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Food, Inc. Must Be Watched

Food, Inc. Must Be Watched

So, I finally was able to sit down and watch Food, Inc. yesterday and ended up scratching my head about what to do from here. Robert Kenner did an excellent job at presenting the blunt fact about our food supply chain from seed, egg, suckling pig or calf to our tables.

Why I Like Jamie Oliver

Why I Like Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver goes beyond the basic facts of how to put a (mind you, delicious) meal together. Watch his TED presentation about child obesity in America. After all he has all the credentials of a proper chef, not that of an Iron Chef sensationalism, but who needs that anyway? After all, cooking is about you being in the kitchen and getting your hands dirty.

I got Interviewed By The Hungarian Girl!

I got Interviewed By The Hungarian Girl!

Suzanne Urpecz (aka The Hungarian Girl) one of the reference voices and food bloggers in Hungarian, Central and Eastern European cuisine, took an interview with me that is featured on her blog.

Hexagonal Cedar Picnic Table

Hexagonal Cedar Picnic Table

Only so you know on what am I spending usually the hot summer weekends, this post is about a picnic cedar table I built (commissioned by my wife) out of these six sided hexagonal picnic patio table plans!

The Turkey Burger in Top 9 on FoodBuzz!

The Turkey Burger in Top 9 on FoodBuzz!

I didn’t eve dream at the time of creating it that my humble Turkey Burger would make it to Top 9 on FoodBuzz! How cool is that! I might need to pay more attention to it later in a dedicated post with a recipe. Any takers? Anyway – check it out! It is mouth drooling and it can easily compete with the cover picture of the Saveur magazine (September 2009 issue)!

A Birthday Menu

A Birthday Menu

As every caring husband would do, I wanted to get the perfect Birthday gift to my dear wife, cooking the perfect meal, make her day, etc., and as every procrastinator husband does, I realized half day into it that I did NOT have a plan!

A Tale of Morels

A Tale of Morels

Check this out. My wife, who’s doing the gardening in our household, found three Morel mushrooms in our back yard! What’s going on? Are we sitting on a gold mine and not know it?

Home Brewed Maple Syrup

Home Brewed Maple Syrup

Don’t be discouraged that you only have two maple trees in your yard! You can extract enough sap from them to brew a nice jar of maple syrup that’s more delicious than any other store bought versions!

The Inauguration!

The Inauguration!

I am just glad I got to live to see this historic event!!!!

The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

Hi All, Short post to just let you know that I am still alive and well but frantically trying to learn about 23 songs until Monday for a Broadway production called The Wedding Singer where I have to play guitars (loud ones!). So, beside the […]