Archive for November, 2009
I Did It!
I posted every day for an entire month! Whew!You can, too at NaBloPoMo.
River City Food & Wine
Restaurant Review: Mez
It’s tradition for the women in my family to leave on Thanksgiving day after our big family lunch to go shopping for the weekend. In the past we’ve traveled to places like Chicago and DC. This year, we decided to go to Charlotte and stay in the ne…
One Couple's Kitchen
EO
This weekend was quite relaxing and fun. Isaac and I hung low and didn’t do any traveling, but we did do a little shopping and decorating.
I made a center piece for the coffee table that I had been dreaming about ever since seeing something similar at Anthropologie.
Hurricane glass, candle plate and vanilla candle from Target, [...]
Eating Bird Food
Alton Brown’s Roast Turkey (from Trader Joe’s)
I volunteered to handle the bird this year at the in-law’s for Thanksgiving. In no uncertain terms The Wife told me I “had better bring my A game.” I ad seen this episode of Alton Brown’s Good Eats, it seemed easy enough, and this recipe got 2,500+ rav…
One Couple's Kitchen
Zorba’s on MacArthur
I can always count on this Northside establishment to deliver a great pizza. If you live in the neighborhood, check them out. 264-5370. Minimum $10 order for delivery. No credit cards.They also carry subs, baked spaghetti, and lasagna.
River City Food & Wine
Thanksgiving
I’m not the world’s biggest fan of turkey. I am not sure how many people actually love stuffing, sweet potatoes, and green bean casseroles without the nostalgia attached to Thanksgiving. With only two this year, I decided to do something we’d really like than stick with tradition.
I’ll start with the star: some prime ribs of [...]
Messy Cuisine
Brown Butter Ice Cream
All righty, now. We are in the season of eating, even though there is very little left in the field, and of setting out lights to protest the elongating darkness. So, when my friend John told me that his world had been rocked due to the discovery of …
Richmond Food Collective
MessyChef travels to Town House
Since Patrick O’Connell has been called the pope of new American cuisine, then I believe John Shields is food’s Saint Peter…
This weekend I had the ultimate pleasure of dining at Town House in Chilhowie, Virginia. This restaurant is owned by the Bishop Family, but all the culinary expertise is from the husband and [...]
Messy Cuisine
MOVING IN!
So some people probably knew, but we recently purchased a domain to make this whole thing official. We have some add-ons we want to install like galleries and pizza fart smells that you can check out through your webcam so all that will be coming in the next few weeks.
Caught some VERY VERY exciting pizza [...]
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Post Thanksgiving Joys – Potato Cakes
Sometimes the best things in life are leftovers. We had potato cakes for breakfast along with scrambled turkey eggs.
River City Food & Wine
Grilled Turkey
This year for Thanksgiving, I decided to try something different. After doing some research in cookbooks and online, I wanted to take a chance on grilling a turkey. I have grilled pretty much every cut of meat known to man, except a turkey.COMING SOO…
The Grill Connoisseur
Monkey Dish 2009-11-28 11:23:00
Bee Box #11: Notorious Hitchcock PartyLooking for ways to make the most of the long holiday weekend? Keep your guests entertained with this throwback fete honoring one of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors.Discover the hoodoo to do, in your livin…
Monkey Dish
Egg Rolls For Breakfast?
We just got back from a very brisk outing to the South of the James Market. My husband and I were both super hungry so we finally decided to try the egg rolls sold there as breakfast/ lunch fare. With a toaster oven hooked up to a small Honda generator…
Richmond Food Collective
Vinegar Glossed Chicken
This recipe, like the Pumpkin Flan recipe, is from Lucinda Scala Quinn’s book Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys. Now, unlike Quinn, I am not feeding a Hubby and 3 boys/men, just a Hubby, so I cut this recipe down for us.This was super easy, not to men…
One Couple's Kitchen
Saw Orange
Because I didn’t get enough beta carotene yesterday I decided to have an orange elixir this morning.
Carrot Cake Juice (inspired by my recent visit to the Milwaukee Public Market)
2 navel oranges
4 carrots (peeled)
1 small knob of ginger (peeled)
ground cinnamon, to taste
Put oranges, carrots and ginger through a juicer. Sprinkle with cinnamon, stir and enjoy!
This juice [...]
Eating Bird Food
Getting the Heebie Jeebies
Black Friday tends to give one the Heebie Jeebies. I’ll take this particular one from Napa any day.
River City Food & Wine
Pat’s Favorite Winter Cover Crops
If you keep up with this blog then you’ve read mention of her countless times. Now my mother-in-law has finally written a post for this blog! Pat works at an area nursery after going back to school for a second degree (in horticulture) via night school…
Richmond Food Collective
Caramel Pecan Pie
This pie is to die for!!! I love pecan pie. Any kind. And I have tried many. This is probably the best I have ever tasted though (even when considering those that I have had at great restaurants). I have made this the past 3 years for Thanksgiving…
One Couple's Kitchen
Baked Oyster Dressing
I’m not a big fan of oysters. The only way I can eat them is if they are small and fried. And even then sometimes I just can’t stomach them. But, Hubby and Mama and Dad love them. To say the least. So in addition to the Apple & Onion Stuffin Muffin…
One Couple's Kitchen
Happy Tofurkey Day
Although our plans changed at the last minute we ended up having a great Thanksgiving Day after all.
Last night after realizing that we probably shouldn’t risk getting Isaac’s grandparents sick, I asked Isaac what dish that he was most disappointed about missing out on (since we weren’t going to this family’s dinner) and without hesitation [...]
