Bacon and Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese - iVillage

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My Fondest Memory Involving Food

I was about 9 and I had this little baking book for kids, at the time a lot of working parents or single mom's left there kids home alone my brother was 5 and he was at the neighbor ladies. I was going threw the cook book and found an oatmeal cookie recipe, an Idea popped into my head to make it and surprise my mother when she got home. I put every thing together and even preheated the oven. Here's the thing I didn't understand what I was reading in fact when I was in 7th grade I they had discovered I had a reading ability of a 2nd grader, so you can imagine. Well I put those cookies in and baked them I watched them like a hawk because I wanted nothing to go wrong and nothing did they came out perfect. When my mother got home I presented them to her with a huge smile, only to be crushed because she told me that she didn't like oatmeal... she must of saw it in my face so she tried one in fact she had more than one and to this day my oatmeal cookie is the only oatmeal cookie she will eat.

Eggnog

Eggnog is perhaps my favorite drink of the Holidays it brings back fond child hood memories. Here is a great recipe for the great holiday treat ...

3 eggs, separated
8 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup of your favorite rum, brandy or bourbon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
salt to taste
1/2 cup of cream
3 egg whites
ground nutmeg or cinnamon, I like both

Separate eggs. Set egg whites in a metal bowl keep in refrigerator. In a small mixing bowl, beat egg yolks gradually add 4 tablespoons of sugar until the yolk and sugar is thick and lemon colored. Stir in milk, rum, brandy or bourbon, vanilla, and salt place mixer in refrigerator to chill, about 2 hours.

Whip the cream. remove the egg whites from refrigerator and beat until soft peaks are formed gradually adding the other half of sugar to form stiff peaks. Fold yolk mixture and whipped cream into egg whites serve immediately. Serves about 8.

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Braised BBQ Beef

These are so good they need nothing else, unless you want to go Memphis style by adding slaw

@epwait voila! braised beef bbq. I shared it with friends earlier and they all loved it. Thanks chef :)pic.twitter.com/5o1cgWDW via @edo_au

3 pound chuck roast
2 medium onions
1 28 ounce can of tomatoes
4 cloves of Garlic minced
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup malt vinegar
2 1/4 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce or your homemade BBQ
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

1. Caramelize onions in a large heavy pot add garlic when oinion are caramelized. 
2. Ad beef to the pot cut into 4 inch cubes then ad tomatoes and have the can again of water to get all the tomato juice. Braise the beef until its about to fall apart.
3. Now ad rest of ingredient and cook until all the beef is falling apart on low heat and the it thickens up.

This will take 4 to 5 hours to cook perfectly

Restaurant Review OM

A review sent to Rick Nelson of the StarTribune Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rick,

Good morning.  Last night I hosted my 60^th birthday dinner at OM.  It was my first visit since they opened about a year ago although I've been wanting to go for a while.  I must admit that my expectations were tempered due to some of the previous reviews I've read. 

I'm happy to report that my group had a spectacular dining experience from the drinks to the appetizers to the main course.  This was all prepared by Chef Eric P. Wait whom I understand came on board in September.  The wait staff were also excellent.  I would be happy to go into more detail if you're interested.

I think this restaurant would benefit from another review, I would love for them to grow.  Thank you.
Regards,
Jack

Jack Silverman

VP, Growth Catalyst

Bolin Marketing

www.bolinmarketing.com

We are growth catalysts - combining the strategic rigor of business consulting with a color-outside-the-lines agency attitude.   

TIME

It's not often lately that I get to update all my blogs in fact most of them I neglect.  This is one however I should attempt to be more diligent with, for it is about food after all and I am a chef.  Perhaps I can be should you the reader want to know more about cooking your you just want to share your recipes. I encourage you to give me some input and or just tell me how sexy I am.