Ya ever walk around the grocery aisles and see products that just make you say, “huh”? Of course you do. My last trip to the grocery store revealed some “interesting” product names, so I thought I’d share. I don’t know about you, but grocery shopping often inspires me to cook awesome meals. When I...
There are quite a few famous people partying today. Today’s celebrity birthdays include Erin Moran, Pam Dawber, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Frieda Pinto, Wynton Marsalis, Chuck Berry, Mike Ditka, Lindsey Vonn, Bristol Palin, Lee Harvey Oswold and CheesyMike. That’s right, CheesyMike shares his birthday with at least 2 sitcom actresses, 2 movie actors (although in...
So, it’s only a few weeks until Halloween, which, besides spending $400 on candy and convincing my son he really doesn’t need an $800 gold-plated, mechanical, battery-operated, light-up, sound-producing, shoots-real-lasers-and-comes-with-its-own-fully-operational-grenade-launcher costume, means carving a big-ass pumpkin. And that means pumpkin soup. Here is my pumpkin soup recipe. Pumpkin Soup 1 big-ass pumpkin 2 tbsp olive...
Everyone still likes the idea of cheese wrapped in bacon, right? How about….bacon wrapped in cheese?? Crazy, right? Yeah, totally off the rails! Well the other day I was looking at cheese and not intending to buy any because THE PRICE OF CHEESE HAS GOTTEN WAY OUT OF HAND! But then I spotted Apple...
Do you like cheese? check Do you like bacon? check How about bacon cheese?? That’s what I thought when I came across Phare de l’Ile Ronde‘s 5 years old red wine laced cheese. Got that? Red wine laced cheese. Or as described on the package: “Macereded in fortified red wine, 5 years age”. Since...
If you like wet, salty cheese, and I mean REALLY salty, then this cheese is for you. Yep, I’ve finally tried a cheese that I don’t like. And by “don’t like”, I mean “could barely swallow it”. String Cheese is one salty-ass cheese! It was saltier than my mother’s black bean sauce experiment, aka...
I made a great cheese bread and I thought I’d share my recipe with you. 3/4 cup warm water 1/2 cup cottage cheese 2/3 cup shredded Gruyere (or you could use Swiss, or an old Cheddar) 1/2 cup grated Parmesan 1 tbsp. butter, cut up in pieces 2 tbsp. sugar 1 3/4 tsp. salt...
That’s right. After a disappointing false start, Cheeburger Cheeburger Montreal is OPEN for business and WWFC was there to review! I was the first to arrive at the restaurant and, while I missed meeting head chef Jeff Jablow (who was kind enough to visit our blog and let us know the restaurant’s official opening...
An ice cream sandwich is not allowed to be round. It has to rectangular. It has to be wrapped in plain white paper. Frosty, pristine and unadorned with logos. Rectangular is the way to go. Look at it droop! When an ice cream sandwich is rectangular, it’s easy to know where to start. From...
Last week Mike was on vacation and since I’m an unemployed bum, I convinced him it was absolutely imperative we attend the GRAND OPENING of Cheeburger Cheeburger Montreal on Friday. He grudgingly agreed to potentially spend hours in line waiting to taste what he himself heralded as the greatest cheeseburger ever! Then I bailed...
