Posted on March 18, 2008 by Chris Perrin
Sue tagged me. And since hers is my favoritist blog ever, I decided I should respond in kind. No matter how long it took me.
Rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2008 by Chris Perrin
This idea has really started to resonate with me. After a Christmas party that carried a nearly $20/head charge, the Super Bowl, and my birthday coming up, entertaining has just been on my mind. I try to stay away from entertaining as a topic here because there are many excellent blogs that cover it. However, I [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2007 by Chris Perrin
My son Ethan helped me make eggs this morning and this is his recipe:
6 eggs
A good 2 second pour of salt
2 teaspoons of pepper
3 teaspoons garlic powder
Heat a skillet over medium heat. When the skillet is hot, coat the skillet with a small layer of non-stick cooking spray.
Add 6 eggs to a bowl and stir to break [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2007 by Chris Perrin
That’s right, it’s back again for another crazy year. It’s World Vegan Day.
I know many of you, my readers, are not vegans, which is just fine. Neither am I. However, there is nothing wrong with trying vegan recipes every now and then (like my soyrizo taquitos for instance…)
I was vegan once for about three days, [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2007 by Chris Perrin
So I’m having one of those nights where I’m sitting in front of my computer trying to figure out what recipe to share and all that came to me was “Recipe: Chocolate Chips.”
1) Drive to the store 2) Buy cookie dough 3) Drive home 4) Read instructions.
And I think maybe my subconcious is telling me something. [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2007 by Chris Perrin
I had a moment tonight when I felt like I was in Kitchen Stadium competing in Battle: Really Need to Go to the Grocery Store and Stock Up. In my mind, the Chairman said did his karate chop over a steel lid (or in my case the fridge) and revealed the secret ingredients: a few onions, potatoes, ears of corn, [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2007 by Chris Perrin
During the Top Chef Season Three Finale (Part One) , Chef Eric Ripert made a comment I found jaw dropping. Brian Malarky had prepared a braised elk dish that he served with a a number of garnishes including the choice of either gorgonzola or rochefort (forgive me if those are wrong, I am going off [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2007 by Chris Perrin
I was on a quest last night at Wal-Mart for puff pasty. I do not cook with puff pastry too much so I had no idea where to find it at other than it was somewhere in our local Super Wal-Mart’s ginormous (now a word…look it up) frozen foods section. My search for puff pasty [...]
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