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Luck of the Irish

March 17, 2011

I’m not Irish. I don’t do much for St. Patrick’s Day. No kegs and eggs for me. No green beer (because any beer I want to drink would look funny green). Maybe a pint of Guinness tonight (I have a bottle in my fridge), but I suppose I have no Irish spirit. That’s not true– [...]

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Recipe: Pad Thai

March 15, 2011

I can become very focused when it comes to perfecting a recipe. The Better Half will attest that it’s often that I’ll make the same thing several times in one week to get it just right. And yes, dear reader, I do cook– and I enjoy it. I’d been thinking about pad thai for a [...]

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Friday Five: Five Favorites for Super Bowl Sunday

February 4, 2011

I’ll be  honest. I’m into Superbowl parties for two things: the food and the ads. That said, I always bring something fabulous to super bowl parties, and really look forward to making the dish all year. This year, I think I’m going to do (among a couple of other things) this homemade onion dip.  Here [...]

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Recipe: Maraschino Cherries

December 8, 2010

This is not a maraschino cherry. Sorry, folks.  That’s, like, a zombie masquerading as a cherry.  How are they made? They’re brined in sodium metabisulfate, calcium chloride, and citric acid; soaked in corn syrup and fructose solution; then artificially flavored and colored. Ew. Those abominations came about because of Prohibition, the root of all of the [...]

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Recipe: Bacony, Multiple-cheesy, Truffle-oily Grits

November 8, 2010

(Guest post by The Fiance…formerly known as “The Boyfriend”) Remember Bob Ross?  The late, afro-ed, I-can-create-a-masterpiece-painting-in-only-thirty-minutes guy who was a midday-Saturday fixture on PBS for so many years?  (Actually, you can still find his show on a lot of PBS affiliates, if you’re looking for it.)  The guy whose sanity you doubted because he talked [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Mai Tai

August 13, 2010

Cross posted at Cincinnati Cocktails. Hi, my name is Craig Hochscheid, I run the Cincinnati Cocktails website and I’m guest posting for Julie today. I’m crazy about Tiki cocktails, those exotic libations brimming with rum, fruit juices and spices that instantly transport the drinker to a tropical paradise with each and every sip. Tiki cocktails, [...]

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Recipe: Red Onion Pickles

July 7, 2010

I don’t often post recipes– not that I don’t cook, but I don’t really like doing process photos and staging my food. However, I can’t possibly go another day without sharing this super-simple recipe for something so delicious. Pickled red onions are tres fashionable these days. I see them on the barbacoa and carnitas tacos [...]

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Recipe: Sloppy Joes

March 16, 2010

According to The Boyfriend, I was a deprived child. I never ate Spaghetti-Os, Chef Boyardee, boxed macaroni and cheese or Manwich.  I didn’t do chicken pot pie, Aunt Jemima pancakes or peanut butter and jelly swirled together in a jar.  I definitely didn’t eat sugary kids’ cereals.  Okay, maybe I was kind of a boring [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Aviation

March 12, 2010

Does it feel like Friday to you? I’ve been looking forward to Friday– and Friday night– all week. And Friday nights, for me, mean cocktail time! Not to tread on Wine Girl’s domain, but she’s pretty busy with the Wine Festival this weekend, so I thought I’d throw in a post about one of my [...]

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Super Bowl Eats 2010: Hummus with Chipotle

February 7, 2010

Last year, I made some bacon-blue cheese dip, that, while well-received, was not exactly light on the calories. I wanted to do something year that was a bit different– but something I’d like to eat the rest of the week. I peeked around Epicurious and found a recipe for hummus that had chipotles in adobo– [...]

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