July 2011 archive

Pizza Flavored Beer

Pizza Flavored BeerI came across this Mama Mia! Pizza Beer in the Sprecher Brewery gift shop and just couldn’t resist buying a bottle to try. The beer (invented by a husband and wife in their home brewery, but bottled by Sprecher) is flavored with oregano, basil, tomato and garlic. Although it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be it really wasn’t all that great either, and I’ll tell you why.

The creators of Pizza Beer … CONTINUE READING »

Scrambled Egg and Waffle Breakfast Pizza

The breakfast pizza fresh out of the ovenI’ve written about breakfast pizzas that I’ve eaten a couple times before here on DudeFoods, but neither of them were pizzas that I actually created myself. Although both of those breakfast pizzas were good I felt like they were lacking a certain something; a certain creativity that truly made them a “breakfast” pizza. Obviously just complaining about breakfast pizza made by other people isn’t going to solve anything though, and that’s why I set out … CONTINUE READING »

Lamb Tacos

Lamb TacosI’d never seen lamb tacos offered at a Mexican restaurant before I decided to stop at Poco Loco Cantina one day for lunch, so when I noticed them on the menu I knew that I had to give them a try.

Even though I eat tons of meat I felt bad about eating lamb for some reason, but Poco Loco serves free range lamb that are never tethered or raised in confinement, so at least … CONTINUE READING »

Who Wants to Win a Slow Cooker!?

The West Bend Versatility Slow Cooker
West Bend Housewares (one of the country’s best known small appliance brands) is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, and to help get the word out they were nice enough to send me one of their new Versatility 6-Quart Slow Cookers. Right now I know that you’re probably thinking “Hey Nick, it’s great that you got a free slow cooker, but why should we care?” The answer to that is because West Bend is giving … CONTINUE READING »

Eating Unhealthy at the Farmers Market

The Wauwatosa Farmers MarketMost people simply view farmers markets as places to stock up on locally grown healthy food such as fruits and vegetables. Don’t get me wrong here, they’re great places to shop for stuff like that (if you’re into that sort of thing), but you can usually also find plenty of deliciously unhealthy foods at them as well. To give you some examples of what I’m talking about I took a trip down to the Wauwatosa CONTINUE READING »

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