I picked up a bunch of Michigan apples from the store yesterday. One of the perks of living in West Michigan is the wonderful produce, particularly blueberries and apples that are grown all over the area. I decided this year to attempt making an apple pie from scratch with all the apples I bought. As it turns out I have [...]

I have contributed two $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Cards to a contest being offered by John Chow. He is competing with ShoeMoney.com to see who can gain the most RSS subscribers during the month of October. The loser has to put a very embarrassing link to the other’s page on their homepage. I am a regular reader of JohnChow.com [...]

The Top Chef Finale was exciting and had a lot of surprises in it including celebrity chefs stepping in as sous chefs for the three finalists – Hung, Casey and Dale. I think the judging was the least brutal on this episode, perhaps because the dishes were just that good, which came at the perfect time as this was the [...]

Top Chef Miami is a culinary competition on the Bravo TV network that I watch regularly. The show pits chef contestants against each other each week in a cooking competition – the chef with the worst dish goes home. Tonight is part two of the Finale and the winner will be announced life during the broadcast beginning at 10pm Eastern [...]