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Dormont stop at Dor-Stop Restaurant

We went on a nice little country drive today. Our primary target was a new lunch place. First we hit Target for some quick shopping. Next we drove down to the South Hills, to Dormont. A friend of Janie’s had … Continue reading

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Black bean patties

Last week we ventured outside our normal dinners for a recipe that Janie found. Black Bean Patties with Corn Relish and Avocado Cream Sauce It looked quite interesting, so a week before we picked up the appropriate groceries. Tim decided … Continue reading

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Dinner and a drink

We had an enjoyable dinner tonight. Janie found an interesting recipe online several weeks ago that we finally tried: Herbed chicken risotto with carmelized onion. It was time consuming with both carmelizing onion and making risotto (along with simmering then … Continue reading

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One for two in the kitchen

Today Tim decided to do a couple of different things for dinner. An Italian Cheese Bread (basically pizza dough + cheese/seasonings on top) and roasted garlic using a ceramic cooker. The ICB worked out pretty well. Cooked nicely and we … Continue reading

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Walking The Strip

This morning (7/30/11) we went to check out some new places in Pittsburgh. It is a beautiful, sunny and hot summer Saturday. First, we went to the new Target store on Penn Avenue in East Liberty. This is just up … Continue reading

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Sausage, pepper & cornbread skillet pie

We finally got around to using a very nice cast-iron skillet that Janie received as a wedding shower gift. Recently Tim’s Mom came across some skillet recipies in a magazine of hers and mailed them to us. We decided to … Continue reading

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Potato Cakes

We had fun making dinner tonight. It took over 1.5 hours to make potato cakes, from a Mexican cookbook of Tim’s. Potatoes, cheese, egg, salt, jalapenos, cilantro, form up with flour and shallow fry in (canola) oil. Tim did the … Continue reading

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Return to Burgatory

Janie and I went back to Burgatory on April 21st for another excellent meal. We lucked out, arriving before 6pm to a table waiting for us. Since the shake I got the last time was so awesome, I had to … Continue reading

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Burgers

We had a nice dinner out on the 7th, with some colleagues of Tim’s. We ate at the Burgatory, a burger bar a little north of town. Aside from a long wait to be seated (not very big place), it … Continue reading

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