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There is a lot of discussion now about the movie Julie and Julia. Most foodies that I have spoken with enjoyed the movie and found it light hearted and funny. Many critics seemed critical of Julie Powell herself, and how she was a far cry from being Julia Child. The Julie portrayed in the movie seems to be sweetened up a bit, from the foul mouthed Julie Powell portrayed in the book. Nonetheless, it has given people another chance to take a step back and look at the big
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Do you ever think about how to cook dishes you have eaten before? Tonight my wife wanted to have some Salmon for dinner. I like Salmon, but I don’t like to eat it all of the time. Salmon has a distinct flavor and it can be great or it can be terrible. With Salmon, I like to change up how I cook it each time to keep it interesting. There are many different varieties of Salmon. Tonight we had a Sockeye Salmon. It had a very nice deep red color to it. The easiest way to |
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Oktoberfest officially began this past weekend. Since I couldn’t make it to Munich I decided to make the trip to Addison, Texas where they proclaim to have one of the most authentic Oktoberfest traditions outside of Germany. We made the road trip from Houston to the Dallas area with the purpose to experience great German Beer and food. Luckily, we found both, along with the company of great friends both old and new. We found our home in the giant tented Beer Garden,
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Vietnamese cuisine can be a lot of fun if you know what to order. It is a bit more exotic and can be more healthy then your usual Chinese fair. I spent a year working in a Vietnamese restaurant learning about the food. Often Vietnamese menus can be a bit daunting, so here is your Vietnamese dictionary to help you sort it out.
Bo = Beef
Ga = Chicken
Tom = Shrimp
Thit = Pork
Muc = Squid
Do Bien = Seafood
Thap Cam = Combination Seafood and meat
Dau Hu = Tofu
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Las Vegas is a 24 hr city. Where do folks go to dine late night? The Peppermill is the place to go in Vegas after you are partied out. It is sort of the quintessential greasy spoon, but its Vegas baby, so this is not your waffle house. Everything on the menu is huge and pretty darn tasty too. From omelets bigger then your head, to burgers and steaks, they have it all. Once you have recharged your batteries, you can get your drink on again in the fireside lounge, which has the neon |
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It’s the first Sunday of football season and for us Americans the unofficial kickoff to fall. Fall is actually one of my favorite times of year as many great seasonal products are introduced. Why drink Bud today while watching football? There are so many great seasonal beers that are out now and they will only be on the shelf for a couple of months. Oktoberfest begins next weekend and lasts until the first Sunday in October. That’s right. Oktoberfest actually begins in
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Amazing how the food we like is so personal. Do you ever wonder why you like the food you do, or why you eat a food a certain way? Is it because your family made the food that way, and that’s how you grew up eating it? Maybe that’s the way the food is made in your region? Take something as simple as a hamburger and look at all the different ways you can have it. When I was very young, I lived in Michigan, and all of my burgers had ketchup on them. Then when I moved
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Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! I know I did. I spent the weekend relaxing and cooking up a storm. Always fun to experiment and try cooking things you haven’t cooked before. Hope you had a chance to enjoy some great food this weekend and spend some quality time with either family or friends. If so, tell us about your experiences. One key to making great food is using fresh ingredients. One of the ways you can ensure you have fresh ingredients is growing them yourself. I know
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Stop buying canned Alfredo sauces. You won’t believe how easy it is to make Alfredo sauce from scratch. Plus it just tastes so much better when you make it yourself. This is what you will need. If you really want a great dish, sauté some shrimp with lemon, garlic, and butter and add to the pasta at the end.
1 box of Fettuccine. This is usually about 1lb of pasta. You don’t have to use that much if there is just two of you, although you won’t mind having the leftovers. Buy |
Eric Ripert is haunting me. Everywhere I turn, he is there. If you are not yet a full blown foodie fanatic, or if you are not from New York, you might not yet know who he is. Let me introduce you. No need really to tell you about all of the famous chefs this French born gentleman has cooked with. He is the famous chef now. Le Bernardin Restaurant is the top restaurant in New York City. Eric Ripert is the king of seafood, and Le Bernardin is his temple. The French did not bring their system of |
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Labor Day is coming up this weekend and some of you may be taking trips, whether via plane or car. Is anyone going to any favorite restaurants or maybe trying a new place for the first time? If so, let us know where you are going. Will you be having any great foodie experiences? I hope that you will. Even if you stay home, try cooking your favorite dish. If you are adventurous, make it a point to try cooking something you have never cooked before. Each time you try something new, even if you do
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Street food often can present the essence of foodiedom. It can be a magical experience. Oftentimes, it is the simplest of foods that we love best. I grew up on the coast, near a town that proclaimed itself the shrimp capital of the world. I have eaten quite a lot of shrimp, and could probably name about as many ways to fix it as Bubba Gump. Some of the best shrimp I have ever had though, were from the famous shrimp trucks on the North Shore of Hawaii. There are several, but we went
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You maybe familiar with sake, but have you heard of Shochu or Awamori? Sake is a brewed rice wine. Shochu and Awamori are distilled liquors, often using rice, sweet potatoes or barley. Shochu and Awamori have higher alcohol content and drier taste then that of traditional sake. The brewing of sake requires colder temperatures to brew. In the southern areas of Japan and Okinawa, the batches used to make sake, would often spoil during |
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Michael Mina’s Stripsteak in the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas has amazing steakhouse food. At Stripsteak, they start by bringing you the most incredible French fries on the planet. I honestly would have been content with just eating the fries. They were quite remarkable. Michael Mina is known for serving trios and this was no exception. Smoky Paprika, truffled, and saffron and garlic were the variety of fries being served on our visit. These fries are fried in duck fat, but
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It is Sunday, and often I find myself on Sunday thinking about breakfast. We have been thinking about how to think outside the box when it comes to food. Often, one of the best ways to do that is to visit the food of other cultures and places. One of my favorite breakfasts that I had recently was at the Diamond Head Market & Grill in Honolulu, Hawaii. Nothing makes you ready for breakfast more then hiking up Diamond Head and viewing the ocean from one of Hawaii’s most popular landmarks. |
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What do foodies eat at the ballpark? Last night findyourinnerfoodie was invited to the prestigious Diamond Club at Houston’s Minute Maid park to watch the Houston Astros vs the Florida Marlins. Inside the Diamond Club, which is located behind home plate, they have a variety of foods available. We ate veal parmesan along with chicken and dumplings with gnocchi. It is an all you can eat club for the folks lucky enough to have a ticket. You can watch the game from inside the Diamond Club or
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