From the monthly archives:

February 2008

A Study in Mushrooms and Cream

February 23, 2008 Pasta and Rice

It’s been cold and icy here in the ‘Burgh, which to me means just one thing: an excuse to eat cream sauce. I saw an episode of Barefoot Contessa in which Ina Garten makes a mushroom lasagna – for lunch! – and I’ve been ruminating on the bechamel-mushroom combination ever since. Plus, Presto Pasta Night [...]

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Burghilicious News Nibbles

February 17, 2008 News & Views

I’ve avoided writing a navel-gazing, all-about-my-blog post until now. Unfortunately for you, however, there’s just too much going on for Burghilicious to keep it all to myself! – I was interviewed for Bill Loeffler’s recent Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article, “Food Fight,” all about picky eaters. Bill found me via this post, which is one of my [...]

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Coated in Chocolate – A Perfect Valentine

February 14, 2008 Desserts & Ice Creams

In the spirit of making things yourself, and to continue the recent chocolate theme of this blog, I give you Chocolate Mint Truffles for Valentine’s Day. So named because they resemble a certain expensive fungus, truffles are doable at home… after a few trials. When I saw this video, I thought, “Wow! Chocolate truffles are [...]

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February Challenge: Make the Sweets Yourself

February 5, 2008 Pies, Tarts and Cakes

Here’s the ingredient list for a Twinkie: Enriched wheat flour, sugar, corn syrup, water, high fructose corn syrup, vegetable and/or animal shortening (containing one or more of partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed or canola oil, or beef fat), dextrose, whole eggs, modified corn starch, cellulose gum, whey, leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), salt, [...]

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Loving Chocolate in Ohio (of all places)

February 3, 2008 Outside Pittsburgh

I know, I know… there’s nothing that justifies a trip to Cleveland. Nothing, that is, except chocolate. I read about For the Love of Chocolate in Bon Appetit’s February issue. It’s pretty rare that anything within a three-hour’s drive is covered in that esteemed publication, so of course I put it on my calendar. My [...]

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