I’ve never had thin crust Chicago style pizza before, but I have to say it’s quite good. As best as I can tell the thin Chicago style pizza uses a similar crust to the famous deep dish pizza but is baked like a traditional pizza. This results in a crust that is crispy, chewey, and flakey at the same time. …
IMBB 13: Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes
Every time I see an IMBB I intend to participate then I always miss the deadline (or slack off). This time I planned ahead and actually made cupcakes. Sarah’s birthday was on Sunday and we had a party on Saturday night. Birthday parties require cake of some sort and I figured that cupcakes would be perfect. Sarah wasn’t so sure …
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
Last night for dinner we grilled some chicken breasts with wing sauce. It’s not really wings (or my preference chicken strips in wing sauce), but it is a lot healthier with the grilling rather than the frying. We also had oven fries and some veggies. The best part though was the blue cheese dressing, made from scratch. Blue Cheese Dressing …
Seasons on the Square — Gallatin, MO
Gallatin, MO is a town of approximately 1,800 people located in the absolute middle of nowhere in Northwest Missouri. It is about 30 minutes from Chillicothe (where my wife’s parents live). You wouldn’t expect to find an outstanding restaurant in a town like Gallatin, but stranger things have happened. Seasons is owned and run by Sheryl Warren and Julie Critten, …
Spinich, Mushroom & Chicken Manicotti
Monday night for dinner we made fresh pasta. It’s something we should do more often given how easy it is. We’ve had the pasta roller for a couple of years and only made pasta a handful of times. Manicotti is actually easier than I thought it would be, you roll the sheets out and cut the squares then fill and …
Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola Bars
It’s kind of funny that the first granola making of the year happened on a day when it was 70° outside and we’d opened the windows of the house, but I’ve been meaning to make granola for quite some time and I had the time to do it today. Instead of the normal crumbly granola I decided to try making …
Clary’s Valentines Dinner
Sarah and I went to Clary’s for our Valentine’s Day dinner this past Saturday. We got a gift certificate there for Christmas and Valentine’s Day seemed like a good time to use it (thanks Uncle Charlie). Clary’s is the only restaurant in Springfield that serves prime beef. We had 8:00 reservations and when we got there at about 10 till …
Richard’s Hawgwild BBQ
I finally feel like I’ve found good BBQ in Springfield, MO. I haven’t tried everything yet, but so far I am impressed with Richard’s Hawgwild BBQ. This is an extension of a restaurant in Aurora (they also have a location in Monett). The Springfield location is in the Village Mart gas station at Plainview and South Campbell (the gas station …
Jeremy Wright’s Christmas Cheer Candy Canes
A lot of the blog’s I read on a daily basis are technology or business related blogs. It’s always amusing when one of these blogs ventures into the food arena. To be perfectly honest this isn’t really food, but it’s a recipe and it almost made orange juice come out of my nose while I was reading it. Ensight’s Jeremy …
Acme Oyster House
Last night we went to Acme Oyster House for dinner. We started out as a group of about 12 MMUG managers, but ended up with about 19 of us. Acme is a New Orleans establishment. It’s your classic oyster bar and cafe with reasonable prices and good food. I started out with some raw oysters and then had the New …
MAX 2004 Food
Rob Brooks-Bilson has posted a great list of places to eat in New Orleans. I’ve already started my list of food to consume during the week of MAX 2004. Since so many people will be blogging the technology related portions of the conference, I’ll be blogging about the food. I’m hoping to get in a couple of beer tasting trays …
Springfield BBQ Round Up Part 1
As you may or may not know Sarah and I moved to Springfield, MO in last Friday. We’re renting a house in a nice older neighborhood near the mall. My biggest fear about moving to Springfield is that there isn’t really any good barbecue. I took another carload of stuff down last weekend and tried to lessen my fears, by …