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Rita Lawlor, PIZZALICIOUS HERO!
When 7-year-old Rita Lawlor of Sarasota, Florida found her mother unconscious she jumped to action and tried to wake her mom… by slapping her with a slice of pizza! When that didn’t work she called 9-1-1. Lawlor kept her cool and helped the firemen…
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Rita Lawlor, PIZZALICIOUS HERO!
When 7-year-old Rita Lawlor of Sarasota, Florida found her mother unconscious she jumped to action and tried to wake her mom… by slapping her with a … [ read more ]
Inspiring Resources
We often talk about how our generation is self-taught, trying to recreate the crafts mastered by our grandparents. Right? We are teaching ourselves … [ read more ]
Strawberry Street Wine Shop(ping)
For those of you who missed the Portuguese wine tasting at The Empress, there’s still time to play along at home (and Genevelyn will likely have … [ read more ]
Eat More Kale
We’re eating a lot of kale around here… thought I’d share my favorite way to eat my greens right now. This version is adapted from a Food52 recipe. (if … [ read more ]
Amazing Fluffy Roasted Banana Bread
I just made the most amazing banana bread I’ve ever had! The texture is soft and fluffy instead of being that typical, almost excessively dense and … [ read more ]
Out on the Town
Burger Works and Anokha, West End
The meat loving boys got the beef burgers(blend of Brisket, Chuck, Short-Rib). They said they were the BEST burgers in Richmond, translated-better than … [ read more ]
Blow Toad Peep Show
Grant and I stopped off by Blow Toad last week and happened to walk in on a test run of the POS systems and a friends and family tasting. While …
Progress goes boink
Its nice to see our engineers are working on complex and pressing problems of the day. From the same folks who brought you the Ferrari F430 – This device … [ read more ]
Drinks on Us
BREAKING: Hardywood Park Going to SAVOR!
The Brewer’s Association has released the breweries selected to attend SAVOR for 2012. Congratulations go out to Hardywood Park Craft Brewery … [ read more ]
Empress Tastes Dark Beers for January
In their last Tuesday Tasting of the month, The Empress will take diners on a tour of five dark beers and exciting food pairings. Aaron Hoskin’s … [ read more ]
Virginia Craft Beer Events for Jan 27th – Feb 2nd
Last week I announced Great Lakes Brewing will begin distribution into Northern Virginia (those lucky so and so). Well this week it was announced that … [ read more ]
Virginia Craft Beer Tasting for Jan 27th – Feb 2nd
Friday Jan 27th: Vintage Cellar will host John from Crispin Cider for an in house tasting from 2-6pm. Once Upon a Vine North will have Brandon from Roanoke sampling … [ read more ]
Folatre Carmenere Reserve 2007
Varietal: Carmenere Region: Chile – Curico Valley Cost: $8 Winemaker’s Notes: Dark garnet color or great intensity with an aroma of … [ read more ]
Home Cookin
Bean Soup with a Country Ham Bone
In case you missed my guest post over on Hills and Heights, it really is supposed to be soup season here in RVA — even with this beautiful 60 degree … [ read more ]
Peanut Butter Heady Goo Balls
I can’t express how happy I am it’s Friday. It’s not that it was a bad week, it’s just been a crazy week. And lack of sleep + non … [ read more ]
Cute Purse for Charity
Woot! I sewed something! I hadn’t really used a sewing machine since seventh grade home-ec class — until a few weekends ago when Matt bought me … [ read more ]
Bison Meatballs with Pickled Red Onions, Avocado Relish & Spicy Aji Amarillo Sauce
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hosted by 5 Star Foodie & Lazaro Cooks!
Okay, here we are; the first 5 Star Makeover event of the year! As you can … [ read more ]
Healthy Food
5 Minute Spicy Shrimp Salad
HAPPY FRIDAY ya’ll! It’s a rainy day here this morning but the rain’s supposed to clear out soon & temps are supposed to creep … [ read more ]
Zu Know It’s Good: Mamma Zu, a Review
From the moment we walked into Mamma Zu’s, I knew it was going to be good. I just got that tingly feeling – you know the one. The one that tells you … [ read more ]
Celebrating times 30? :)
Best eCard of today… from my bestie Laura: Hahaha right? So yea, today I’ll be celebrating the big 3-0 (!!!) but will be back with a new recipe … [ read more ]
Gluten-free Living Series: Continuing Healthy Habits & Meal Templates
Happy Thursday! Friday is almost here! Woohoo! We are nearing the end of January which means that most of us are one-month into our New Year’s resolutions. … [ read more ]
Slow Foodies
never too cold for ice cream
layers of this dream dessert:
breyers chocolate ice cream.
back to nature classic creme cookies.
heath bars.
breyers natural vanilla ice cream.
ginger basil mojito
the melding: ginger simple syrup –
muddled basil, instead of mint –
fancy club soda from the ABC store –
delicious, refreshing. recommend … [ read more ]
two things:
i love that there is dirt in my grocery bag. buying from farmers is tops.
i cannot believe i am going to the store for mint tomorrow. must plant it asap … [ read more ]
in the kitchen…
here are some recent events: baked cod (wild caught, from tuckahoe seafood) – steamed in an LB signature foil packet. topped with diced tomatoes, … [ read more ]
