UNICO 2nd Annual Microbrew Festival

Waiting on a plane in Denver airport.  Had an interesting couple of days eating. Among the lowlights: vegan veggie sandwich from Marigolds (would have been great if I wasn’t vegan.)  Louie’s… nice delivery person, bad food. The highlight: Trinity Brewing Company so selected because they have VEGAN BUFFALO WINGS.  So I had to go.  Normally,…

Kansas City Restaurant Week… is finally here!  And I know what I said yesterday: that I was going to use Kansas City Restaurant Week to try places I’d never been before.  But…I just couldn’t resist.  I had to go back to 75th Street Brewery for another helping of their amazing duck confit salad. Which I…

Ready for another unResolution Month-tastic (pretty sure that’s a word, I’ll look it up and get back to you) dessert?  Something like Easy Strawberry Short Cakes So, as you know, I’m not much of a baker.  It’s not that I don’t like to bake.  In fact, there is a certain niceness to it and everyone…

2010 Continues! A lot of exciting things are supposed to happen this year.  If Arthur C. Clarke is right, this is the year that Jupiter will turn into a sun thanks to Roy Schneider.  We’re 2 years away from the Mayan (Aztec?) apocalypse.  Yep, this is an exciting time to be alive! In all seriousness, while…

Okay, first post of the night. Fantasy Top Chef I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the game.  Here are the teams: My mighty Culinary Gladiators: Robin Michael V The rest of the less talented culinary gladiators: Karen (blog): Jennifer C Jennifer Z   Josh (blog): Bryan V Jesse   Elise (blog): Ashley…

So the question was asked at today’s #FNI what’s my favorite soup, which has to be Creamy Potato Soup Specifically, the creamy potato soup from Panera served with a nice piece of whole wheat French baguette.  (Though, I answered Beef Barley soup, but that was just pandering.)  Anyway, I got to thinking how a good creamy potato…