May 2013
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April 2013
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March 2013
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So.......
Alright, tumblr. I like you, I do. So I thought it would be only right to let you know what I’m going to do with you.
I’m really liking working on the WordPress blog now and I feel like it’s worthy of it being the primary location for my blog, therefore getting most of my attention.
So from now on I’ll be posting to tumblr through WordPress. It’s easier for me since...
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It's Been a Year and I Am... Still Alive
I never thought I’d be celebrating this, but happy birthday to my blog!!
It’s been a whole year since I’ve been There and Back Again. An entire year of my favorite recipes shared, my dry humor documented, science dropped, and bad jokes shoved in your face. A lot has happened in my life since I started this little endeavor. Too many things to list here, but the 2 biggest blessings are...
February 2013
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Brownie Points
Alright, before you get all googly eyed and start to develop a puddle of drool on your keyboard, let it be known that I do not like these brownies.
When I walked into the kitchen to make them, I had a very different end product in my mind. It consisted of these brownies, topped with salt and a white chocolate butter cream frosting with all sorts of pizzazz on top of them. It was going to be...
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Alfredo is my Middle Name
If I knew I would live after the fact, I would have no problems injecting Alfredo sauce into my veins. It’s easily one of my favorite sauces and I think a lot of it has to do with my unhealthy obsession with parmesan cheese. Seriously, give me a piece of wood, and if it has enough parmesan on it, I’d probably eat it.
In my eyes, Alfredo sauce is not used nearly enough...
January 2013
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Put de Curry in de Co-co-nut
Sorry. I know you guys have probably been snowed in and made prisoners in your own homes by the below freezing temperatures hitting most of the nation. Just sitting there bundled under mountains of blankets waiting for me to update my blog with another soul warming soup. But like always, I miss these opportunities that other bloggers write posts for months in advance.
It’s not my...
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The Greatest & Best Chili in the World ...Tribute
It was a long time ago, but yes, I did win first place in a Chili cook-off. It happened, and for a moment, something I made was considered to be best in the world. It’s a great feeling and something that I hold dear to my heart since at the time, I was basically at the beginning of my cooking career. That young, I honestly had no idea what I was really doing. I walked in and just signed...
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Cocoa Loco
Alright, I know I said it was going to be a cookie extravaganza, but don’t get mad at me. It’s not the end of the wor… Well… Let me not go there yet. I’ll save a joke for my next post. You know… Just in case…
Anyway, it’s not a cookie, but this time of year, you need to know how to make this stuff too. And man, once you make it this...
December 2012
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Sugar and Spice...
Out of everything I make during the holidays, this has got to be my favorite.
I’m a lover of spices and can appreciate the assault on the senses they can do. I think that’s a big reason why I love holiday baking. I get to abuse things like cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice, and no one gives me any lip about it. And you know I’m a cinnamon freak so this time of year...
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If Milk Could Dream...
Still the first week of the month and I already feel like I’m slacking. I have quite a few holiday goodies to throw your way so I really should get on the ball here. I mean, here I am, a cookie fanatic missing out on the cookie making season. If this blog has done anything consistently well, it’s making me ashamed of myself.
What? I said cookie and you stopped caring about...
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Thanksgiving... Piece of Cake!
The holidays make me do crazy things. Shopping at midnight to save $30 is one of those things. Yeah, that’s not as hardcore as I used to be… Breaking night on the same night every year, standing in line for 7 or 8 hours in the bitter cold… Florida is always hot, their winters are fairly mild for the most part. But that one night that I spend outside is always in the...
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Pumpkin Spiced Mini Doughnut Muffin Hole Thingies
So it would seem as if every food blog you go to has these little balls of goodness. Even saw them on TV the other day being sold in a bakery somewhere. The popularity of them is both attracting and discouraging. I don’t really want to be like other blogs out there, but at the same time, man these things are addicting. So easy to make and easy to eat. I swear you’ll have like...
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Johnny Pumpkin Seed
I know I said I was going to do a few sweet posts in a row. But you can’t blame me for going back on that for this one post. More than likely, there’s only a few days left before you’ll come across the opportunity to make these. Not to mention the fact that they’re downright addicting.
And to be honest, I did try to make a sweet version, but I failed. And I...
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One Cookie to Rule the Fall
I cannot begin to describe the shame I feel I have brought myself. My disappointment Is the size of Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Why? You know why. Don’t sit there and act like you haven’t been shaking your head at me for weeks. Look at me, here, with this food blog, and I have not posted one thing… not one thing about fall yet. It’s practically November and here I am...
October 2012
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Spaghetti
I’ve mentioned before that we have a fairly repetitive rotation of meals we eat throughout the week. Some things get retired or get put on the back burner, so to speak, when we get tired of it. The beloved Taco Tuesday has seen this fate once or twice. But there is one meal in particular that is so popular in this house I don’t think it will ever be skipped or taken out of the rotation…
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Déjà Garlic Bread
I would like to take this time to apologize.
Why am I apologizing? Well, one, because I feel like I’m neglecting all 9 of you who regularly check out my blog. I’ve been crazy busy with moving and I’m missing out on primo fall-time recipe opportunities. So for that, I’m deeply sorry.
And two, because I’m posting about Garlic Bread again.
I know, I know....
September 2012
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The Garlic of the Gods
I’ve been in this garlicy, bready kind of mood lately, have you noticed?
Nah, I bet you didn’t. But if you did, you’re probably wondering what I have up my sleeve next.
Go ahead, guess..
(If you guessed bread, I’ll give you another chance to guess garlic….)
Yes! Garlic! Good guess.
There has to be hundreds of things you can do with garlic, but today I’m...
August 2012
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What the Focaccia?!
Being someone who has worked in the kitchen, you know what’s right and what’s wrong. You know where someone in the back is cutting corners, and you know why. You can tell when something is done on purpose, like strategically placing burnt, overdone potatoes underneath fresh ones, hoping no one would notice. When it comes to problems like that it’s amazing how often “on...
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Garlic + Bread = Love
Have you ever had a giant bowl of pasta, then afterwards still feel a little empty inside? Like something was missing and you just couldn’t figure out what? Well I’ll tell you what was missing…
Garlic Bread.
If you’re having pasta, no matter how much of it you have in front of you, there should always be a plate of garlic bread near by. Matter of fact, I’m sure that’s written in stone...
July 2012
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Welcome... to Jurassic Pork
I’ve been going at this for a couple of months and not once have I mentioned anything with pork.
This realization has brought much shame to not only me, but my family and heritage as well. As a matter of fact, this is probably the reason why my little blog has not taken off yet. I completely understand, Internet. And I do not blame you.
But fear not, for I have a remedy…
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So.....
After checking out what I’ve done with past posts, I’ve decided to stop including quotes in all my posts.
I wanted to keep it going, and I love the inspirational feeling, but I’m just tired of finding a really good one that goes with the topic then lining it up and blah blah blah.
Also, I’m going to be a little less uniform with blogger and tumblr. I was trying to keep...
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Seven Days Without Chocolate Makes One Weak
Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.
~ Chef Alain Ducasse
I’m a sweet guy. When I go out to eat at a new place, the first thing I...
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Winner, Winner...
Even were a cook to cook a fly, he would keep the breast for himself.
~ Polish Proverb
Growing up, my mother cooked everyday. Yeah, we’d occasionally get a pizza night or go out to that seafood place with the big red bottom dwelling crustacean. But most of the time, she’d be slaving away in the kitchen, cooking up a storm for who ever was home,...
June 2012
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A Naked Banana Lacks Appeal
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
~ Groucho Marx
I don’t mind eating healthy. I enjoy fruits and veggies prepared in numerous ways. But I must say - when dealing with bananas, one of my favorite ways is pan fried in sugar and butter.
It’s just the way nature intended.
This was introduced to me when eating at a Brazilian Churrascaria, as a side dish to cleanse the...
May 2012
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Police? I'd Like to Report a Stroberry..
Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward.
~ Terri Guillemets
Guess what? Summer is creeping up quick! I’ve made it clear that I have a newfound love for spring, but summer and I have a long, weathered past. While I loved it growing up, living in Florida for close to 10 years kind of burned up any affection I had towards the...
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Cash. Rules. Everything. Around. Me. Cheese
The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
~ W.C. Fields
If the title makes no sense to you, then you need more Wu-Tang in your life.
Cream Cheese is one of those ingredients that can do many things. Add some sugar and you have great fillings for puff pastry, keep on going with eggs, milk and...
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Ask Not What Your Pantry Can Do For You...
Even the most resourceful housewife cannot create miracles from a rice less pantry.
~ Chinese Proverb
Unfortunately, not my pantry :-(
If cooking a meal was a war, the pantry would be your armory.
And if you want to win that war, it has to be stocked and loaded with everything you need.
Ok, maybe not everything you need, that would probably require the space of a garage. And if...
April 2012
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Orange You Excited About This Cake?
California is a fine place to live – if you happen to be an Orange.
~ Fred Allen
I don’t know what it is, but ever since we moved to North Carolina, I’ve had a much deeper admiration towards the seasons. It may have something to do with the fact that we’ve been here only 5 months and have already experienced 3 different climates. As oppose to Florida which seems to only have one, annoyingly...
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.. Of Spices
Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when I go.
~ Erma Bombeck
Imagine…
You’ve cooked the perfect steak. Charred on the outside, nice juicy and pink (or red if you like it still...
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The Sauce
I don’t think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we’re stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians and Caesarians.
~ Pat McNelis
Ok. So we all know that recipe.
If we don’t know one, we know of one.
The recipe everyone wants. That thing you made for a party one time that...
March 2012
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I Can Cook & So Can You!
Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.
~ Marcel Boulestin
There are hundreds, if not thousands of secrets in the culinary world. If you were to lay down all of the secrets side by side, it would create a chain that could go around Earth twice. …Or something like that. These secrets are not...
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Buckle Up.. It's the Slaw
Welcome to the Church of the Holy Cabbage. Lettuce pray..
~ Unknown
Hello to the first day of Spring!!
Aside from a few of those in the North, it’s been a rather mild Winter for most of us. But as of today it is officially behind us and a season full of new beginnings is set and ready to bloom. So what better way to ring in Spring...
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Pie Hard: With a Vengeance
Mmmm… Pie Pants…
~ Homer J . Simpson
Nothing is homier than a freshly baked pie.
Many believe that the Ancient Greeks originated pie pastry…
This has me wondering… They are also believed to be the discoverers of the mathematical constant π, or Pi, which coincidentally is 3.14. Why is that coincidence? Well, what do you get when...
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Pi r squared... No, Pie r round!
When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it’s not, mmmmmmmm, boy.
~ Jack Handey
For most, today is just a regular day.
But to us geeks, today is Pi Day!
Why is it Pi Day? Well, a long, long time ago, somebody smart...
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So Easy to Whip Up, You Can't Beat It
Whipped cream isn’t whipped cream at all unless it’s been whipped with whips. Everybody knows that.
~ Willy Wonka
Let me guess…
You buy whipped cream in an aerosol can. No? Ok, then you buy it in a tub in the freezer section. Yeah, I knew it; I could smell your kind from across the internet. I mean I don’t blame you;...
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Pancakes... It's What's for Breakfast
I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and try to make pancakes.
~ George Carlin
Picture this: It’s Sunday morning and you want to make your family/that special someone/your dog or cat a nice breakfast. You reach for the trusty box of everyone’s favorite fictitious...
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There and Back Again...
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
~ J. R. R. Tolkien
If you know me and you’re keeping count, this would be my third attempt at blogging. I say that because I don’t want to scare any new followers into thinking something terrible happened if I don’t update this, when in reality, I’m just...
