The Super Bowl is this Sunday and you know what that means…Party Time! 30A EATS blogging team,Virtual Potluck , teamed up with Lewis Bear Company for a throwdown using award-winning Victory, Grayton Beer Company, & Pensacola Bay Brewery Craft Beers in recipes to share with our readers. We also have a fun giveaway! I really enjoy the…
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In trying to find ease in weeknight cooking, I can tell you that I have become attached to my slow cooker. Hamilton Beach sent 8 from our Virtual Potluck team the 6-quart programmable Set ‘n Forget cookers , and each of us also received a different copy of Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann’s Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker for…
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The first time I saw Tate’s Bake Shop was on a Food Network Show with Ina Garten. She visited with owner Kathleen King and toured the baking facility, creating and sharing a delectable cookie recipe at the end of the episode. Located in a quaint building in the Hampton’s, I knew after seeing Tate’s Bake…
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With the kids now off to college I am learning all to fast about cutting recipes in half, and this week was on a roll. It still has been raining quite a bit in Northwest, Florida, which has given me the opportunity to throw myself into developing new recipes, as I set out on my…
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I just returned from Atlanta to find my family facing Hurricane Issac. As I write this new post, the Gulf Coast is battening down its hatches, and we have been busy protecting our homes in Walton County and Pensacola, by putting up hurricane shutters and bringing everything out in. With that, Virtual Potluck was invited…
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This week Virtual Potluck has partnered with Bertolli Olive Oil, and is trying recipes by Chef Fabio Viviani; you may remember him from Top Chef. He is known for his sexy accent and how he says “hamburger”, but also for having two restaurants, Cafe Firenze and Fiernze Osteria! Chef Fabio is also the spokesperson for Bertolli, and is kicking…
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When I think about sourdough bread, I think of San Francisco, my travels there, and eating warm clam chowder out of a bread bowl at Fisherman’s Wharf. King Arthur Flour along with Red Star Yeast have generously provided me with a HUGE giveaway!
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If you are a foodie, love food, especially Italian food, I am sure you have heard of Marcella Hazan. Her recipes call for ingredients that would actually be used in Italian kitchens. Cooks like me sing praises to her, and I often make her famous tomato sauce. Her son Giuliano, a noted cookery, writer and…
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I am excited about today’s post on 30A EATS as we are talking nut butters! Recently I was shipped, along with my Virtual Potluck bloggers, a wonderful variety of raw nut butters to sample. We are finding ways to incorporate these delicious food offerings into recipes for the company Artisana. You can find the roundup…
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I love spicy food, and was really excited when Virtual Potluck was approached to work with The Savory Spice Shop. All twelve bloggers hopped on board for this event, and were each given spices to work with. Savory Spice Shop, located in Denver Colorado, was generous enough to supply each blogger with a gift box…
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Many like to write about their love of cast iron, and the familial bond that is shared as it passes from one generation to the next. I have treasured cast iron that was passed on to me as well, and I was fortunate when in the division of assets in my first marriage, that I…
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More than three hundred years after the Coombs family started sugaring, seventh generation maple farmer Arnold Coombs and Coombs Family Farms are still going strong. Coombs Family Farms produces great tasting 100% pure organic maple syrup harvested sustainably from trees nurtured without the use of pesticides.
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