Black Sea Bass with Shrimp in a Lemon Scampi Sauce

Lisa and I do try to eat fish when ever we can (although neither of us are big fish eaters) because we know its better for us. We have our favorites with fluke and flounder topping the list, but when ever I see something new at the market I like to give it a try. [...]

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Chocolate Cheesecake Bars with a Pecan Shortbread Crust

Cheesecake is just one of those desserts you can’t go wrong with.  It seems that no matter what toppings you mix in to it or what shape you bake it in, that creamy richness always shines through. I’ve been neglecting my friends at the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association over the last few months ( I guess [...]

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Italian Baccala with Chef Mireille’s Global Creations

I’m looking at the calendar wondering where this year went.   We have 7 weeks left of lunches at the Mount this year, then its a few weeks of closing up the place and I’m off for the summer.  While I am happy that the end is sight, its also a little unnerving at how [...]

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Google+ Communities – Four Months Later

A few weeks ago you got to hear my rant about those people who complain that Google+ isn’t working for them, and I listed my top 12 reasons for failure on G+.   Well  today I feel just as frustrated over the fact that there are still so many of my fellow food bloggers wasting [...]

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Italian Grilled Cheese with Roasted Peppers and Spinach for “30 Days of Grilled Cheese”

When you think of comfort food there are a few obvious choices. To me one of them will always be a grilled cheese sandwich.   When it comes to grilled cheese the sky’s the limit these days, as we’ve seen everything and anything you can imagine wedged between slices of American cheese and bread. Of [...]

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Candied Maple Bacon Sundae with all the Trimmings!

Today I had the pleasure of competing against Epicurious Editor Lauren Salkeld on the Epicurious Google+ page  in their Elite Eat competition.   My bracket was making Sundae’s, and I have to tell you when I heard I had Sundae’s I wasn’t real happy.   I don’t think in my 3+ years of food blogging I’ve [...]

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