The Only Thing Better Than One Em Chamas …is two Em Chamas. (Quick edit: I just found out Em Chamas is doing a special expanded Valentine’s Day with shrimp, lamb, scallops, and free dessert.  Just sayin’.) Okay, I know I’m not exactly breaking any huge news, but there are two Em Chamas in what the […]

How to Boil Pasta By popular request, here is my treatise, my manifesto as it were, on the art of pasta boiling.  By the way, this post assumes dried pasta. Boiling (and making) fresh pasta is a wholly separate critter.

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 […]

…Well, that’s not exactly true.  In 3 hours, it will be Friday, but technically most of the restaurants featured in this year’s Kansas City Restaurant Week won’t open for business until 11 or so.  So, technically, I guess I have to wait a bit no longer. Which is good, because I can’t wait much longer […]

Farm To Market Bread Company Panettone Chef Jasper Mirabile is pretty good at giving challenges. Fortunately, I’ve managed to avoid the worst of his culinary conundrums for some time (which is no doubt his way of admitting that Velvetta fudge was just as awful as it sounds.)  Still, if I had any shock when Chef […]

Hey everyone, I got a text from Chef Holli’s people.  Apparently while I was sleeping, it was revealed that Chef Holli won’t be given the position of head chef at the Savoy in London and that there was never was such a position. She was nice enough to give me 30 minutes and give her […]

Eat, Pray, Love… Anywhere (and Everywhere) Eat, Pray, Love is the about-to-be-released film where Julia Roberts portrays Liz Gilbert, a woman who has recently suffered a long, arduous divorce.  In an effort to overcome her past and chart a new direction in her life, she travels around the world, trying new things, throwing out conventional wisdom, […]

Also, another little nugget I threw together.  Now, don’t freak, the title says vegan, but I promise you there’s nothing weird about the recipe.  They’re just as delicious as the non-vegan versions, but these are a lot healthier. Check out Vegan Thanksigiving Sides on FabulousFoods.com!

** 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 […]

To set the scene, as I write this post, I am currently Jasper’s full. What is Jasper’s full?  Good question. As I have been blogging, I have come to realize there are four levels of fullness. Level of fullness 1: Full.  You know, when you can’t eat another bite.  That kind of full. Level of […]