Today’s Music Monday band is one that I found while I was listing to Sirius XMU. Their name is Avi Buffalo with their first single off of Sub Pop Records “What’s In It For”. The reason this song stuck with me is because in the second verse Avi says “your lips are like two [...]

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Bacon Chicken and Dumplings

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For this week’s weekend cooking Beth made (I helped a little) Bacon Chicken and Dumplings. For some reason we are on a soup kick. I think its because nothing beats a piping hot bowl of soup on a cold winter evening. This soup like the others we made is thick and [...]

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For this week’s Thirsty Thursday I am pulling out three beer reviews I did back in 2008. This was when I had the time to sit down and give beer a proper review. The three beers I reviewed where, Pittsburgh’s Penn Pilsner, Dominion Oak Barrel Stout, and Yuengling Traditional Lager.

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We started off today’s show with the Republic of Bacon’s national anthem. If you don’t know, the Republic of Bacon is a website created by the Maple Leaf Foods in Canada. Sean and I both think they really hit the mark when it comes to bacon advertising. Sadly, they didn’t pay us [...]

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Over the weekend my inbox exploded with emails about a story that posted on Yahoo about bacon. It seems the people at Rachael Ray Magazine think they can review bacon better than I can. They’re lucky there is not a pork blogger union, if there was I would be talking to [...]

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This week’s Music Monday band is Animal Collective (AnCo) with Summertime Clothes. I am not sure which is stranger this music video or Animal Collective in General.

The album this song is from, ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’, is the first AnCo album I was able to listen to and enjoy from beginning to [...]

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For this week’s Weekend Cooking I am pulling out an oldie but goodie, the Bacon, Cheese, and Potato Chowder. This was one of the first recipes Beth and I made together back in 2007. Our only complaint was that it called for two strips for six bowls. It should be more like [...]

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This week’s Thirsty Thursday beer is East End Brewing’s Big Hop IPA. I could take this time to tell you all about the brewery but I don’t have to. A local news station did a nice little video that tells you all about this great Pittsburgh beer.

Big Hop

Loads of [...]

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On today’s show Sean and I talked with Robin, a bacon loving contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef (season six). She calls herself a “Bad Jew” since she loves pork (bacon). She even made a vice dish all about pork and cooked it five different ways. It was a really great interview and if you [...]

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After much anticipation, tickets to this year’s Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will be sold exclusively through an online link located at www.blueribbonbaconfestival.com beginning at high noon on Thursday, February 4th. The event will be held at the Scottish Rite Consistory at 519 Park Street in downtown Des Moines on Saturday, February 27th.

“This [...]

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