UNICO 2nd Annual Microbrew Festival

Never one to turn down a challenge, when The Olive Press, an all-world olive oil store in Sonoma and Napa put out a challenge to several food bloggers to do four courses with four of their olive oils, guess who signed up?  This guy. Guess who is going to win?  This guy!  (No offense, I come…

One of my tweeps, Jen Woo, approached me a while back about a company called Le Grand’s line of gourmet raw sauces, asking if I had ever tried them.  When I indicated that I had not, a five-pack of sauces showed up at my door, just begging me to cook with them. I have to be…

So tonight, I entered a recipe in Hormel’s Recipe exchange; I call it the Spam Madame I did a take on a croque madame, but I used spam.  I am sick and wrong, but I’m okay with it! (Thanks to Chef Michael at the Farmhouse for the inspiration.) I’ll post a link to the recipe…

You may or may not know that today is Shawna Coronado’s birthday.  (If you want, click on that link and go wish her a happy b-day.  I’ll still be here!) Anyway, rather that doing something sensible like giving her a gift, I figured I would take all of her delicious nude vegetables (that means no…

…or announcing the Jasper’s Restaurant Applecello Experience! Fall is here again.  Which means that apples are in season and, more importantly, Jasper’s Restaurant is making applecello.  What, you may ask, is applecello?  Well, you may have heard of limoncello, the citrusy Italian liqueur, made from lemons, lemon rind, and liquor.   Well, applecello is that, but…

** 1 WEEK ** This is your one week warning until Turkey Day! In case you are wondering, I have done several articles for various magazines on the subject of America’s favorite time to pig out.  Here are a few: Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey on BigBlendMagazine 5 Things to Do with Sweet Potatoes on FabulousFoods.com 5…