I spent my early childhood growing up in the Bronx, New York City. Part of getting to live in NYC is getting to actually eat good pizza. A good New York style pizza is going to have a thin and crispy crust, but still be soft enough to…
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OK, mini pastries are awesome, right? They are rarely something you would have for dessert after a normal meal at home. It’s not like you just keep mini pastries around the house. They are a special occasion dessert. They are the dessert you get at a fancy dinner…
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Over the last 2 months, I been given the fortunate opportunity to spend some time in San Francisco for work. These trips have been mostly on only a couple days’ notice and created out of a rather unusual work situation. Since the unusual work situation could complete at…
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I am learning some things quickly about this food blogging stuff. I basically started this because people kept telling me to share my opinions about food, as an experiment to see how easy or difficult it is to be a food blogger and Instagrammer, and the potential of…
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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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