Mini Wonton Cannoli – recipe – part 2 – the shells

01/09/2011 by

No one doesn’t like these.  That’s all anyone needs to know.

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Mini Cannoli Dough – recipe – part 3 – non wonton option

01/09/2011 by

If you insist, here’s how to make your own cannoli dough.  But we’ll have to call them non-wonton cannoli.

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Trader Joe’s Spanakopita – Food Review – Triangles – filled with spinach, feta, ricotta

01/08/2011 by

Refresh your geometry with TJ’s Spanakopita.

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Ruggero di Tasso – Nero d’Avola – 2008 – Wine Review

01/04/2011 by

Not to my taste.  Other people find it goes well with strong foods.

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Alexander & Fitch – Cabernet Sauvignon – 2009 – Wine Review

12/31/2010 by

There is a difference between a $3 bottle of wine and a $7 bottle of wine.  And it’s not just the nice heavy bottle the $7 wine comes in.

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Mexican Grilled Cheese Sandwich – Quesadilla – recipe

12/31/2010 by

That’s right.  A quesadilla is basically a grilled cheese sandwich.  It may not look like a grilled cheese sandwich or taste like one, but …

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Vegetarian French Onion Soup – recipe

12/30/2010 by

What’s not vegetable about an onion?  There are no French in the soup.  I hope not?  So why a special version for onion soup?

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Cheese (Queso) Dip – kicked vegetarian – recipe

12/26/2010 by

As promised, I took the Italian-less sausage-less  vegetarian sausage, attempted to breath new life into it and duplicate the meat version of this great cheese dip.  Whether it turned into a Frankenstein or a Fronkensteen, you’ll have to decide.

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Aquila D’Oro – Toscana – 2009 – Wine Review

12/26/2010 by

Lightening can strike twice for $3.99.  This Golden Eagle has landed.

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Trader Joe’s Chile Relleno – Food Review

12/25/2010 by

This won’t put my local Mexican restaurant out of business, but for a change of pace, it’s not bad.

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