Entries Tagged as 'smores'

redFLAME

August 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Dallas and I took Stephanie to RedFLAME for pizza when she was visiting us in Chicago. Our friend Marty is the owner of the place and it was about time I finally checked it out! I’d had the pizza there before they opened, in a test run, and I had it one time when another friend brought it to our house, but I never had the pizza in the official restaurant.

Dallas was mostly there just to have a few drinks with other friends who were there too. Stephanie and I ordered and split the Buffalo Chicken Pizza (grilled chicken, buffalo sauce, caramelized onion and crumbled bleu cheese, drizzled with ranch). It was pretty good. I mean, I kind of feel like we should have gotten a basic pizza if we really wanted to compare the redFLAME pizza to other places we’ve been but we didn’t and the buffalo chicken was very good.

redFLAME has a unique way that they cook their pizzas. First they grill the dough – you can see the grill marks on the bottom. Then they pizza is placed under a flame to cook the toppings.

For dessert we got the S’mores Pizza (Flame-cooked dough topped with chocolate spread, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate chips and marshmallows). Steph LOVED this! I thought it was pretty good too. I’d had a version of it one other time, before redFLAME officially opened. I like the improvements they made. Smaller marshmallows, smaller pizza over all. Smaller is actually better, since this is a rich slice!

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Superbowl XLV – We Are The Champions!

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments

This year for the Superbowl my brother came down to visit and to go to Trent and Loden’s house for their party. For a half a second after we beat the Bears in the last game, I thought maybe Dallas and I should host a Superbowl party, but we’re leaving for Hawaii next week (!!!!) and we quickly came to our senses about the timing of that. We have enough plans and money and everything to worry about, no need to pile on a Superbowl party! We’d gone to Trent and Loden’s Superbowl party last year, though, and it was a lot of fun, so no need to worry. I knew they’d do it right. Actually, Dallas wasn’t feeling well, so he stayed home. Danny and Caroline came and picked my brother and I up and we were off.

I was surprised when we arrived because I didn’t know that Trent’s friend Andy was a Packers fan from Wisconsin! Limey was nice enough to take a photo of all the Packers fans together.


Caroline, Andy, Richard, Rachelle

Not a bad showing for a Superbowl party in Chicago!

Another great part of having parties at Trent and Loden’s house: They have a kegerator in their dining room! Yesterday Trent had Brooklyn Lager and Founders IPA on tap and it was awesome. I didn’t think I was going to drink on Sunday because of the weekend I had (more on that later), but the Brooklyn Lager was delicious.

Loden always makes such delicious food! This photo is of one of her specialties: Chocolate covered bacon! We also had pulled pork, mac & cheese, cheesy potatoes, baked beans, and taco dip that had crack in it. It had to be crack. So addictive. Ed also brought his famous S’Mores dessert. Loden’s friend Mike made this appetizer dip that was basically a vat of bubbling hot cheese. Of course, this made it onto the coffee table that the Packers fans were sitting around… along with a big bowl of cheese curds that my brother brought from Wisconsin. If that’s not enough, someone may have pushed off the tortilla chips and used cheese curds to dip into the hot cheese dip! Hey, we’re from Wisconsin. What can we say? We like cheese and cheese on cheese! (I have a photo of this somewhere, but I forgot to upload it.)

Loden asked me to bring dessert and I thought a long time about what kind of green and gold dessert or football-themed dessert to bring. I originally wanted to make football-shaped brownies, but couldn’t find a football cookie cutter without running around all over town. I ended up with these:

The colors are not quite right, but close enough. These were Zesty Lemon Bars and Lime Squares. I actually had to make the lemon bars twice because the first batch did not turn out. I used this recipe first. I should have known to never stray from Martha!

Charlie is Trent and Loden’s dog. He’s so nice and lovable. He is a Cockapoo. So soft and snuggly, he’s a huge baby. But so chill. Nothing phases him. Not even when his “sister,” Sugar Bear, gets out and wanders around the house:

Anyway, the game! OMG what a great game! This is the first Superbowl in a long time that I actually cared who won! Everyone was nice enough to let the Packers fans sit on the couch at the TV and watch the game. Other were mingling and eating snacks. A bunch of my friends were at first cheering so hard against the Packers, but eventually they just started cheering for their numbers. Dallas wasn’t even there and he won $200 in a Guthrie’s pool! Trent and Limey were also betting on everything. Who will score next, the next play will be a pass or not, who will fumble next, etc. I guess that’s what you have to do when you don’t care about the game. Limey did not come out ahead on all those bets!

I’m so happy the Packers won, I think it’s still sinking in! Packers are the Superbowl champions!

One more thing. I made a bet with Sean, an old NY blogging friend who is a huge Steelers fan. When I emailled him to “pay up,” he told me his wife gave birth to their baby boy yesterday! Their first born. What a gracious loser. He’s already posted to his blog!

I bet this is the last time he makes this sort of bet with someone who can do a bit of Photoshopping! hahahha

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Things I Ate This Weekend

November 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Nutella Chocolate S’mores pizza.

Homemade corndogs and fries.

1,000 glasses of red wine.

Sushi.

Thanksgiving dinner.

No wonder I still had indigestion on Monday! It was all so delicious, though.

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Smores Lollipop

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments

For Kenji’s birthday, Naoko handed out these smores treats as party favors when we were leaving. Cute! And delicious!

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Rob and Colleen’s After Party

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments


Chatting in the sunset.


Kids playing on the lawn.


Lounging on the lawn.


One of the Jonas Brothers. Just kidding. I think this was one of Colleen’s cousins.


Playing guitar along the river.


Mingling in the yard and on the deck.


Talking in the driveway.


Emily, Ging, Billy, Dallas and Phil playing frisbee game.

After Rob and Colleen’s wedding reception everyone headed back to Colleen’s parent’s house. The kids played out on the lawn all night, we drank the beer that Rob made, and there were lots of smores. I think this was the first wedding that featured frisbee game!

Billy, Ging, Killian, Liz, Dallas and I were all staying at the same hotel in Harpswell. When we got back we hit the free nacho bar and then ordered some late-night pizza from Papa John’s. Man, I hadn’t had Papa John’s for about a decade. It was good. We gorged on it while watching one of the Lord of the Rings movies.

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