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Appetizers & Drinks

Maple Herb Roasted Nuts

Maple-Herb Roasted Nuts

October 25, 2010 Appetizers & Drinks

After three people consumed almost a quart of these nuts while also eating a meal during a Steelers game, it was decided that they should be called Satan Nuts. As in, all of the temptations of Satan in nut form. As in, “Get thee behind me, Satan Nuts!”

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Fig Prosciutto Bruschetta

Fig Prosciutto Bruschetta

September 20, 2010 Appetizers & Drinks

And so begins my mission to introduce Pittsburgh, nay, the entire country, to the glories of fresh figs. But first, I need to gloat, and then there’s also this bruschetta, which pairs sweet, juicy figs with salty prosciutto and pungent blue cheese.

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Bubbly at L. Mawby

Wine Snobbery

April 21, 2010 Appetizers & Drinks

I got a subscription to Food and Wine magazine as a gift for Christmas (thanks Amy!) Now I have two food magazines that grace my mailbox each month, much to my joy and rapture. But I almost threw this month’s issue away after reading an article about Michigan Wine Country. I hope I’m not so insufferably snobby.

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Wineries!

Pennsylvania’s Groundhog Wine Trail

February 8, 2010 Appetizers & Drinks

When you think of wine country, you might think Sonoma. If you’re me, you think Oregon, Grand Traverse and Niagara. But you could save yourself a great deal of time and money by thinking Pennsylvania.

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Bacon-Wrapped Date

Bacon-Wrapped Dates

December 3, 2009 Appetizers & Drinks

If a vegan friend decides she’s going to eat bacon for one day, these bacon-wrapped dates are what you take to the party.

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Ripe Tomato Sandwiches

September 2, 2009 Appetizers & Drinks

Last Saturday, Scheidt and I bought two pounds of heirloom tomatoes at Farmers @ the Firehouse. In this case, two pounds meant only three tomatoes: big, knobby, heavy, juicy, amazing tomatoes. We also got a huge bag of basil and a giant ball of fresh mozzarella from Penn Mac. Then I said I didn’t want to have tomatoes and mozzarella because it was “too much cutting.” I was wrong.

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Muhamarra

Muhammara (or, on Dip, Ranking and Authenticity)

July 7, 2009 Appetizers & Drinks

My friend Ben makes another muhammara, a Middle Eastern walnut dip, that bears almost no resemblance to this one. It isn’t even the same color. And yet, I’m not interested in which one is the most authenticly Middle Eastern, as my suspicion is that they both are. Besides, they are equally delicious, if in entirely different ways. So who cares?

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Sausage Yummies

Ultimate Party Food: Sausage Yummies

January 23, 2008 Appetizers & Drinks

This long-time Burghilicious family recipe features just five ingredients – including sausage, cheese and ranch dressing. While they may cause cardiac arrest, you will die happy.

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