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Meatless Monday: Homemade Veggie Burgers!

I’ve never eaten a store-bought veggie burger that I thought was worth a darn. I’ve given different brands a try at different times and ever time I was disappointed. It didn’t matter the occasion or how they were cooked they all had the texture of cardboard and tasted pretty close to the same.

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On Our Grills: Smoked Blueberry Beanie Weenie!

July is the month for celebrating a variety of foods. Three of those celebrations is from where the inspiration for this months “On Our Grills: 4 Ingredient Challenge” comes from. July is National Hot Dog Month, National Blueberry Month and last but certainly not least, July is National Baked Bean Month. Toss in Dill Pickles,

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Another Boring BBQ Restaurant

I’ve driven by Sierra Smokehouse in Auburn, California several times since they opened. As regular readers, of this blog will know, I have a phobia about eating at BBQ restaurants. I just don’t eat in them very often because I’m so easily disappointed with the food they serve. But…

…as I drove past Sierra Smokehouse

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Memphis In May #2: My First Memphis Disappointment

I have to admit when Char-Broil first contacted me to come out to Memphis In May and do some cooking demonstrations one of the first thoughts I had was that someone was going to pay me to fly out and eat at Interstate Bar-B-Q.

For a BBQ enthusiast there are a select group of

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Road Trip: Pat's BBQ in SLC

I’ve wanted to eat at Pat’s BBQ in Salt Lake City ever sinse seeing the restaurant on “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” on the Food Network. I’m not sure what it was about the show that made this a must eat at place for me, but I knew the next time I was in SLC I

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A Great Sacramento BBQ Restaurant

I enjoy eating great BBQ and rarely do I find great BBQ in restaurants. One of the exceptions would be Yunece 61 BBQ on Folsom Bvld. in Sacramento. I had the chance to eat a late lunch there yesterday and it was well worth the drive from Rocklin.

The food was fantastic. You could tell

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