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Chianti Pot Roast with Glazed Parsnips and Carrots

Posted in Meat, Recipes, tagged , , , , , on November 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Wow the holidays have started. Thanksgiving down, Christmas on deck. Time off from the restaurant…good.
We are taking the four day weekend off for Thanksgiving. It’s always bittersweet to close the restaurant since the expenses still continue, power bills, leases, insurance, bills, etc, but there is no revenue coming in. Fortunately we [...]

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Bolognese part three with creamy polenta

Posted in Meat, Pasta, Potatoes, Recipes, tagged , , , , , on November 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Okay back to the blog. We’ve been fairly busy at work in the past week and I’ve been working every night on books and business stuff trying to make up for the prior weeks of screwing around while Chad was in town. I’ve been cooking, I just haven’t really had the desire to [...]

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Bolognese coming

Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I made the Bolognese for part three this past weekend.  I’ve been working 12 to 14 hours days for the past few to make up for the staying up way to late and video games of last week so I will get it posted soon.  Sorry!
The restaurant is crazy busy this week, thank God for [...]

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Perfect Mac-n-Cheese

Posted in Comfort Food, Pasta, Recipes, tagged , , , , on November 13, 2008 | 30 Comments »

A few weeks ago I started a quest for some good mac and cheese. Nancy makes a killer mac-n-cheese but I wanted my own. I’m sure I frustrate the crap out of Nancy sometimes because I’m always looking for something better when it comes to food and recipes. Now mind you , [...]

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Here’s a Preview

Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m in no-sleep, over-worked, Internet broken at home, hanging out with my friend Chad, video game playing mode still.  The post is on the way… soon!  Here is something to hold you over.

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Super Mac-n-Cheese on the Way

Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Coming Soon…. Awesome, super duper, award-winning, simply the best Mac-n-Cheese.  My best friend Chad is in town and we made a few versions of Mac last night between drinking beer, debating world events and playing video games.  It was awesome, so stay tuned.  I should have it up in the next few days along with [...]

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Rigatoni with a Tuna Ragu

Posted in Pasta, Recipes, tagged , , , , , on November 4, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I was remembering embarrassing moments from the last 18 months of my employment at Dish. Before leaving corporate America for the lure of being my own boss and the excitement of running a growing business, the only restaurant experience I had was washing dishes for Lyon’s Restaurant when I was a senior in high [...]

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