I know I haven’t posted in over 3 weeks. I won’t make excuses other than getting caught up in the holiday season (we have a 14′ tree still up in our great room!) and being busy getting a new job … Continue reading
Christmas dinner, two days late
Yearly Archives: 2009
Livefire Likes What’s On The Grill
I’m currently on a no-sarcasm kick. I catch myself still falling into sarcasm, but I’m trying more and more to stay away from it; it doesn’t come across well in print, anyway, without lots of emoticons and/or explanation. Why no … Continue reading
Livefire Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. My family gets together as much as possible, there’s no real pressure to go to more than one house for the day, there’s usually good football and there are still three days left before … Continue reading
Over The Top?
Recently, Ninette over at Big Bold Beautiful Food was kind enough to give Livefire its first peer award for being Over The Top… Thanks, Ninette! I like that Ninette broke the rules and didn’t do the standard list of questions … Continue reading
Pomegranate Pork Chops
The great people at POM recently sent me a case of 100% pomegranate juice, again, bless their hearts! I love this stuff, but instead of just drinking it and enjoying it that way, I wanted to try cooking something with … Continue reading
HalloWine Party 2009
Every year around Halloween, we have a wine party at my house, inviting everyone we can to join us. We’ve called it the McAdams Wine Party before, but changed it to what we like better, the HalloWine party. Each year … Continue reading
Weekend Wanderings
We’re busy around Livefire Headquarters (my house, in other words) for our annual wine party, which is now dubbed the “HalloWine” party because of the time of the year. I’m cooking all day, and just taking a break, enjoying the … Continue reading
The Dalmore Single Malt Review
The Dalmore distillery has been producing malt whiskies since 1839, and it has the oldest maturing stocks of any distillery, dating back to 1868! I was recently contacted about sampling some of the single malt whiskies produced by the Dalmore. … Continue reading
BBQ Grail contest
My friend, Larry, at The BBQ Grail is holding a contest right now for with Char-Broil to give away a Big Easy Oil-Less Infrared Turkey Fryer! The rules are simple, and can be found on The BBQ Grail. I’ll give … Continue reading
Happenings at livefire
It’s fall in all it’s glory in Ohio, and it’s gorgeous. Â I took the chance I got the other day to get some shots of a local barn where tobacco is drying. Just to get caught up, I’m finishing up … Continue reading
Outdoor Cooking Guild – Apples
With apple season still going strong, the Outdoor Cooking Guild has done its first group project of cooking apples outside! The recipes range from apple crisp to grilled apples, with a couple of dumplings and a pie in between. The … Continue reading
Social networking with the green fairy
There was a social networking lunch today at a local Thai restaurant in Dayton (Centerville) called Bahn Mai Cafe. Â The menu was nice, with a good mix of Thai foods, lunch specials and apps. Â They even had pho, which I … Continue reading