Category Archives: Food and Drink

Chili shepherd’s pie

2009-01-05 – 20:40

Over the holidays I had the opportunity to see some daytime television shows. Rachel Ray’s show is engaging, and both Andrea and I saw her make a Chili Shepherd’s Pie, but my Web Search Fu apparently isn’t as strong as it used to be, ’cause I can’t find it. I did find one that looks [...]

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Spicy brownies

2008-11-25 – 07:45

Spicy brownies sound pretty good to me. I’ve tried spicy chocolate concoctions before, so I’ve added these ingredients to our Trader Joe’s shopping list.

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Sharkey’s

2007-11-24 – 11:55

Imagine walking in to Sharkey’s in the early 1990’s and ordering a hamburger made with 6 ounces of certified-organic, locally-raised, grass-fed, free-range beef. I can’t, either, but it’s on the menu now, right above the bison burger.

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Martini

2007-09-07 – 18:52

I have a few extra minutes this evening since Andrea is working on another of Rachel Ray’s 30 Minute Meals.
My favorite cocktail is pretty simple – gin and tonic. I’ll try other things and certainly enjoy many of them, but it remains my steady favorite. Over the last few years, I’ve been slowly working [...]

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Relativistic cooking with Rachel Ray

2007-09-03 – 17:08

Rachel Ray is one of those Food Network hosts who always seems to have a couple of shows on the TiVo. I first remember seeing her show $40 a Day, about the Sedona, AZ, the town where my mother lived at the time. In my experience visiting Sedona, most of the food available there was [...]

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