Mexican food has become a staple in American cuisine. We have a great way of taking the foods of other cultures around the world, adopting them as our own and then adapting it to our local traditions and flavors. Now we make tacos and burritos using ingredients not…
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Labor Day weekend, Heinz Field hosts an annual Kickoff and Rib Festival to start the Steelers season. In the 8 years I have lived in Pittsburgh, I have never attended Ribfest until this year. I’m a bad foodie and BBQ aficionado for having never attended. There are many reasons…
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When listing the main staples of my diet, burgers definitely crack the top five of items. It’s really a perfect food for so many situations. Having a cookout? Make burgers. Road trip? Buy burgers. Easiest menu choice? Burgers. Best burger related cartoon? Bob’s Burgers. So many West Coast…
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I continued my night of two Restaurant Week dinners at Osteria 2350 in the Strip District. I’ve passed by this place and its sister restaurant Cioppino many times, but always forgot about them when picking a restaurant because they are hidden on Railroad Street. Compare to my first…
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Pittsburgh Restaurant Week is a fabulous thing. It gives me a great opportunity to usually have a meal or two at restaurants I might not normally visit because they’re menu is too expensive or just not one I usually pass by. This restaurant week, my schedule was pretty…
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Tacos are great. I don’t think many people will argue with that statement. So many new taco joints have opened up in Pittsburgh in the last 2 years that I really can’t keep up. One of the most adventurous with their food would be the Richard DeShantz Restaurant…
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With the potential I was only going to be home a week, I went grocery shopping at a warehouse store figuring out how I could eat for a week and be lazy. I purchased mostly salad stuff, a large filet of salmon and a package of precooked pasta…
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I’m a food enthusiast living in Pittsburgh, PA. I would say I go out to eat at least few times a week or whenever I decide food in my fridge is disappointing. I joke that my diet is mainly pizza, burgers, chocolate, Chinese food, sushi, beer and whiskey,…
Read MoreSo let’s cut to the chase, I eat too much. My love of food started as a child. There are stories of me as a baby dancing on a table at Ray’s Pizza in The Village in NYC. I remember as a toddler calling the owner of the…
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