As I write this, the snack-cake eating world is in a panic over the demise of Hostess, the company that makes, among other things, Twinkies. There have been runs on the products, and people all over Facebook and Twitter are lamenting their downfall. (I’ve been more of a Ho-Ho kind of guy, but I left …
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A classic martini, created by my lovely wife.
I reconnected with some dear, old friends of mine a couple weeks ago. These people own an electronics repair shop and I’ve made many referrals to them over the past 15 years, primarily through my Joe’s Radio Page website. Apparently, they appreciated my referrals because when I called them to ask a question I mentioned …
Last year, we decided to start a collection of 2007-vintage wines that we would open on our anniversary each year. We worked with the wonderful people at Wine Discount Center and Binny’s to build our assortment, taking into consideration the wine we like now and those that are likely to age nicely. This year (on …
We spent a couple days last week visiting Bec in Charleston. The trip included the obligatory trips to B-Dubs and Wal-Mart (college student, you know), along with some Cosmic Bowling and a visit to Mattoon’s legendary Burger King. Good times!
This was the dessert I prepared on Sunday: Chocolate-Buttermilk Bundt Cake with Arctic White Icing, fresh whipped cream with vanilla sugar, and fresh red raspberries. All of this followed my semi-legendary Chicken Parmesan. You can see why I only go crazy making this particular dinner once a year. Tonight, I came home to see that …
I’m re-posting this because it’s the time of year when a little comfort food can be appreciated, plus I whipped up one of these cakes for Lisa and Emma tonight. Here’s a link to the Hulu page for this episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show— the scene described below starts at 9:00. In the …
…because you can’t have too much sugar in your viewing diet. This was my Saturday afternoon project– I was working on these while Lisa was making her White Chicken Chili. Yeah, we ate pretty well that night. I’m still working on my cupcake-frosting technique. I’ll get there one of these days.
One of my office mates mentioned that we should have margaritas in the office for Cinco de Mayo. I’ve worked at places where this was pretty much encouraged, but since we live in more politically correct and liability-aware times there needs to be another way to celebrate in the workplace. Over the years I’ve had …