March 16, 2008
We became the Olive Garden restaurant tonight—at least that was the inspiration.
I built three “dishes,” plus we augmented that with a pre-made blueberry pie for dessert. A prodigious meal, by the time it ended.
Breadsticks
Simple: I halved a French-style baguette, and topped it with EVOO, salt, pepper, and garlic. I augmented one slice with bleu cheese. […]
Filed by MessyChef at March 16th, 2008 under In the Kitchen
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I finally found the opportunity to try Richmond’s grandest Brazilian meat restaurant, Texas de Brazil, located at the Regency Square Mall in Henrico County. TdB is a national chain, I’ll note, one that on the weekends fires-up flaming torches outside, and features (all the time) a central two-storey wall of wine inside its dining room. […]
Filed by MessyChef at March 16th, 2008 under Restaurant Review
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March 12, 2008
A new season of Top Chef started tonight on BravoTV.
I love this show. The four losing dishes tonight were sad; but I agreed with who had to go home. Be sure to tune-in next Wednesday!
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March 9, 2008
Several weeks ago (now), we had our good neighborhood friends over for a 3-course dinner: stuffed zucchini, lemon risotto with Asian chicken thighs, and a raspberry cake dessert.
The first course was my favorite, and one I’ve done at least 5 times now. The secret is to stuff the zucchini with a variety of chopped Italian […]
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Tonight, while shopping for a gourmet menu, we became so overwhelmed with the task of figuring out what to eat, that we went to go get a sandwich. It was simpler.
Perhaps you’ve eaten at the Quiznos chain before; I actually like their Italian sandwich. It’s well-proportioned, tasty, and even their dressing/sauce is good. I remember […]
Filed by MessyChef at March 9th, 2008 under Banter, Restaurant Review
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