The BBQ Domain I’ve been into BBQ’ing since I learned to play with matches and roasted my first hot dog over an open flame on my moms bbq in our backyard. I still remember that day, I burned the hot dog to a crisp, but I liked the crunchiness, it tasted good. What did I…
Tag: Culinary
August Food Holidays to Celebrate!
August Food Holidays It’s amazing how many wild, crazy and cool food holidays there are. Did you know there is a National Ice Cream Day? (BTW, it’s today!) Did you know there was a National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day? And with dozens of other national food holidays in the month of August, you can literally celebrate a different dish…
Folsom’s “other” Farmers Market
Folsom’s Farmers Markets The best fruits and vegetables are often not found at the grocery store, instead they can be found at local Farmers Markets, and Folsom is fortunate to have not one, but two! Friday I went and checked out Folsom’s “other” Farmers Market that is run by the The El Dorado County Certified…
Tricks of the Restaurant Trade: 7 Ways Menus Make You Spend
This is a really great yahoo financial article about menus by Marlys Harris I am totally proud. My younger son Ezra recently graduated from the CIA. Not the government spy agency but the Culinary Institute of America. Based in Hyde Park, N.Y., it trains chefs and restaurant managers, and according to its website, is “recognized…
S. Pelligrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Organized by Restaurant magazine, the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is an annual snapshot of the opinions and experiences of over 800 international restaurant industry experts. What constitutes “best” is left to the judgement of these trusted and well-travelled gourmets. There is no pre-determined check-list of criteria; for example an interesting experience in a…
A must read article about the “new” cookbook bible
You must read this great article written by Sara Fuss of Shine Yahoo, entitled “The rarifed world of Modernist Cuisine“. Click on the article (link below) to read a very good description of the book set, then be sure to click on each of the photos shown above the article to read the detailed culinary…
Folsom’s New Beer Garden and Grill
Last night the misses and I went out to visit Folsom’s newest gastropub, The Beer Garden and Grill at 6608 Folsom-Auburn Rd. Folsom, CA 95630 (no website yet). They opened a week ago and have so far received some fairly good reviews from locals. Folsom could use another pub being that our two favorites…
The Game-Changing Cookbook
Nathan Myhrvold’s 2,400-page ‘Modernist Cuisine’ upends everything you thought you knew about cooking Here’s the recipe for the most astonishing cookbook of our time: Take one multimillionaire computer genius, a team of 36 researchers, chefs and editors and a laboratory specially built for cooking experiments. After nearly four years of obsessive research, assemble 2,400 pages…
Tower Bridge Bistro – Sacramento
Dining at the Tower Bridge Bistro was literally, one of the best restaurant experiences we’ve had in Sacramento. My wife and I really enjoy dining out and it’s not often we find a place like Tower Bridge Bistro that has all the best qualities and attributes of a great restaurant working together so very well. …
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