Category Archives: family meals

Sausages and Peppers a la Fabio

Fabio Viviani is a hoot.  We watched him through two seasons on Bravo’s “Top Chef” where he did not win the cooking competition but he certainly won the personality contest. Who can ever forget some of the Italian accented one-liners … Continue reading

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Got a Jones for a Carne Asada Burrito?

What do you do when you get a “jones” for a carne asada burrito?  You can go out and buy one someplace or you can make your own, right?  Most of the time it’s easier to just go out and … Continue reading

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Cheap Bastid’s Brat Burgers

It’s Memorial Day weekend.  Time to stoke up the grill.  Foodie sites on the internet are full of recipes for a whole variety of burgers.  Emeril was on “Good Morning America” extolling the virtues of his burger offerings.  Yep, it’s … Continue reading

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Summertime Corn Salad

During our weekly vegetable safari at Fraiser’s Farms grocery store Saturday, I came across the first sweet corn of the season.  And it was pretty reasonable at 6 ears for $1, plus it was nice and big and fat.  So … Continue reading

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True Grit(s). Is it Polenta? Or is it Grits?

There’s an old hayseed saying, “nothin’s gooder’n grits”.  I’ve always loved grits with breakfast—except you pretty much never want to order them at your favorite breakfast joint because they’ll probably be instant grits.  But real grits–with egg yolk running into … Continue reading

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