Tech, Food, News, Life - Blog - Michael's Piece of the Web » food http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog site updates. life updates. interesting links. random thoughts. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Twitter Updates for Week Ending 2009-07-25 http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/07/25/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-19/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/07/25/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-19/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:59:00 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/07/19/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-19/
  • Made a delicious seafood stew today using bloody mary mix as the base. Pretty spicy but very good. Gotta love crockpot cooking! #
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  • Chefs are tweeting out entire recipes? I never thought of that. Interesting idea. #food #
  • @BrentSpiner I never would’ve guessed morality tale either. I learned Twitter makes a great story telling medium. I kept checking 4 more. in reply to BrentSpiner #
  • I don’t really see the average person ever calling the Sears Tower by any other name.http://bit.ly/yBR9p #searstower #
  • Ruby Tuesday has a surprisingly good salad bar. It rivals Charlie Browns. #
  • Is Jimmy Fallon really doing a sketch that’s just a big commercial for Bing.com? I’m sure Google is running scared. Yeah right. LOL #
    • ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/07/18/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-18/feed/ 0     Happy International Sushi Day http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/06/18/happy-international-sushi-day/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/06/18/happy-international-sushi-day/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:56:53 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/?p=489 SushiApparently today is International Sushi Day. It sounds like a made-up holiday to me but do you really need an excuse to eat sushi? So go out and get yourself some tuna maki or something. Just watch the wasabe.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/06/18/happy-international-sushi-day/feed/ 0     Twitter Updates for Week Ending 2009-04-25 http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/04/25/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-19/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/04/25/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-19/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:59:00 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/04/19/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-19/
  • Practicing my Asian cooking and making a chicken stir fry. :-) #
  • The irony is overwhelming. I’m sitting here cleaning out and disposing of my old cassette collection while listening to my iPod. #
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  • Hiliarious piece from The Onion – Franz Kafka International Airport - http://bit.ly/2SrdbJ #
  • Sugar-free peeps FTW! I can finally eat Peeps again even if they don’t actually taste much like the real thing. http://bit.ly/c6gO #
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  • Spent the day making corned beef and cabbage and the evening eating it. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day a few days early! #
  • Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Listening to Irish music all over today. Comcast ch. 401 at home, XM ch. 15 in the car, iPod at work. #
  • Nobody beats Buca di Beppo’s tiramisu. Even a diabetic can’t resist its rummy goodness.http://bit.ly/B4bZH #
  • 35 degrees and snowing. This is my kind of Spring! #
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  • Dinner tonight at the new BBQ place in Bellmawr. Food was really good.http://www.smokendudesbbq.com #
  • Sitting in Wachovia bank. Now I remember why I do all my real banking online. #
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  • Why yes, adding a 10-20 kb digital signature to every e-mail will fill up my Inbox 10x faster. Ugh. #
  • Made a delicious linguine with clam sauce tonight. I need to get back to cooking more often. #
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  • It’s totally impossible to walk into Trader Joe’s and buy only the one item you went in for. Cheese curds anyone? How about wheat croissant? #
  • RT @levarburton: seriously moving forward with an idea for a new version of a Reading Rainbow like show. Webisodes for adults. – how cool! #
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  • I’m not sure how much I’m going to be posting to this but slowly getting it set up with my phone, blog, etc. #
  • This is a test post to see if my blog interface is working. Nothing to see here. Go over to http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog to see if it worked. #
  • Yet another test. This one to see if my posts from my cell work. You’ll see a real post from me eventually! #
  • Never liked Bob Evans. Went back again because they gave us free coupons after bad service. Food still stinks. Guess I learned my lesson. #
  • Why is the lure of CVS ExtraBucks so irresistible? #
    • ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2009/01/17/twitter-updates-for-2009-01-17/feed/ 0     Why do we eat turkey and all the fixings? http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/11/27/why-do-we-eat-turkey-and-all-the-fixings/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/11/27/why-do-we-eat-turkey-and-all-the-fixings/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:31:24 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/?p=325 TurkeyWe all know what Thanksgiving dinner means. It means cooking a turkey, some stuffing, a variety of vegetables, probably some sweet potatoes and biscuits. Oh and don’t forget the cranberry sauce. Dessert brings pumpkin pie and maybe some egg nog to start off the holiday season.

    You’ve eaten this combination every year of your life but do you know why? Check out this article on CNN to learn more about this holiday tradition.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/11/27/why-do-we-eat-turkey-and-all-the-fixings/feed/ 0     A Great Amish Buffet http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/a-great-amish-buffet/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/a-great-amish-buffet/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:42:36 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/?p=252 Amish BuggyA few posts ago I promised a brief review of the restaurant that I went to in Lancaster last weekend. The restaurant was an Amish buffet called The Family Cupboard. You can also order meals, but we went for the buffet. Most buffets are basically a smorgasbord of mediocre food. We were leery that this would be the same. We had picked it out randomly from the Internet.

    When we walked in and saw that there was a fair number of Amish/Mennonite folks eating there, we became more confident that the food would be good. As it turns out, it was really good. I went back for three plates plus dessert. There was a delicious meatloaf, buttered noodles that were clearly homemade and definately from a PA Dutch/German recipe. These sat alongside glazed ham, stuffing and seafood, pasta lima beans and on and on. The salad bar was your usual salad bar. I was glad to see it was all fresh and crispy, but what really made it special was a delicious house dressing.

    For dessert, there was Turkey Hill ice cream as well as an assortment of desserts, but but what really caught my attention was the pies. I had a piece of pecan pie (my favorite) which wasn’t so great, but I went back for another piece and selected shoo-fly pie. It was delicious!

    You can view their menu and get directions at FamilyCupboard.com.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/a-great-amish-buffet/feed/ 0     The father of the Egg McMuffin dies http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/the-father-of-the-egg-mcmuffin-dies/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/the-father-of-the-egg-mcmuffin-dies/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:39:28 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/the-father-of-the-egg-mcmuffin-dies/ Here in New Jersey when we think of a delicious breakfast, the mind immediately conjures images of a diner. I’m particular partial to a bacon and cheese omelet, with hash browns, some toast and a bottomless cup of diner coffee. However, sometimes you don’t have time to spend in a diner. That’s where my second favorite breakfast place comes into play. I like just about anything from McDonald’s breakfast menu, but the item that most people associate with McDonald’s breakfast is the Egg McMuffin. It was created by Herb Peterson in 1972. After 36 years and more sandwiches sold than he ever imagined, I’m sure, Herb passed away at the age or 89.

    Some people’s legacy is on a headstone, Herb’s will live on on the McDonald’s menu board. :-)

    Read his obituary on CNN.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/the-father-of-the-egg-mcmuffin-dies/feed/ 0     Cheeseburger in a can http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/01/cheeseburger-in-a-can/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/01/cheeseburger-in-a-can/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:18:41 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/01/cheeseburger-in-a-can/ Cheeseburger in a CanI think the post title really says it all. What else can I say, really?

    Check it out at the Emeril Blog.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/01/cheeseburger-in-a-can/feed/ 0     Hang from a crane and eat dinner http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/04/30/hang-from-a-crane-and-eat-dinner/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/04/30/hang-from-a-crane-and-eat-dinner/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:02:52 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/04/30/hang-from-a-crane-and-eat-dinner/ I enjoy trying new restaurants. Just last night I had a delicious dinner place that appeared pretty rough from the outside but had delicious food. However, I’m not sure I’d make it past the “front door” of the restaurant in this article from the Daily Mail. You are surved dinner while sitting at a table which is suspended 150 off the ground. It hangs off the boom of a crane. You and 21 other folks site with nothing but air under your feet as you eat a gourment meal.

    The reporter who wrote the article couldn’t even bring herself to eat because of the height issue. There’s a good chance I’d have the same problem!

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/04/30/hang-from-a-crane-and-eat-dinner/feed/ 0     Doritos from the sea http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/12/06/doritos-from-the-sea/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/12/06/doritos-from-the-sea/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:03:52 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/12/06/doritos-from-the-sea/ This is not fair. In New Jersey we have stuff like medical waste, oily blobs and dead animals wash up on our beaches. On the Outer Banks of North Carolina, they have tons of Doritios!

    Apparently a shipping container fell off a ship at sea and washed up on the beach in NC. Oh well, guess it’s too late to go grab some. :-)

    Check out some photos and an article courtesy of the Virginia Pilot.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/12/06/doritos-from-the-sea/feed/ 0     Know your eggnog http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/25/know-your-eggnog/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/25/know-your-eggnog/#comments Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:09:18 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/25/know-your-eggnog/ Just in time for the start of the holiday season, here’s an article about the history of one of my favorite drinks eggnog.

    As usual, I saw this one on the place for random food facts, Emerils.com.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/25/know-your-eggnog/feed/ 0     Which side of the foil? http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/22/which-side-of-the-foil/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/22/which-side-of-the-foil/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:05:57 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/22/which-side-of-the-foil/ As we all get ready to create massive amounts of leftover turkey this week, most of us will be wrapping it in aluminum foil. Ever wonder which side of aluminum foil is the inside and which is the outside. Well, the truth is, it doesn’t matter. They’re both the same. Just another nugget of wisdom from the Emeril blog.

    Read the details at Chow.com.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/22/which-side-of-the-foil/feed/ 0     Colonel Sanders gets BIG http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/18/colonel-sanders-gets-big/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/18/colonel-sanders-gets-big/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:01:52 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/18/colonel-sanders-gets-big/ As Google Maps makes satellite imagery ubiquitous companies are apparently realizing that the have an opportunity for some free viral marketing campaigns. KFC has cashed on this by creating a huge Colonel Sanders logo in the Nevada desert.

    Head over to AmberMac.com and take a look.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/18/colonel-sanders-gets-big/feed/ 0     Cranberries in Manhattan http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/02/cranberries-in-manhattan/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/02/cranberries-in-manhattan/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:48:49 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/02/cranberries-in-manhattan/ The beginning of the holiday season at Rockefeller Plaza in NYC conjures up images of the Christmas tree lighting, skaters at the rink and, of course, cranberry bogs. Wait, maybe not cranberry bogs. But this year there is a cranberry bog at Rockefeller center. Ocean Spray built an artificial cranberry bog for Chef Ming Tsai at 30 Rock.

    Check it out in NY Magazine.

    I heard about this in the Emeril blog.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/11/02/cranberries-in-manhattan/feed/ 0     Microsoft – From monopoly to purveyer of baked goods http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/30/microsoft-from-monopoly-to-purveyer-of-baked-goods/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/30/microsoft-from-monopoly-to-purveyer-of-baked-goods/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:05:50 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/30/microsoft-from-monopoly-to-purveyer-of-baked-goods/ I’ve long been a proponent of Mozilla Firefox. If you use the Internet, Firefox is the browser you should be using. (Check out Michael’s Guide to Spyware and Virus Prevention & Removal for more details).

    Last week the new Firefox v2.0 was released. I haven’t had to much time to play with it, but it looks great. In celebration of this event, the Internet Explorer Team at Microsoft sent Mozilla a congratulatory cake. I don’t know what to make of this one. Was it a nice gesture, or does the black and white theme imply something else.

    Well, either way, Firefox 2 seems to be kicking IE 7′s ass.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/30/microsoft-from-monopoly-to-purveyer-of-baked-goods/feed/ 0     Fried Coke http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/14/fried-coke/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/14/fried-coke/#comments Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:39:14 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/14/fried-coke/ OK, fried Oreos sound good. Fried Twinkies… maybe. But now something new has been born at the Texas Sate Fair. A guy created a new snack called Fried Coca-Cola. Now, it’s not really fried Coke, but it’s a Coke flavored batter that’s fried then drizzled with Coca-Cola syrup.

    I think I’ll hold out for fried Moutain Dew, but you can learn more at WDSU in New Orleans.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/10/14/fried-coke/feed/ 0     Gnocchi are big in Argentina http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/gnocchi-are-big-in-argentina/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/gnocchi-are-big-in-argentina/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:16:17 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/gnocchi-are-big-in-argentina/ And now the first new entry in the new category…

    Gnocchi are one of the favorite Italian foods. They’re delicious in either a red sauce or my pesto sauce. I generally always request them as my birthday dinner.

    After reading this blog entry on Emeril’s site, I learned something new. They are apparently very popular in Argentina.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/gnocchi-are-big-in-argentina/feed/ 0     New category – food http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/new-category-food/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/new-category-food/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:52:51 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/new-category-food/ I figured that this blog doesn’t go in enough random directions, so I added another. :-)

    The new category is ‘Cooking/Food’. Cooking and food is one of my favorite hobbies. I just went back and added some of the old posts to the category, and i’ll be adding new ones in the future.

    ]]>     http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/22/new-category-food/feed/ 0     Onion Goggles http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/06/onion-goggles/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/06/onion-goggles/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:32:30 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2006/09/06/onion-goggles/ I have just about the most sensitive eyes known to man. I also love to cook. This poses a problem when I have to chop onions. Luckily my knife skills are decent so I wind up chopping with my eyes closed. This, of course, is a bad idea!

    Enter a good idea… Onion Goggles. Why didn’t I invent these? Thanks to Emeril’s blog, I found these. Too bad I can’t order a pair before I chop 9 pounds of peppers tomorrow for the luau!

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