St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. Many of us will celebrate the day with corned beef and cabbage, or in my case, corned beef and potatoes, most likely some colcannon and a few other more traditional Irish dishes. With this, of course is a required beer or three, preferably a good Irish beer. (I don’t get the green beer thing, I actually prefer a certain red beer on…

I thought I’d take a break from my usual adoration/bashing of all things TV Chef related and simply dish up a list of helpful tips for your day-to-day kitchen life. These tips are in no particular order or by any degree of usefulness, I just grabbed thirteen that I thought would be helpful.
If you like the idea, I’ll add a once per week kitchen tip to the regular lineup…

Looks like I’m workin’ hard, dunnit?
I don’t usually fall victim succumb to the urge to participate in most meme’s, but when the Good Dr. Biggles from Meathenge tags you with one, you just have to answer the call. The topic had me grinning anyway. I mean, who can resist dishing a little dirt, especially when you’re dishing it about yourself! The when you’re done dishin’ your own dirt, you get to…

For those that know me for my need to destroy those Food network Celebrity “chefs” that I find to be lacking in culinary skills of any kind, this post will most likely shock and amaze you.  This week’s Thirteen focuses on someone I highly admire, not only for her skills as a chef, but for her efforts in the war on world hunger.
Most of you probably know Chef Cora…

We interrupt this weeks scheduled Food Network snark session due to head cold.  Seriously, I just can’t be all that sharp witted when I’m thinking in a fog, and whether I’m going to dish out praise or shame on a Food Network celebrity, I’m going to do it to the best of my ability.  This usually entails at least two days of research on the topic, and I have not…

(For those of you who have not read one of my posts on Sandra Lee in the past, here’s a bit of a warning…
I do not like this person. I am ruthless and more than a bit cruel when discussing her. This is not going to be a read in praise of Aunt Sandy. You have been warned!
If you are a Sandra lee fan, please read the bottom…

[EDIT: If you are looking for information on Chef Robert falsifying his resume, please see this post instead!]
There are a lot of shows that I dislike on Food Network, there’s no secret there. Of the few I do truly enjoy watching, at least two are reality shows rather than actual cooking segments. One of these is Dinner: Impossible. That show begins its new season tonight, and next week the show…

I’ll be honest, I want to hate Robin Miller, but I just can’t seem to gain that kind of passion about her. Of all the bobbleheads in the current Food Network roundup, Robin is simply the least passion inspiring of them all. Oh, she has a good tip or recipe from time to time, and what she produces usually doesn’t look like it would cause a revolt at my table,…