Basically with this sickness and a recent move I haven't been in the kitchen as much as I'd liked to. Figures, the thing that makes me happy is really hard to do when you feel like death. I did get a little date time with my dear friend Doxey last eve and I decided to take him to a staple in the Townsend...

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Basically I have the plague this week so cooking has been kept to a minimum. I've decided to utilize this time to figure out a layout and exactly what I want to do with this blog. So here is hoping some progress comes from my misery. In the meantime, someone please have a glass of wine for me? ...

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In an effort to use the grill more, I decided to roast some zucchini. I need to branch out on my zucchini experience because right now it's limited to zoodles and the occasional slice. But grilling them, wow, what an experience.  I wanted a simple salad, something fresh and light for one of the first warmest days of the year. For some reason,...

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I swear, everyone I know is going through some sort of sickness. Cold, flu, you name it. Mostly it's people I work with so I decided to try my hand at a homemade chicken soup because lets be real, who can resist chicken soup? Oh, I guess vegetarians. Sorry. The base of a chicken soup is simple. Boil chicken. In water. I used...

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After a few discussions with my love Chryshele I discovered she was not remotely familiar with the eggplant. This needed to change, and immediately. So this eve, I attempted a roasted eggplant with a greek yogrit topping*. *Footnotes suck at the bottom, no one ever scrolls. Since the beginning of time aka when my Sestra was 2, we have called "yogurt" "yogrit" and...

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My favorite food has got to be a steak. It's the first thing I learned to cook well (not well DONE, though, blah) and why not? Steaks are a Townsend staple. Last eve I was invited to cook for two of my co-workers. They wanted steak. I obliged and when I oblige on steak, I go all out. Prime ribeye, bleu cheese creamed...

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*I realize it's Thursday and I'm late. Whatever. Not to be a cliche, but it's wine Wednesday. NO, I will not do a wine post every Wednesday because that would be lame, but since it's kind of a 'get to know me' time on this blog here, I figure we'll discuss my history (not all of it) with wine. I started as a...

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