© 2011 Curt. All rights reserved.
The 9th annual McAdams HalloWine party was this weekend, a weekend we look forward to each year. This year was a week later than usual, which actually turned out well; the time change was that night, and everyone got an … Continue reading
My wife and I both love what I like to call “pitbeef”. I have no idea if it’s like the pitbeef served in Maryland, as I’ve never had it there, but it’s what I like to call an eye of … Continue reading
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
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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
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
My wife and I were invited to dinner the other night by our friends Hal and Dawn to try pho for the first time. Â What is pho? Â For those that don’t know (I was one until recently), it’s a Vietnamese … Continue reading
Let’s face it… Bacon is the new black. what used to be just a side dish with breakfast now gets used in ways we would have thought nuts 15 years ago. I’ve had bacon in a chocolate bar, fixed bacon … Continue reading
What do you know about beef? Prior to Monday, here’s what I knew, or thought I knew: Prime grade beef means the beef is top quality Grocery store beef that’s graded choice or prime is all going to be pretty … Continue reading
Actually, this time, I was trying to set up a blogger event for last week. What started as about 10 bloggers from Dayton and Cincinnati started dwindling until it was supposed to be four of us, then 2 of the … Continue reading
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I hope everyone had a great Christmas. This year was a bit different for us. For most years in the past quarter of a century, I’d gone to my sister’s house on Christmas morning, after first doing the present opening … Continue reading
Earlier this month, my wife and I threw our 5th annual McAdams Wine Party. The first couple of years of the party were kind of forming what has become the party now, with varying success then. I’d been told that … Continue reading
I wanted to do some stuff on my Big Green Egg last week, so I got some really thick pork chops and the makings of caprese salad (what I understand to be tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and basil), along with … Continue reading