait you say, it’s Thursday!  That’s true, it is Thursday, but I’ve been pretty lax in my support of #MeatlessMonday the past few weeks and I wanted to get back in the swing of things.  So all this week, we’re doing meatless recipes.  (By the way, next week […]

Yeah, I know it’s Tuesday, but I want to keep #MeatlessMonday going on all week long, so how about Vegetarian Quesadillas with Mushrooms Okay, so a quick footnote.  This entire week, I’m going to be blogging #MeatlessMonday recipes despite the fact that only one day can actually be Monday (and that, of course, was yesterday.)  […]

So the question was asked at today’s #FNI what’s my favorite soup, which has to be Creamy Potato Soup Specifically, the creamy potato soup from Panera served with a nice piece of whole wheat French baguette.  (Though, I answered Beef Barley soup, but that was just pandering.)  Anyway, I got to thinking how a good creamy potato […]

Tofu + chocolate?  Must be unResolution Month’s Vegan Week and Vegan Tofu Chocolate Pie Yes, that’s right tofu chocolate pie.  Seriously. Oh, real quick.  Welcome to the second-to-last day of unResolution Month!  It’s been an educational, enriching, delicious, resolution-breaking month!  I hope you’ve enjoyed the recipes as much as I have!  Plus, don’t worry, we’ll […]