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Monday February 6th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘food’

Mexican Quesadillas and Tacos

Mexican Quesadillas and Tacos

One of my very favorite foods because of its abundant flavor is Mexican food.  I'm not talking about that Taco Bell crap either, I mean real south-of-the border Mexican cooking. Some of my favorite Mexican dishes include Quesadillas and Tacos, but as I said before they have to be made with fresh ingredients; so none of that frozen [...]

Hickory Smoked BBQ Ribs

Hickory Smoked BBQ Ribs

I have cooked BBQ ribs many times before, but I had never gotten around to trying my hand at cooking smoked ribs.  So I recently decided to give it a go and read up on how to properly smoke meat and/or fish. Turns out that cooking smoked food is not as difficult as I had originally thought it was.  All you really need to do is cook your food [...]

Kobi’s in a Pickle, he’ll have to Mustard the strength to Ketchup to Chestnut

Kobi’s in a Pickle, he’ll have to Mustard the strength to Ketchup to Chestnut

When is a hot dog not a hot dog?  When it's a uniquely Japanese dogawich of course!  Recently,  six-time Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog eating contest champion Takeru Kobayashi was treated to a few hours in the big house for his antics at the annual Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island, NY.  The [...]