Posts Tagged ‘Food’

Day 270: Quest Complete

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Al’s Back!

The floods which dev­as­tated Iowa in 2008 wiped out many busi­ness around Cedar Rapids, but one in par­tic­u­lar which has been missed was Zindrick’s. It was a fine din­ing restau­rant spe­cial­iz­ing in Czech food and which made the most won­der­ful cherry strudel ever con­ceived by man. This past Tues­day Zindrick’s at long last re-opened (under […]

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Chocolate Covered Cherries Plus!

This recipe is based on the Easy Choco­late Cov­ered Cher­ries recipe from the National Cherry Grow­ers & Indus­tries Foun­da­tion. My wife and I spot­ted the recipe in the Decem­ber 2007 issue of Every­day Food. We did go for an optional vari­ant of the recipe that they men­tioned and increased the size. We made this for […]

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In response…

A friend emailed Ariesna ask­ing if she had told me Indian-spiced Braised Chicken was a healthy recipe before mak­ing it. To which I feel the need to say PHHHHHHHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! I’m not so out of touch with real­ity that I insist on hav­ing soda with every meal of steak and pota­toes! I quite enjoy a wide […]

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Indian-Spiced Braised Chicken

This recipe is a favorite of Mark’s and mine that I got from the Every­day Foods mag­a­zine. Indian-spiced Braised Chicken Ingre­di­ents 1 1/2 lbs of bone­less, skin­less chicken thighs (I use white meat) 1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced 1 can (14.5 oz) diced toma­toes drained 2 Table­spoons of tomato paste 1 Table­spoon grated ginger […]

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