From the monthly archives:

February 2010

How to prepare a whole Beef Tenderloin

February 27, 2010
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Many foodies are afraid of a big piece of meat like the one above. That folks is a whole beef tenderloin. We regularly buy them at Costco, where recently the price has dropped drastically. This guy cost us only $62. To put that into perspective, I often watch people at the butcher’s counter paying $15 [...]

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I feel a little naughty

February 26, 2010
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I came across Food Porn Daily today, pun intended, and spent about 20 minutes captivated by the rotation of simply salacious photos.
You see, not only are we Foodies, but Mooby and I have sort of become photography buffs over the past few years. This isn’t to say that either of us are overly skilled, but [...]

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Food for fatties

February 25, 2010
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Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the frightening vision of Bacon Cheese Turtle Burgers!

Yes, you really are looking at a turtle shaped lump of heart attack on a plate. This artery hardening vision was sent my way via This is why you’re fat. Believe it or not, the little snappers are not the [...]

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More love for the stock

February 15, 2010
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It was a big weekend here in the FAB South kitchen, as the chefs from the FAB NorthEast kitchen invaded for some culinary adventures, not to mention the draining of more than a few beverage containers.
The big experiment of the weekend was the creation of two different Beef Wellington dishes. We began with a full [...]

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The Joy of Stock

February 12, 2010
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I know, Valentines Day weekend is upon us and you were hoping for something a little more sexy than chicken stock. Not to worry, we’ll have some fun stuff for you over the weekend. For now though, it is time to get down to the basics. Basics that any serious foodie should always have on [...]

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Super simple peppercorn chicken pasta

February 10, 2010
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It used to be that a real foodie would never talk about the little shortcuts used in the kitchen lest they be considered less of a cook by their friends. The reality these days is that many large chain stores have gone to a lot of trouble to create ready made products that are not [...]

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Portland’s food carts

February 8, 2010
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As an automotive writer, I often have the opportunity to visit places that I wouldn’t likely ever see otherwise. The down side is that I am usually only in a city for about a day and a half and I have little more than a few hours to explore on my own. This past Fall [...]

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Goat Cheese and Roasted Garlic Pita Platter

February 8, 2010
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When a Milestones restaurant opened in our neighbourhood, we just had to try it.  All of us loved  their Baked Goat Cheese and Slow-Roasted Garlic Flatbread Plate and decided we had to try to duplicate it to take to neighbour’s 40th birthday bash.  it is so simple and wows guests. We liked it so much [...]

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Cheesy Potato and Bacon Soup

February 7, 2010
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Our sixteen year-old daughter loves to eat.  So when she approached me and said it was time to make some soup, I didnt’ realize how much soup she meant.  Two of her favourite things are bacon and cheese so that is the soup we started with.  Below is our recipe for Cheesy Potato and Bacon [...]

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Heinz reinvents the ketchup package

February 7, 2010
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After 42 years, the folks at Heinz have reinvented the take out squeeze pack that has held everyone’s favorite condiment. We’ve all fumbled with them, squirted ketchup all over ourselves and even left them to rot in our desk. Sometimes we’ve even tried to drizzle our ketchup over our fries and attempt to keep [...]

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