On traditions and getting settled

It’s a tradition for my wife and I that the first meal we have in a new home is take-out Chinese.  I’m not sure that my wife knew she was starting a tradition when we first did this, but it…

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could get the same quality music on a normal radio that you expect from CD’s, MP3’s and satellite radio? Now you can, and just like you would expect from broadcast radio, it’s absolutely free!…

It’s all good now

Ladies and gentlemen.  It took a full day of emails back and forth with the plugin developer, but I’m happy to announce that the email to a friend and print this page functionality of Cooking by the seat of my…

The issue of the lost post

This was supposed to be a post on the status of repairs here at cbsop, unfortunately it seems that it was stuck in the backend of the system.  I’m letting it through now because I want it here to remind…

Chef Robert Irvine Loses Show over padded resume

Chef Robert Irvine, Host of the food Network series “Dinner: Impossible” has lost his contract for padding his resume.

According to WFSB, Hartford Connecticut:

“Irvine had claimed that he helped design Princess Diana’s wedding cake, worked at the White House…

Five Sordid Facts About Jerry

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…

Answers to your questions about Food Network’s newest big thing, Ingrid Hoffmann

Who says bloggers don’t respond to their readership? Well, perhaps some bloggers don’t, but I do!

Several readers posted comments on my post First Impressions, Food Network’s Simply Delicioso with Ingrid Hoffmann.Most of these responses were of the “I Love…

Exciting kitchen finds are only a thrift shop away.

It’s not uncommon to find my wife and I at the Goodwill store or Salvation Army. They’re a wonderful source for unique food props, fabric scraps, etc. As most food bloggers know, you really can’t have too many different soup…

News, updates and what’s happ-nin’s

Sorry gang, there’s no food porn on today’s slate… At least not yet. Yesterday was spent dealing with one of the very real challenges of living on a military base with a wife who instructs students from all over the…

Banished!

I have been banished from my kitchen! Kicked out, evicted, nixed. I am under orders to “stay out of the way” for the day.

My kitchen is overrun with strange devices, the uses of which elude me completely. There are…