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Cooking, Food

Italian Thanksgiving Traditions

I’m a quarter Italian.  I wish I was more.  It’s a goal I have always strived for but will never been able to achieve.  I would even settle for one of those cool Italian last names that many of my high school classmates had like Gatta, Salvatore, or Vigorito.  At least then I would appear full-blooded to others.  But no, I have a Welsh last name instead.  I can’t even fake Italian….

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Charlotte, Eating, Food, Travel

As Seen on TV – Hail to the BBQ King

Guy Fieri went to the BBQ King on Wilkinson Blvd in Charlotte, and so did I.  And if you haven’t been, you need to go.  Right now.  Seriously.  Drop everything – the dishes, the laundry, the baby – and go.  Go for the BBQ chicken like we did.  You won’t be disappointed.  The only regret we had was that this was our first trip and we have lived in Charlotte for five…

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Eating, Food, Travel, United States

Casa Nueva – Ohio Local Mexican Fare

I am still in the formative stages of this blog and am not really sure of the exact direction I plan to take it.  One thing I do not want it to become is a restaurant review site.  However, sometimes I stumble upon a place that is so amazing that I have to write about it.  Casa Nueva, nestled of block of off Court Street in Athens, Ohio, is one of those…

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Eating, Food, Latin America, Travel

Colombia –The Food…Not What I was Expecting.

My father-in-law has the same reaction after every meal we eat out: “It wasn’t what I was expecting.”  This response always begs me to ask the question when he orders, “Ed, what are you expecting this time?”  But this is a different topic for a different entry.  However, I had this same reaction to the food in Colombia – It wasn’t what I was expecting. Well, what was I expecting then?  No,…

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