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On The Road With Kitchen Warfare (Day 7)
Today we’re back in Old Town and its our last full day before heading back home. Mostly we ran errands and got the property mowed but we left time to try two local eateries that had been on our list since we got into town.
The first was the Homestead Restaurant, a locally owned spot [...]
On The Road With Kitchen Warfare (Day 6)
After a few days of visiting family in Kissimmee and eating great Cuban food in Tampa we headed back towards Old Town, FL to spend a few more days working on our property before heading back to our present day home in the hills of Can-Tuc-kee. On the way out of town we stopped [...]
On The Road With Kitchen Warfare (Day 5)
La Segunda Central Bakery
There’s nothing quite like visiting your home town after being away for awhile. In my case I hadn’t been back to Tampa in 12 years. Its always amazing how many things have changed yet how so many others remain the same. We visited the old neighborhood and knocked on the door [...]
On The Road With Kitchen Warfare (Day 4)
The Best Day Ever!
Well at least one of them. This morning we got up and drove the 150 miles or so from Old Town to Kissimmee, FL which is just south of Orlando and no this isn’t going to be about a day at Disney. As far as that goes I spent most of [...]
On The Road With Kitchen Warfare (Day 3)
Today we wanted to take advantage of our location and head over to Cedar Key, FL for lunch. Located on the West coast Cedar Key is a small island town of about 800 residents. Due to its geography (no interstates or big cities for miles and miles) it remains largely untouched by corporate commercialism. [...]
On The Road With Kitchen Warfare (Day 2)
Today we reached our rental property in Old Town, FL which was essentially abandoned by the tenant. We’ve got some great friends in Old Town who have been looking after our interests and today we spent the day connecting with everyone and getting the utilities transferred et al. By the time dinner time [...]
On The Road With Kitchen Warfare
Road Trip! Sounds great right? I’d love to tell you that some megacorp was sponsoring an insightful journey into the American heartland and back roads in an amazing culinary adventure (you know, like our hero Alton Brown does) but that would be about as far from the truth as is possible. Instead we’re taking [...]
Sad Food Fact
U.S food producers currently dedicate about 4 million acres of land to organic production, which is only 4% of al U.S. farmland.
I know this is true because it was on TV I paused the Tivo and wrote it down word for word but then forgot to note the name of the program. D’oh!
Grocery Store Bread: Now With Metal Chunks!
At least 27 different SUPERMARKET BRANDS made by Sara Lee could be effected and have been recalled.
From the ‘Why We Like To Make Our Own Food” Dept: According to Reuters and other news sources a Sara Lee factory in Meridian, Mississippi has been spewing out loaves of bread potentially laced with chunks of metal. [...]
Reality Bites - Hell’s Kitchen vs The Next Food Network Star
Ever since Iron Chef of Japan became a cult classic U.S. television has been experimenting with cooking contests (including Food Network’s excellent American version of Iron Chef itself). From cakes to risotto we all want to know whose ‘cuisine reigns supreme’.
Allez Cuisine!
Two of the most popular are ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ which has even made it [...]
