Pretzel Casserole

Hi there, remember us? We’ve been away for a while, raising Wil McAvoy to be a little foodie. It’s hard work, and doesn’t leave much time for blogging. However, we’ve recommitted to Tastebud, and plan on putting out an article a week for the foreseeable future. Let’s get started! Last week was Mayfest here in …

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June 7, 2008 – 9:14 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have an awful lot to be thankful for this year. Thanks to you for continuing to read our site, and for writing us with your ideas. All our cooking plans are in place for the big day tomorrow, we’re going to try two new things, cooking the turkey on the grill, and making our …

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November 21, 2007 – 9:12 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Home | Tagged | Comments (0)

Our Newest Contributer, Wil McAvoy

We’ve been away from writing the past two months, because we were preoccupied with the birth of the latest Tastebud contributer, William Christopher McAvoy. Wil was born August 4th, 2007. He weighed in at 7 pounds 1 ounce. So far, his favorite food is milk, but we’re pretty sure he’s going to have a diverse …

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September 16, 2007 – 9:11 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Home | Tagged | Comments (0)

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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

Lake Street Meat

Happy Memorial Day all. We celebrated with pulled pork sandwiches, which will be the subject of our next article. In the mean time, buying the pork butt for the sandwiches was a real adventure. Saturday morning I got up early to get my hair cut downtown. My barber is a nice man named Phil who …

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May 28, 2007 – 9:03 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Marmalade Shortcut

A few weeks ago we lamented how difficult it was to make your own marmalade. It turns out, pleasant little English women agree. The little English women didn’t give up though, they persevered, and preserved. With a little bit of innovation, they decided to can up pre-chopped seville oranges, with a marmalade recipe on the …

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April 30, 2007 – 9:01 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (2)