4 Tips for the Perfect Dinner Party Wine

You’re invited to a dinner party and you want to bring a nice bottle of wine. A quick trip to the wine store and you become overwhelmed by the racks upon racks of bottles. What to choose? That is the question of the moment. Should you pick a red, a white or a lovely forbidden [...]

Tips for Creating the Perfect Antipasti Platter

What Tuscan meal would be complete without a platter of meats, cheeses and roasted vegetables? There was no set recipe when it came to creating a perfect antipasti platter for my Party on the Porch. It just took a little creativity, a flair for styling and a love of great flavor. Here are a few [...]

5 Favorite iPhone Apps from a Profoodie Perspective

This was the post I wrote while traveling home from a business trip this past Saturday. Enjoy! I’m sitting at the airport waiting to board a flight back to Pittsburgh.  For most of last week, I was in Atlanta conducting market research for my job.  I’m exhausted, my mind is racing and I’m so looking [...]

My Most Favorite Chicago Restaurants

I had the privilege of living and working in the heart of Chicago for five years.  This city offers the incredible energy of a major city, combined with a melting pot of cultures and flavors through its diverse network of neighborhoods.  I have since moved to Pittsburgh, but I still get asked from time-to-time my [...]

Crab Rangoon – The Four “F’s” of Failure

I have something really important to say that has been eating me up inside for weeks.  If I don’t share it with the world soon, I just might explode like the three Easter Peep’s I “accidently” left in the microwave. I have a weakness for Chinese buffets. Insert heavy gasping and moaning here. Don’t ask [...]

Ask Culinary Cory: Zesting

Zest makes my recipe taste bitter.  What am I doing wrong? While attending a Pampered Chef party, I watched in agony as the hostess fiercely ground the peel of an orange down to its soft flesh.  I explained to her the proper way to zest was by only removing the outer peel of the citrus based ingredient.  This [...]

Ask Culinary Cory: Brown Sugar

My brown sugar is rock hard. Is there a way to salvage it? Unless it is has been sitting on your shelf for years, don’t even think about tossing your brown sugar in the trash. Here are three simple ways to extend the life of this trusty ingredient. Believe me when I say your brown [...]

6 Ways to Make Thanksgiving Dinner Look Effortless

Thanksgiving seems to be just around the corner. Here are six simple ways to help make your meal look effortless to your guests. Prep in advance: Zip Lock bags become my best friend around this time of the year. Most vegetables like sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, celery and broccoli can be prepped up to a week [...]

Four Tips for Great Ribs

If I told you the trick to making amazing ribs was as simple as jumping on one foot and rubbing your head at the same time. Would you do it?  How about if I told you to wrap yourself in a white sheet and run around the front lawn announcing you were the ghost of [...]

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