Welcome back! It’s Day 6 of Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston, which she is doing to raise awareness for family homelessness. Hopefully you’re following her progress on Dancing Deer’s website. When I started this crazy adventure, I had no idea that Dancing Deer was more than just brownies. […]
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The Best PB&J Ever – Ride for Family Homelessness Day 4
Welcome back! It’s Day 4 of Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston, which she is doing it to raise awareness for family homelessness. Hopefully you’re following her progress on Dancing Deer’s website. As a point of personal pride, I would like to say that I did, in fact, post […]
Peppermint Brownie Triffles – Ride for Family Homelessness Day 3
And we’re back! It’s Day 3 of Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston, which she is doing it to raise awareness for family homelessness. Hopefully you’re following her progress on Dancing Deer‘s website. Anyway, family homelessness is a sour subject, but maybe we can add a little sweetness […]
Caramel Brownie Phyllo Cups – Ride for Family Homelessness Day 2
Well this is officially of Day 2 Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston. She’s doing it to raise awareness for family homelessness while I am writing for the next fourteen days to both share her story and to evangelize Dancing Deer products. Even before I found out about […]
Basic Pie Dough Recipe
This is a basic pie dough recipe that can be used for tarts, crostadas, and pies. It is a simple recipe that is balanced for both savory and sweet applications. Because this recipe is basic, it can easily be expanded through experimentation. Basic Pie Dough Yield: 1 9 inch Tart 1 ½ Cups Flour […]
Sunchokes and The American Restaurant
Tonight I interviewed Chef Debbie Gold from The American restuarant in Kansas City, MO. I had a fabulous meal include a lamb dish that unseated Fogo de Chao’s lamb as the best lamb dish I had ever had. But that’s another blog post. Today, we’re talking about Sunchokes While talking Chef Gold and touring her […]
Gazpacho
Gazpacho is tomato soup, served cold that hails from the Andalusia region of Spain. The thought of eating ice cold tomato soup at first may appear strange, especially for those from the United States that grew up with grilled cheese sandwiches and hot tomato soup as the cure for the winter chills. However, this dish […]
Beef Mole
Don’t look now, but this post is coming at you from Big Acres Gourmet Products! I first learned of Big Acres Gourment when I overheard a conversation on Twitter (is that overtweard?) @melanieyunk talking about her amazing mole sauce that she demoed on the radio. I. Love. Mole. So of course I asked for a […]
Asian Braised Short Ribs
So, somehow this week has become braised week…but hey, braising leads to some really delicious food, so why not go with it? Tonight you can make… Asian Braised Short Ribs Okay Cara…this one is for you! Short ribs are some of the most flavorful pieces of meat that you can get your hand on. They […]
Chicken Taco Filling
Looking for something to do with your chicken? How about making Chicken Taco Filling This recipe restored my faith in slow cooked chicken. It uses dark meat, in this case thighs, because they are juicer and they have better flavor than white meat. As it turns out, this is one of my family’s favorite taco […]