The Laguiole Carving Set giveaway, brought to Livefire by Beringer Vineyards, is still in process. Â We’re giving away 9, yes 9, sets to readers that enter, or that post on Facebook or Twitter. To continue the celebration of steak, Beringer … Continue reading
Beringer Vineyards and the Deen Brothers (Bobby and Jamie) are currently seeking grillmasters and cooks to help celebrate two things that go oh-so-well together… Steak and wine! With the Beringer Great Steak Challenge, you can enter an original steak recipe, … Continue reading
Memorial Day weekend this year was a good weekend for us. We got a lot of work done outside, planting a veg garden and some more perennials. I built a big raised planter, and got most of the work done … Continue reading
Now that I’ve adopted, for however short of a time it will be, six Maine Lobsters, I have to figure out what to do with them. A couple years ago, I was in Maine for a few days and had … Continue reading
“Ohio” brings to mind, to me, fall football games, humid summers and mostly mild winters, Skyline Chili and festivals. What doesn’t generally come to mind when I think “Ohio”, though, is “lobster”. Dorothy Lane Market recently beat out the likes … Continue reading
I’m not really participating in the “Wordless Wednesday” posts you may see all over the web, but thought I’d add a quick post of Dreyfus, as we’re celebrating him coming to live with us a year ago this week! Here … Continue reading
If you read my blog much at all, you may gather that I don’t like to use a lot of other people’s recipes. I like other recipes for ideas, but I often like to play around with them on my … Continue reading
I can’t believe it happened again… We just finished the third annual A Pretty Good BBQ! This is an event that I organize through my church, the Dayton Vineyard Church. Their slogan is that we’re a Pretty Good Church, meaning … Continue reading
Last week (April 26, in fact) was my wife and my seventh anniversary. I still can’t believe she’s put up with me for this long! As has become our tradition, we took a trip to celebrate instead of exchanging gifts. … Continue reading
There’s another new high-end fast-food-like burger in Dayton, Ohio, called EO Burgers, which stands for Extra Ordinary Burgers. This follows Five Guys and Smashburger. The restaurant is located at the Green shopping area, and touts being more than just another … Continue reading
The Great Steak Challenge is a contest from Beringer Vineyards that’s taking place this summer and fall. There will be several regional steak competitions, with the winners all going to Beringer Vineyards in Napa Valley for the finals. I thought, … Continue reading
I’m usually not big on cookbooks. I know I should be, and I have a few I really like, but I usually like to play around with stuff on my own, I guess. A cookbook came out late last year, … Continue reading