Blackhawk-Cole

09/09/2015

05/14/2015

Loaded deep dish. Sausage, bacon, onions, mushrooms, and olives.

10/18/2012

If properly dried and trimmed, New York style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago style pizza.

Nick Offerman, aka Ron Swanson, on comparing the two.

10/13/2012

Friday night pizza. Thin crust, shrimp, sun dried tomato pesto, and five cheeses.

10/11/2012

This rice-based one-skillet dish is on the table in under an hour.

01/16/2012

If you haven't seen this show, you should. It's enlightening, maddening, and just plain baffling, all at the same time. Do you wonder why food costs so much? Why the poor can't afford simple, nutritional meals? Why a nutritionally dead, chemically laden fast food burger is cheaper than a bunch of carrots? Its because 40 or 50 percent of what farmers and grocers produce gets thrown away. Perfectly good food going into the trash or to compost, because of our ridiculous, unrealistic expectations. I have no words...

Did you know about 40 percent of the food produced in the United States is never eaten? For every American, 200 pounds of perfectly edible food ends up in the trash each year — that’s enough waste to fill a football stadium every single day, according to Food Network’s The Big Waste, a food-waste sp...

12/25/2011

It has begun... a 17 # bird a'brining, ham waiting to be glazed, taters to be mashed, sourdough dressing to be... dressed, and a chocolate fountain (in a pear tree...) Merry Christmas Friends!

08/28/2011

I've got two words for you... Car-nitas! and homemade corn tortillas. Okay, that was like seven words, but you get the idea.

06/18/2011

06/19/2010

10 # turkey half in the brine tonight, headed to the smoker tomorrow. And for dessert, butter pecan ice cream and scratch pound cake. Time to make the custard... Have a great weekend!

03/27/2010

Short ribs on sale!?!? I see a red wine braise and some polenta happening this weekend!!!