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Bucky's Barbecue and Bread Bucky's Barbecue and Bread An artisanal approach to food, with an emphasis on live fire cooking, bread baking and competition barbecue. 
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Getting Ready for Foie Gras
2007-10-16 16:41:00 My wife and I are having our annual wine party in just less than 2 weeks, on October 27th. I always pick a theme for the wines, and each couple brings one red wine and one white wine that fits the theme. So far, we’ve done “Anything Goes” for the first 2 years, then “US Wines Not From California”, and “Southern Hemisphere Wines Not From Australia”. This year, I decided to go mainstream, and we’re doing “French Wines”. We do the party a bit differently than I’m told I should do wine parties. Most of our friends aren’t that into wines, so we don’t do any formal scoring. I do hand out paper for note taking, and we discuss our impression of the wines’ color, bouquet, and taste. But there are too many people to do a standard tasting, which is fine with us. I think we’re expecting 20 this year, and most advice is to limit a wine tasting party to 8. This is about fun, not being perfect. What ... More About: Ready
My Second Favorite Fries
2007-10-12 22:15:00 I’m still on the Pittsburgh trip. I really do enjoy going there, and not just for food, but Pittsburgh has some of the best food around, especially considering the size of the city. How many cities have a doneness of steak named after them? I’ve heard of NY Strip, but that’s just a cut of meat. Pittsburgh rare has a specific meaning to doneness… Anyone know what it is? Pittsburgh Rare is also the appropriate name of a steakhouse in the city, and a very good one, from what I’m told. From the title of this entry, you can probably guess that my second favorite fries are found in Pittsburgh, and you’d guess right. What are my favorite? The Paris Las Vegas Casino & Hotel, which I’ve probably talked about before, has a great restaurant called Mon Ami Gabi, which is also found in the Chicago area and Bethesda, MD. They have great steaks, and all are served with frites (French for fries, I guess). The steaks are good (I had the Roquef... More About: Favorite , Favor , Fries
Ohio BBQ Competition Needs Help
2007-10-11 18:38:00 The Ohio Smoked Meat and BBQ Festival needs some help this year… So this is a call to any teams within range. There are only 10 teams signed up right now, and the even is coming up on October 19-20, 2007. They’re asking for teams to just commit to being there; you can pay your entry when you show up. Just go to this link, fill out the form and fax or mail it in. This isn’t a perfect competition, but it has something that a lot don’t have. The site is gorgeous, and the fall color in that part of Ohio is hard to beat. The weather may be cool or even cold, but it’s not that hard to dress for it. It’s a relaxed competition, and can be a lot of fun. There is more info available at their website, http://www.ohiobbq.com. This is the first of all Ohio KCBS competitions, and, even though there are a couple of new ones, I’d rather have 3 than 2 in Ohio. More About: Competition , Needs 1, 2, 3 |
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