Bite. Sip. Repeat…

Well, the 12 contestants were finally whittled down to 3 finalists: Aarti Sequeira, Herb Mesa, and Tom Pizzica.  I was pretty glad to see some people get axed (Alexis, Brianna, and Dzintra), but was also very happy with the three finalists.  They each had their own charm and interesting culinary point of views (points of view?).

I would watch any of them and was particularly interested in learn some Indian cuisine from Aarti and Cuban cuisine from Herb.  Ultimately, the winner was Continue Reading »

Season finale tonight at 9pm, anyone watching?  Anyone interested?  I like both of the finalists, but I want Melissa to win.  More details here.

I made dinner last week and it didn’t turn out very well. I followed the recipe almost verbatim, but it was not a tasty meal. Personally, I think I blame the recipe author. We had Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork from Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller of Food Network.

I made two changes to the recipe that I thought were pretty insignificant. Continue Reading »