Frantastic Food

What is Fideuà?

August 9, 2010

Have you ever asked yourself this question; What is Fideuà? (Fee-Day-Wah) Right, I didn’t think so. Well, unless you’ve been watching the new Cooking Channel, you may never have heard of this sibling of Paella. By the way, I’ve fallen in love with the programming on the Cooking Channel. At first I was a skeptic [...]

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When Life Gives You Lemons …

August 6, 2010

Because yesterday was a horrible day, today can only be better so, When life gives you lemons … make waffles! I had a real waffle addiction when I purchased my All Clad Waffle Maker a couple of years ago and I continue to make the recipes from the Thomas Keller booklet that came with it. [...]

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What Would Elvis Say?

August 4, 2010

I’m pretty sure Elvis would have loved this “fancied up” sandwich if … if I had not forgotten one very important ingredient — BACON! I don’t remember why I picked up this monster tub of Fluff. It was this past winter. I suppose it had something to do with hunkering down for the Snowpocalypse and [...]

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Dinner Inspired Sunset

August 3, 2010

I’m sorry, but I just have to share this nightly sunset sight with you again. The view from almost every room in my house of the sunset is an inspiring art show before dinner each night. And this one inspired the fiery color of Butter Chicken Pizza. And I feel compelled to share. The year [...]

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Some Like it Hot

August 2, 2010

As I was stuffing my bags at the farmer’s market on Saturday morning I wasn’t immediately sure what I’m going to do with most of this produce outside of eggplant parmesan, but I knew full well I was going to have another go at Jalapeño Poppers. I guess some like it hot. This time, rather [...]

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The Sun Also Rises

July 30, 2010

For those of you that thought the sun set on FRANtasticFood this week, I’m back and I apologize for leaving you in the dark. Happily, the sun also rises. I hadn’t expected all of my computers to be inaccessible while the MacBook was in the shop, but everything is A-OK now and I’ll get back [...]

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Preserving Marion at Breakfast

July 24, 2010

Marion Berry Preserves for breakfast. Really? Could be a fun way to pass the time at breakfast – who can make the most jokes with a history lesson thrown in? My friend Kerri brought this jar of preserves home from her recent trip to Oregon. I’m not so sure I would have been as brave [...]

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Big Shrimp, Big Flavor

July 22, 2010

I can’t believe I just typed that — Big Shrimp. If ever there was an oxymoron to be typed into a blog post, that was it. This is going to be a short post. I’m taking this machine into the hospital this morning and am not sure if I’m going to leave it with them [...]

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Weapons of Internal Gastronomic Destruction!

July 18, 2010

How could I do this to myself? I just finished a day of frying and dove right back in with these Weapons of Internal Gastronomic Destruction! These peppers were like crispy little torpedoes of fire filled with a creamy, cheese goodness. It all started with a trip to the Farmer’s Market. It was hot and [...]

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A Frying Frenzy

July 16, 2010

I’m surrounded by food all day at work. It’s not a bad thing, but the great thing is that if I want,I can take home one of the demo units we keep in our kitchen to try out. And this week I took home the brand-spanking new Breville Deep Fryer and went on a frying [...]