Monthly Archives: June 2007

Marlowe on Coffee

You’d think a hard-boiled guy like Philip Marlowe would drink his coffee as is, that he’d not fuss over the intricacies of getting a good brew, that he’d just put a slug of rye in it and drink. Nope. It turns out, Philip Marlowe, the character that made Humphrey Bogart…Humphrey Bogart, is sort of a …

June 30, 2007 – 9:09 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Drink | Tagged | Comments (0)

Cook’s Country

A friend at work lent us a few issues of Cook’s Country by the editors of Cook’s Illustrated. We’d seen the magazine on the newsstand before, but never bought it. Cook’s Illustrated is a pretty distinctive magazine, completely illustrated and ad free, with lots of good cooking tips. Cook’s Country is pretty similar, except they …

June 23, 2007 – 9:08 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Home | Tagged | Comments (0)

Kool Aid Pickles

A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran an article on kool aid pickles, which pretty much blew our minds. We thought they sounded like a yummy summer treat, so we tried them out this week. Here’s our recipe: 1/2 jar of mini dill pickles 1 packet of cherry kool aid 1/4 cup of …

June 16, 2007 – 9:07 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Pizza on the Grill

We went to our friends Amy and Marshall’s house this week so they could show us how to cook pizza on the grill. “Pizza on the grill!” you exclaim, “that’s impossible! Dogs and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!” We interrupt your wild raving, and point to a picture, which clearly shows pizza being made on …

June 10, 2007 – 9:05 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Pulled Pork

I already wrote about the pork meat buying adventure on Lake Street, as promised here’s the write up of the actual cooking of the meat. Things turned out really well. This is the second time we’ve made pulled pork this way, both times turned out great. We followed the recipe for North Carolina style pulled …

June 3, 2007 – 9:04 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)