Baltimore Dining Examiner

Light, Cool, Refreshing Italian Salad

We're into the hottest weeks of summer and all I can think about is not turning on my stove.  When I was in Italy, one of my favorite dishes was a fennel and orange salad.  If you have never had fennel, it has a licorice flavor, looks like celery but has a bulbous end.  The very simple version is below but you can add shaved Parmesan cheese and baby arugula. Use an extra virgin olive oil when dressing the salad.

Stay cool and mangia, mangia, mangia (eat, eat eat) 

Topics: Reminiscences , Recipes , Video

Food & Drink Specials at NEW Website

Who’s your Dining Mama? I am! I love going to my fine dining restaurants, having a mojito at my favorite drinking holes but we all love food and drink bargains and you can find that at www.600block.com. It isn’t just about... Read More
Topics: Dining Bargains

Which Baltimore chef is on Top Chef Season 5?

 Which Baltimore chef is rumored to be a Top Chef contestant? Hear is what Baltimore Foodies newsletter just said: "Back in our July 28th e-mail, we told you that:  "Top Chef Season 5 is now filming in New York... Read More
Topics: Inquiring Minds , Restaurant

Two Views from One Table

Thanks to the great deal I got at Baltimore Dining Deals, I was able to purchase a $50 gift certificate for Bicycle Restaurant at half price. I sent an e-mail to the Baltimore Food Examiner, Juliette Goodwin, to see if she was up to the challenge... Read More
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Where Are They Now

I was quite shocked when Chef Barry Rumsey and his wife, Deborah Mazzoleni, decided to sell there very popular, highly recognized restaurant, Bicycle. It seems the urban life wasn’t for them anymore, so they packed up the family and moved... Read More
Topics: Reminiscences , Inquiring Minds , Restaurant

Food Network Features Baltimore Purveyors

In early June, the Food Network was in Baltimore filming Road Tasted with the Neelys. (Paula Deen’s sons are no longer affiliated with the program.)  The Neelys travel the US tasting hand-crafted and unique foods that are deliverable nationwide.  My... Read More
Topics: Inquiring Minds , Restaurant

Summer Pasta

If you have two cups of flour, a pinch of salt and two eggs you can have homemade pasta in no time.  I found this video on homemade pasta excellent and just wanted to share.  For your sauce take your wonderfully ripe summer tomatoes- chopped,... Read More
Topics: Recipes , Video

Shark Repellent alla Julia Child

It was a friend’s birthday party, it was a crab feast, and it was under a tent in the same location where Julia Child had her first crabs (and I was there). This stirred a conversation about all the current hoopla about Julia being OSS in World... Read More
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