It doesn’t seem like it, but it’s been a year to the day since Mr. Seat of his Diaper came into our family. (though granted he came in much smaller than he is now, and a good deal less destructive!)
Happy birthday Lil’ B!

The top photo is of Lil’ B’s first taste of chocolate… The [...]

Oh the feeling of visiting another food blog, only to discover you’ve begun to salivate uncontrollably over the recipe you’ve found there. You’ve discovered the perfect meal idea sitting right there in front of you, with photos and all. You just have to make this as soon as possible.
That’s what happened to me the other [...]

Criteria necessary for inclusion in the “Bobblehead Brigade”

In past Thursday Thirteens I have lamented the fate of Food Network and chronicled the antics of what has come to be known “Food Network’s Bobblehead Brigade”. For those interested, I did not coin that phrase, nor is “bobblehead brigade” exclusive to the new crop of Food TV [...]

What do you do with a lonely little piece of leftover chuck roast? You can always make a barbecue beef sammich, or just nibble it to death as a snack, but why not give it a bit of pride in its demise and turn it into something completely different and absolutely fabulous!…
But what would [...]

In my opinion, fish is best cooked simply. Flavors should be added sparingly so that the delicate flavor of the meat comes through as its own statement, rather than being buried in herbs and spices or some overwhelming sauce. That doesn’t mean that fish should be boring, and this dish is anything but.
Tilapia is [...]

Twenty-six things about Food Network’s Rachael Ray

Welcome back to CbsoP’s near-weekly installment of the Thursday Thirteen. This weeks edition is a special one indeed, seeing as it is the thirteenth, TT done here, so I’ve decided to turn my attention to the one Food Network celebrity that I find myself at odds over. For [...]

What does “Real Food” mean to you? That’s the question at hand, as posed to me by a member of the Hellman’s Marketing Team asking if I’d be interested in writing an entry on my feelings about “Real Food” for Dave Lieberman’s “In Search of Real Food” on Yahoo! 360°. Mr. Lieberman [...]

It’s been hard going and a lot of work, but I can finally say with a huge grin… We’re Home!
Those are our new diggs in the picture above. Everything from the bumper of my pretty blue toy in the foreground to the far right wall. I know it looks pretty tiny in [...]

I’ve mentioned that we’re moving, and by this weekend we should be almost situated in the new house. Even though we’re moving into base housing, which is technically a rental, the move has us both thinking about what we’ll do in our own home when we finally decide to buy.
As a foodie, one of [...]

I just wanted to drop a quick note and say that we are, in fact, live and well. My wife and I are in the middle of a move to a new house, and currently all of my time is being spent packing for the final move day on Saturday.
In other news, my wife [...]