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Pittsburgh Food Experiments Dumpling Tour

We have been invited by the Food Experiment Tour to participate in their Pittsburgh stop which focuses on dumplings!  They invite local chefs to conceptualize a unique form of dumpling including pierogies of course, and ravioli, Asian, etc.  We are very excited to have been contacted by the tour and are trying to narrow down about 20 ideas right now to try a few this weekend and finalize our choice!  All participants will be eligible for prizes including the grand prize of a trip to the Brooklyn Brewery for the national cookoff.  Please come support us on Sunday May 20th from 2-5 pm at Mr. Smalls in Millvale!  We will follow up with a post of our entry and the event itself.

We have decided to go with Lobster Mac n Cheese Pierogies for our entry!  A post of the rogies and event will follow.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

We are back from Christmas break and starting it off with a pretty simple dish of chicken cordon bleu and creamed spinach.  It is just chicken pounded thin then rolled up with ham and cheese inside.  As easy as it sounds.

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Christmas 2011!

Merry Christmas 2011!  I love Christmas and do believe it is one of the best times of the year.  Here is our tree this year and our tree of last year which has been very frequently viewed of late.  I love to get a real tree then burn it in the spring when it warms up and the tree is nice and crispy.  Merry Christmas to all and we will capture some new holiday creations to share with you later.

Feta and Spinach Turkey Burgers with Roasted Red Pepper Mayo

Many different elements came together both in and on the burgers.  There was garlic sauteed spinach, fresh feta, and jalapenos in the burgers and a roasted red pepper mayo spread on the fresh baked buns.  We did not make the buns, but got them in the Strip District where we get most of our cooking supplies.  These were made the same night as Roasted Red Pepper Bisque and I kept a bit of the peppers aside for the mayo spread.

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Roasted Red Pepper Bisque

Sorry for the lack of posts recently.  Bizzy!  This was an end of winter soup that was pretty easy, filling, and tasty.  It is a bit time consuming but not with full attention steps throughout.  Red pepper has such a great taste and with a little extra spice added it was wonderful!

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Bon Appetit!

Check us out on the Bon Appetit website.  They found our version of one of their recipes and posted it on their site.

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O Christmas Tree

Sharing our tree with the world.  I am a big fan of real trees and we went and got ours and set it up shortly after Thanksgiving.  For those of you that don’t know, I absolutely love Christmas!  And early happy holidays!

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Pork and Ginger Dumplings

We were making some finger foods for guests and while dumplings are not the typical “finger food”  they were a good munchie to have out.  We kept it pretty simple with pork, ginger, and green onion.  We tried a few different cooking types as can be seen above before deciding on the best.

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Broccoli Cheese Soup with Chicken

Depending on how long you’ve been following us this may look familiar. I posted this recipe almost a year ago in one of our first posts ever. Since our style has changed a bit since then and I never even showed a picture of it in the bowl, I figured I’d go ahead and share this with you again, or for the first time.

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Buffalo Chicken Dip

This is a recipe from our friend Mary (aka Murrs) that has always been a big hit.  We tweaked it a bit and it was a big hit again because everyone loves buffalo and blue cheese!

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