The Best of a Best Thing A grilled cheese seems pretty simple to make. That being said, I’ve sampled a lot of them and have had some pretty bad ones. And yet, to make a perfect one isn’t hard, you just need some good quality ingredients. There will be a printable recipe card for the perfect grilled cheese at the end of this post but first you’ll want to read some necessary background information from my cheesy travels. Last week I was headed up north for the Fourth of July Holiday and I knew I would be passing through Wisconsin,…
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Continue ReadingIndependence from Boring Food Do you only get asked to bring the plates and cups to BBQ’s and Potluck Parties? Have you never been asked to make a dish a second time after bringing it to a party? Is the best compliment partygoers can offer your food that it was an “interesting choice?” If the answer to both of those questions is yes, I am here to tell you…. you may be a terrible cook! The good news is, that can be changed without even having to take cooking lessons! I am here to share with you some recipes that…
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Continue ReadingDoggone Good I grew up in a family where we rarely ate out. We love to cook so if we had a craving for something, we made it ourselves at home. Once in a great while, however, an occasion to eat out would come up and we would go to the local “Greek” Restaurant. I grew up on the Southwest side of Chicago, near Midway Airport, and these “Greek” places were on every couple of corners. This is not the kind of Greek Restaurant you are thinking of. There was little, if any, actual Greek Food. The restaurants in our…
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Continue ReadingA Brandy Bonus I have an O-B-S-E-S-S-I-O-N with Wisconsin Supper Club Style Brandy Old Fashioned’s. My parents have a home in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan which is right over the border from Wisconsin, the home of The Brandy Old Fashioned. Last year I even did an Old Fashioned Crawl through the Northwoods and wrote a blog post about it called “A Waitress Named Diane”. It was fantastic. Since I cannot permanently live in the Northwoods (although I wish I could) I decided I needed to perfect the Brandy Old Fashioned at home. The drink itself does require more…
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Continue ReadingDelicious Dad Stuff I’m on the record as saying that the way to the heart is through the stomach. While people normally use that phrase to describe romantic love, it can be true with familial love as well. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a great relationship with all of the members of their family, but if you do, cooking a delicious meal is a great way to show them how much you care. These recipes are great to make anytime regardless of whether you’re lucky enough, as I am, to have a great dad around. This article may…
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A New Approach to the Best Food I love Wood Fired Pizza, and I mean LOVE! But I don’t always feel like going out to eat it and Wood Fired pizza that’s delivered just isn’t right by the time it gets to my house. I do make pizza using homemade dough a couple of times a year, but let’s face it, it isn’t quite the same as pizza with a perfectly cracker-like charred crust. Making dough, letting it rise and trying to manipulate it into the oven, especially when it’s hot, just isn’t fun either. The obvious solution is to…
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Sushi Bowl Bonanza For the last ten days I have been exploring the food scene of the Northwoods of Wisconsin and the Western U.P. of Michigan. It has been a wonderfully delicious adventure filled with many culinary delights… except for one: Sushi We’ve come a long way from the days where many Americans would recoil at the idea of raw fish. These days, you can find high quality sushi restaurants in any state in the country. You still can’t find sushi in every part of every state, however. And while the Northwoods is a secret foodie paradise, sushi is one…
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