Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jan 17, 2012, 11:33 pm
We’ve been focusing on cooking more at home lately (except of course when we travel for work) and teaching the kidlets their way around the kitchen more and more. Over the weekend our oldest, who will be twelve in a month or two, actually made an entire batch of cookies all on her own with no phys...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Dec 6, 2011, 4:54 pm
I have always been hesitant to try a new pizza place.  I am way to particular when it comes to a perfect pizza and what I like.  The other night I was hungry and out looking for somewhere to eat when I walked by it.  I never really see a ton of people inside Pizza17 on 17th street in Washington D...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Aug 17, 2011, 10:01 pm
So I ordered food through Foodler.com from Bistro Bistro in Washington DC and for the first time the order never made it.  Foodler claimed that Bistro Bistro Washington DC got the order and Bistro Bistro claims that they never saw the order.  Regardless of what happened, I wrote to Foodler to let ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Aug 9, 2011, 11:57 pm
If you haven’t heard about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, then you’re either so busy whipping up your latest creation or well…I have no idea what else you could possibly be doing to not have heard about it. Jamie Oliver has a massive passion for healthy food, especially when it comes to p...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jul 27, 2011, 9:05 pm
The other weekend I went to Philadelphia to get away from DC for a while.  Not to mention to have a few pretzels and hit one of my favorite showtunes nights in the country.  During my trip I ended up meeting someone named Nick Dellavella who is a Rep. for Three Olives Vodka.  Now if you know me y...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jun 23, 2011, 4:44 pm
Stueben's of Denver Philadelphia is a city I love.  There is amazing food like soft pretzels and some great NYC styled pizza shops.  Until today I prized one little store that I am obsessed with for the famous Philly Cheesteak.  Unfortunately for them, from now on when I think of cheessteaks, on...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jun 6, 2011, 12:50 am
Yet another new recipe for me, this pound cake turned out pretty darn yummy! I’ve never made a pound cake before, but I was recently looking for a recipe that wasn’t too complicated and didn’t require any special ingredients as I didn’t have a lot of time to mess with fancy. However, using m...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - May 3, 2011, 9:42 pm
Living in DC you have access to just about every type of food imaginable.  You have restaurants that cost $500 per dinner and some that cost $5.  The one issue you run into though is that delivery can be hard to find.  Because of that I wanted to help you all with 5 of the best places to order de...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - May 3, 2011, 2:16 am
I just got home from a fabulous trip to Chicago and I’m brimming with several new restaurant reviews for you, but they’re going to have to wait. Why? Because of Ree. If you’re not familiar with Ree Drummond, you may know her as Pioneer Woman. She’s a fabulous food blogger about her life as ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Apr 23, 2011, 3:28 am
Last spring, I had the pleasure of taking a tour of several wineries in Napa Valley and the most visually seductive of the wineries we stopped at was a lovely place called Groth Winery. The people were friendly and not at all snobbish or intimidating (as some of the wineries in Napa can be) and were...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Apr 11, 2011, 5:08 pm
Today, the Chicago Tribune reported that one local school, Chicago’s Little Village Academy, is forcing children to eat at their cafeteria or go hungry. The school has mandated that unless a child has a medical excuse such as an allergy, they are not allowed to bring a packed lunch from home. Acco...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Feb 11, 2011, 11:20 am
No, I didn’t go trekking into a pile of potatoes and cheese; this week I tried my hand at Potatoes Au Gratin. I love cheese and you can’t go wrong with potatoes… so why not, right? Every recipe I read called for a 30 minute prep time and a baking time of 1 – 1.5 hours, but I was hungry NOW ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Feb 10, 2011, 7:13 pm
My Pink Chic Apron When I was a kid, I spent hours by the sides of my mother, my aunts, my grandmothers and great-grandmothers garbed in a denim apron with a cross-stiched heart on the top. I learned to make pie crust by hand, how not to over knead dough, make jams and jellies, how NOT to slice my f...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Feb 9, 2011, 1:59 pm
If you’re a fan of the bacon cheese burger, there are two places at LA Live! that you can get a delicious meal, Wolfgang Puck and the Yard House. There’s something about traveling and working that makes me hungry for a good ol’ burger. Nothing like a big dose of juicy protein to revitalize the...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Feb 6, 2011, 9:27 am
At the end of a long busy week in Los Angeles I was wondering town looking for a good place to grab some breakfast. Just a few blocks up from our hotel we found the Original Pantry Cafe. One of the women I was with remembered hearing it was good food, so we wondered in. I’m a big fan of the diner...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Feb 4, 2011, 8:42 am
I found these incredible chandeliers while I was indulging in some old fashioned web surfing! Made from vintage silver plate flatware, these “spoondeliers” are hand crafted and made to order. It’s more expensive than my budget allows (and I certainly wouldn’t want the job of polishing more t...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jan 16, 2011, 11:51 am
The kids and I were craving sweets but at 9:30pm, we were out of ice cream and I wasn’t about to pile everyone in the car. So I set out to try my hand at making home made chocolate pudding. This recipe is quick and easy and full of chocolaty goodness! Total preparation time is approximately 1 hour...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jan 7, 2011, 8:34 pm
Happy New Year! Ok, ok, it’s January 7th, but I have an excuse! Really! I’m headed to Vegas this weekend for a fun conference that I’m really looking forward to, plus it means we’ll get to sample the Las Vegas foodie scene again which is always stellar. Since it’s the New Year though, i...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Dec 16, 2010, 4:24 pm
Now, I don’t consider the ‘food’ at fast food restaurant McDonald’s particularly tasty (or edible for that matter) however I am slightly amused and concerned about their presence in the news lately as San Francisco has tried to regulate their Happy Meals and today’s news that a Sacramento ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 28, 2010, 8:11 pm
Gluttony Pants offer 3 size options - Piglet, Sow and Boar I am generally guilty of some holiday gluttony myself , but due to my recent move, I didn’t get the chance to do the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.   Instead, I grubbed on the pizza, pasta and salad bar buffet a...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 26, 2010, 3:41 pm
Sometimes simple dishes are the best. One of my favorite foods during Thanksgiving is my wife’s spoon bread. It is a simple quick recipe made of: 1 Cup of Sour Cream 8 Ounces of Cream Corn 1/2 Cup of Melted Unsalted Butter 2 Large Eggs Slightly Beaten 1 Box of Jiffy Corn Bread Mix 4 Slices ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 24, 2010, 1:18 am
This week at my kids’ school they had their yearly Grandparents Day. All the grandmas and grandpas come and see what their grandkids are learning and working on, the kids do special presentations and show them around. One of the highlights is the coffee and pastry table and the 5th grade parents g...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 19, 2010, 1:24 pm
Several of my friends were discussing crackers, biscuits and scones today with a bit of debate as, depending where you are in the world, the words describe foods that are quite different. Trying to describe the texture of an American biscuit to someone in Europe is not quite as easy as it sounds! Ra...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 19, 2010, 2:55 am
We all have our holiday traditions…decorations, family gatherings, well wishes for the coming year, and FOOD! It’s just not the holidays around our house until someone breaks out those foods we wait for impatiently all. year. long. Growing up, it was never officially Christmas until mom had made...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 12, 2010, 1:14 pm

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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Nov 1, 2010, 10:37 pm
Actually it’s “twisted taters”. I went to my very first Air Force football game this past weekend and was surprised to encounter such yummy smells in the air. Besides the standard hot dog and burger stands, they also offered cinnamon roasted almonds, a copy cat “dippin’ dots”, hot chocol...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Oct 28, 2010, 2:41 pm
The San Francisco Giants are in the World Series for the first time since 2002  and Bay Area foodies are getting into the spirit of the hometown team by devouring variety of Giants-themed delights. Here are some tasty treats from local food establishments: SusieCakes is making cupcakes that includ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Oct 27, 2010, 6:58 pm
Ever wonder what the Reggae king would taste like? Ask for a Bob Marley the next time you’re near a well stocked liquor stash and you might find out. This stack of drinks was made in Nigril, Jamaica and was unexpectedly potent. There are a number of recipes you can find online, but none of them...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Oct 26, 2010, 5:20 pm
If you’re unsure of this combination, think again, it’s delicious! In our house we tend to “invent” a lot of meals from whatever we have in the fridge. Sometimes it’s leftovers, sometimes we are missing ingredients for otherwise normal meals and sometimes we are just feeling adventurous. T...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Oct 25, 2010, 6:53 pm
I recently visited Jamaica for a group family vacation at the Beaches resort. There were 4 restaurants to choose from, one of which was Japanese hibachi style dining. The entertainment was more fun (we had a happy singing chef) than the entree as the main meal was fairly standard… pork, chicken,st...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Oct 15, 2010, 12:04 am
Delicious details to come, but here is the distinguished list of dishes enjoyed. Crisp fried beef roll Pot stickers Golden seafood medallion Szechuan shrimp Beef with broccoli Tasting menu War won ton soup Hot and spicy soup Lychee creme brulee Banana passion fruit dumpling Chocolate Ging...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Oct 4, 2010, 2:55 pm
This week in bacon news: A dad in Seattle, Wash. is hoping his bacon inspired bust of actor Kevin Bacon will help rake in a lot of money for families at a local children’s hospital.Dave Lefkow has a daughter who is battling leukemia and is constantly in and out of the hospital. Lefkow works at...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 7, 2010, 4:16 pm
We’re a cheese lovin’ family and I take full responsibility for it all. I love all kinds of cheese served in all kinds of ways. However, sometimes simple is the best way to go. Grilled cheese sandwiches are a classic that will surely remain a favorite, and this grilled cheese sandwich is the fav...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 6, 2010, 6:19 pm
Meatball and Mushroom Pizza from Lombardi's has Annie seeing red Strangely enough, this mission may have been the one I was looking forward to most on the trip – and the way it came to be was a bit of a story in itself.  My good foodie friend Theresa Miller and I always try to get togeth...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 6, 2010, 5:46 pm
Spicy Shrimp Boil • Chicken Wings • Fried Green Tomatoes • Deviled Eggs in the Swag Sampler Plate at Dinosaur Bar-B-Cue I was really stoked with Julien of VillageVines.com asked me if we’d be up for joining him for dinner while we were in NYC and I agonized over the list of restaurants...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 6, 2010, 2:34 pm
One of the things I was looking forward to most in our recent trip to New York City was trying out the Village Vines service and discount at Tipsy Parson in Chelsea.  I am a sucker for well executed Southern cuisine, so I was dying to try this place with some friends.   As I got closer to our res...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 3, 2010, 3:09 am
While in NYC in the middle of August for a tradeshow, a group of friends and I frequented a local pub called the “Old Castle”. It’s your average bar that stays open late with a decent bartender, a couple of tvs tuned to various sporting events, and a handful of regulars. Well, we&#...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 1, 2010, 8:43 pm
I came across this article this afternoon and it’s just too sweet to not post! Gat and Shirley Sirivong are expecting a baby boy in December, but unfortunately Shirley’s been laid up on complete bed rest and a very strict special diet. To spice up her bland breakfasts, Gat has turned th...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Sep 1, 2010, 1:14 pm
The man-crush on Anthony Bourdain may belong squarely to Wade, but when we recently found ourselves in New York again, I was actually looking forward to visiting the restaurant Les Halles on Park Avenue where he is “chef-at-large”. I’m not usually keen on going to places owned by ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Aug 31, 2010, 11:33 pm
Yes, Mr. Old Spice Guy, everything is better with bacon.
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Aug 30, 2010, 4:30 pm
Sophia helps make the caramel apples! A friend of mine shared a link to this fun recipe a week or two ago and since I had been planning on pork chops that night anyway, I decided “why the heck not?”! Pork and apples go together like bread and butter…the sweetness of the fruit com...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Aug 9, 2010, 8:50 pm
Future Foodies at Linfield College We went on a lovely family vacation at the beginning of July (yes I’m still catching up) and we had the opportunity to swing by my alma mater, Linfield College. Go Wildcats! While we were in town, we stopped for lunch at one of my favorite “watering ho...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jul 6, 2010, 1:54 am
Ok, I will be the first to admit, I have -never- understood food eating competitions. I mean, what’s the purpose of gorging yourself on something? Why not slow down and savor each delectable morsel? Regardless of my personal disdain of this sort of speedy display, there is nevertheless a siza...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jun 21, 2010, 2:24 pm
Our place is pretty decent-sized compared to most apartments. Still, my large kitchen has turned into a culinary Jenga puzzle. Everything is looks neat and is very organized (thanks to my slight OCD) but in order to get at anything – a bowl or even a baking pan – you need to move three ot...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - Jun 21, 2010, 12:02 pm
When I first heard about a chain of stores that focuses on selling artisan olive oils (along with a few balsamic vinegars and other olive-related products like soaps) I was reminded of those stunts on David Letterman, in the very early years, where Dave would venture into a store that sold only one ...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - May 28, 2010, 8:54 pm
A friend sent this awesome “20 Awesome Things About Bacon” poster to me and I just had to share! (Image courtesy of ICanHasInternets.com)
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - May 24, 2010, 9:37 pm
Ok, I have a sweet tooth. I’ll readily admit that. I have a panache for the decadent, a yearning for the caramel and chocolatey goodness of desserts. I try however to limit my consumption of said girth expanding foodstuffs and I keep an eye on what I drink too since even juices, milk, and othe...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - May 6, 2010, 1:55 pm
Our friend from Shareasale, David Zelken absolutely dominates the “Big Mel” challenge at Dos Diablos, a new Mexican restaurant in Chicago. The “Big Mel” is a 3.5 pound Chimichanga with all the fixin’s. My big question here, is – where the heck did a skinny guy l...
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Karen G. posted an article on Ultimate Foodie - May 4, 2010, 2:27 pm
Corn Flake Oven-Baked Chicken - photo courtesy of HubPages.com This is a classic recipe that has been around for years, but it’s a really good one and it’s healthier (way lower fat) than your standard fried chicken recipe, and with great crunch.   I tweaked the recipe a bit (took it b...
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