Last night i wasn’t in the mood to cook anything huge or go out to get a meal or even have one delivered for the sake of spending money needlessly, which kinda left me looking around the house until a light went off in my head and came up with some thing so sweet i … Continue Reading →
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Dinner with friends
A very dear friend of ours was in town over the holidays and to celebrate we christened my new kitchen with a delicious meal, lots of wine and very good company. These dinners are something of a tradition, it all starts at the grocery store. My wife refuses to partake in this often excruciatingly slow, … Continue Reading →
Salt Crusted Prime Rib
I’ve always wanted to try this, so when Loblaws had prime rib at an obscenely reasonable price, it was destiny. The first time I had salt crusted prime rib was in a tiny little town in Arizona. I was working at a copper mine in Bagdad and staying in Wickenburg (SP? but really who cares). … Continue Reading →
Simple Strawberry Shortcake
Hello all and a very Happy New Year!!! Welcome to a new decade hopefully filled with scrumptious food and yummy num nums…. Anyways, so over the Christmas break I perfected a cake I enjoy very much and that is Strawberry Shortcake. Although winter is generally not a season to be making anything involving fresh strawberries, … Continue Reading →
A Jolly Old Christmas
Christmas has always been one of my favorite times of the year, not for the time off work or the drunken stumbling of friends and family although they do go hand in hand. The Christmas season would not be the same without it, Christmas to me is being with family, eating amazing homemade food and … Continue Reading →
The End Of 2009
I set out to make a dinner for my friends as a way to close out 2009. It had been a year of many changes and I wanted a fitting meal to say farewell with.
Bad Ass Cleaver
scary and sexy and choppy all in one!
$20 Challenge Via Germany
Off the top of my head I can think of a few menus under $20 that are simple to make and easy on the budget. I live in Germany so trying to compare costs of food here to cost of food there.