Archive for the ‘Food Bytes’ Category

Peaches & Cream, Oatmeal Cookies (Video)

I know I have not done food in a bit so here it goes. I figured why not start the food section back up correctly with some dessert. My inspiration in cooking comes from sugar and sweetness. I love desserts as i have told you all before so the video recipe below is feature one [...]

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Gail Simmons – ‘Top Chef: Just Desserts’

Hooray — the secret’s out! Superstar pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini will be my partner in crime on our upcoming series, Top Chef: Just Desserts. As an intro to the show, which will premiere later this year, Top Chef served our D.C. contestants a taste of what’s to come: a dessert-inspired Quickfire [...]

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Cinco de Mayo Drink Special

In the spirit of Cinco de Mayo… I found this Bobby Flay recipe that tastes great. This could be your Mexican “Sex in the City”  cinco de Mayo party.

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Chocolate Pudding w/ video [#Recipe]

So by now you guys know I love sweets, pastry’s whatever you want to call it. Sunny is my girl on food network and I have spoke of my love for her before and today I want to feature to you all a nice chocolate pudding recipe that she made. This pudding is amazing. I [...]

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Food Recipe: Easter Cupcakes

With Easter around the corner I wanted to toss up a recipe that we all can do. I have a sweet tooth so this cupcake recipe was perfect to cure that craving. In addition to the recipe I have an added bonus. Attached to this post is a free widget download on Apple.com for Easter [...]

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#Food Byte: “Future Foods” – Planet Green

Ever think when you ate something, “How does it taste so good?” I do. There are even time when I swear when food tastes really good they had to put something in it, special brownie anyone?lol. Well “Future Foods” brings my thoughts to reality, sort of. No weed brownie, but tons of other cool things. [...]

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Tapas Time… So New York [#food, #tapas,#recipes]

So being a New Yorkers, hanging out with people has become a second job. People think that if you are in a big city like this there is always something to do. Well this statement is true, but trust me people fall into the same rut  everywhere. What is it going to be tonight? Pizza? [...]

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#Food Byte: National Pound Cake Day (#pastry)

Today March 4th is National Pound Cake Day.   The pound cake originated during the 1700’s in England.  The pound cake gets its name due to the original recipe calling for a pound of each of the four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar.  This recipe did not incorporate any leaveners other [...]

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#Food Bytes: Sunny Anderson’s Cooking For Real

Sunny Anderson is one of my favorite people to watch on food network. I’ve know about Sunny’s cooking since her days in radio (Hot 97-NYC). I was one of the lucky people to taste her fried chicken at one of her catered events. Sunny began in radio (were I met her), and soon (relatively) after [...]

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#Business Byte: “King of Dough” – Small Biz Insight

Here is a business doing something right. “Haydel’s Bakery” understands to have a great small business you need to focus on your employees and keep them happy, then focus on the growth of the business because your workers will do more. aside from that they are capitalizing on the seasons that present a great opportunity [...]

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In The Kitchen: Rachael Ray… Part 1 (#cooking, #recipes)

So many of you may not know but I love Rachael Ray… aside from the fact that I think she is beautiful, the dishes she makes are simple to make and flavorful. She has a unique way of describing the combination of flavors, that make you taste the food as she prepares it. Here is [...]

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Marcela brings “Mexican Made Easy” to the Food Network (#tv)

I was watching food network last night when I saw the commercial for a new show Mexican Made Easy. It stars Professional chef and cookbook author Marcela Valladolid. In the video below you can see that Marcela is going to bring a lot of life to this show and subject. She is very beautiful and [...]

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Cloud 9 Sweets (#pastry)

Have you ever been invited to a celebration or gathering and are not sure on what you should bring?  You want to bring a dessert but you don’t want to bring that generic cake or cookies that you buy at your local super market.  How awesome would it be to have everyone talk about that delicious [...]

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Kitchen Nightmares is back!!!

Every now and then there is great TV. I mean quality abusive, fun-loving TV. It seems like the British invasion has taken over because Simon Cowel and Gordon Ramsey are doing it. On Friday, the new season of “Kitchen Nightmares” is back on FOX. I have been waiting for the return of the cursing and [...]

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