Archive for February, 2010
the best things
olympic hockey and pizza courtesy of Vito’s via Ricky.
Congrats to the Canadian men’s (and women’s) hockey team. Silver ain’t so bad tho.
PAMPARIUS, Uncategorized
ma ma wok. aka: ma ma wok, no run away
i had it on a very good source (who grew up in china and whose parents run a chinese restaurant) that ma ma wok is THE place to go for authentic chinese food in richmond. i was surprised when we pulled up in front and it was not the hole-in-the-w…
Richmond Dish
Plates of Power Protein
Have you had a great weekend thus far? I surely hope so!! Mine has been busy yet filled with plenty of friends and fun times – perfect in my book!
Sunday afternoon is now here and the sun is shining. The day is truly embracing it’s name and I like it! But for now, let’s take [...]
Eating Bird Food
Green Duck Saves the Day Contest
So hubo and I have this ongoing battle. It is fierce and bitter, and often a few tears are shed whenever the issue comes up. I am not ashamed to say we have even considered going to counseling over the issue. However, it comes up, we battle and then…
mommy gourmet
Menu No. 10: Hooray for poulet!
Finally, a freakin’ chicken recipe! We’ve done clams, beef, pork, DUCK, Cornish hens, and now, finally, the humble chicken breast. Ahhh. And the menu is French. We are total Francophiles, especially The Husband, so let’s get to it.
Menu: Roast Chicken Breasts in Creamy Tarragon Sauce; Warm Lentils with Spinach; Caramelized Endive; Poached Pears with Chocolate [...]
Squeaky Peanut
teutonic tastings..
While Newport News doesnt strictly qualify as Richmond area dining (clocking around 75 miles from my house !), a recent visit to Das Wald cafe for some almost good old fashioned Bavarian cooking was quite satisfactory, especially considering that I hav…
Richmond Gastronomy
Ultimate Grilled Cheese
What’s the best cheese to use in a grilled cheese sandwich? Foodies, no doubt, could debate this Ad Nauseam, but according to Saveur Magazine it’s comte cheese.Comte is nutty, semi hard, French cheese that when grilled melts into the soft, gooey, pull …
One Couple's Kitchen
Walmart Pursues the Local Food Market- Update
Feb 28, 2010 (Since I originally posted this I have read Joel Salatin’s piece in Flavor Magazine on trying to learn lessons from the big box stores. One of his comments… we need an independent store in a high traffic area.. “preferably next to a Wal…
Richmond Food Collective
PhotoHunt: Daily
An Apple a Day…Taken at the South of the James Market August 2009.
River City Food & Wine
New Books We Recommend : AKA Marion Nestle is Amazing!
New Books we Recommend: AKA Marion Nestle is Amazing!I’ve just about finished updating our “Books we Reccomend” section and suddenly had to stop and quickly write a few words about Marion Nestle and her website Food Politics. While we here at the RFC a…
Richmond Food Collective
Roasted Tomato Soup
The Wife was starting to feel under the weather, and being yet another dreary evening in Richmond, what better than grilled cheese and tomato soup. But this was not going to be just any tomato soup (or any grilled cheese for that matter, but that’s ano…
One Couple's Kitchen
Rich and Beefy
It’s Friday night, holla! I dug some flatiron steak out of my fridge from Deblyn Farms, in Dinwiddie Virginia. This was some all-natural, no screwing around, grass-fed grain-finished Piedmontese beef. We got a side in at the butcher’s shop and I wen…
The Local Plate
Here’s why I think Stuzzi will suck…
I received this in my inbox from an anonymous source. An anonymous source that I trust. Lets call him/her “Deep Throat.” Here are some excerpts from my conversation with this “Deep Throat.”
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“I urge you to search Peter’s (Caserta, Stuzzi Owner) name see the sort of information you find. The guy is seedy and one of the most [...]
PAMPARIUS, Uncategorized
We heart Virginia wine.
Since this is the weekend the Virginia Wine Expo is in town, I thought I’d share a bit about my latest VA wine adventure. I learned most of what I know about wine during my four year stint in Napa, where I worked for the Hess Collection Winery on Moun…
Richmond Food Collective
Eating Las Vegas
Eating Las VegasI got back from Vegas late Wednesday night after being there for 6 days for a pleasure/business trip. But you could have called it the Eating Las Vegas Tour…..I swear I gained 10 pounds! Ha. But I did thoroughly enjoy it while it la…
Urban Suburban Moms
Roasted Fennel and Green Bean Relish
Hubby & I love green beans. I’m always looking for new recipes. So when I happened to watch Emeril make this recipe back during the holidays on his Firehouse Thanksgiving special, I knew I had to try it out.This recipe incorporates fennel, which I’…
One Couple's Kitchen
Stuzzi – Another let down in the works?
http://social.richmond.com/blog/kpeifer/2010/02/stuzzi-is-coming/
Had a buddy forward me this story from another local writer. Looks like some people from restaurants around here are teaming up to open a place on Belmont called Stuzzi. They plan to offer wood fired pie and a decent menu at decent prices. Apparently they have even applied for outdoor seating. I don’t know [...]
PAMPARIUS, Uncategorized
Virginia Wine Expo
Brad and I are gearing up for the Virginia Wine Expo this weekend. As I’ve posted before, we love the local wine (OK, we love all kinds of wine), but having the chance to taste over 350 selections from 60+ wineries from around the state… it’s like Ch…
