
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Food find: Chimichangas taste different here

Friday, June 29, 2007
Media meal: Tucson is ripping me off

Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tasty Tucson Tour: Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum



Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Food find: Sonic hits the nostalgic spot


Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Cooking with Kelly: Carside cookies part II


Food news: Scientist want your fruit to have a carbonated kick

This article on CNN is about a fun new food invention. Because so few American children eat their daily dose of fruits, some entreprenurial scientists are looking at new ways to make fruit exciting. One man found that by leaving a pear in a cooler of dry ice, the cardon dioxide infused the fruit with carbonation.
Although the article points out that no long-term studies have been done to discern the long-term effects of cardonation in fruit, Fizzy Fruit is already on shelves at Wal-Marts in the Southeast. They only add cardon dioxide, which presumable makes it good for you.
I'd give it a try, but I do worry how one's body would react. Then again, I'm prone to drinking diet soda all day, which I'm sure has more cardonation.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Cooking with Kelly: No-bake ice cream cake


Sunday, June 24, 2007
Food find: Sushi does not require water


Web find: Keeping your pantry safe

Saturday, June 23, 2007
Food find: Denver is cool and tasty



Food tip: College parties can be quite profitable

Friday, June 22, 2007
Media meal: I wish I had a TV

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Cooking with Kelly: Carside cookies

"Attempted" is the key here. I figured it would get up to 200 degrees in my car if I let it sit in the sun with the windows up. I "preheated" my car all afternoon, then placed a sheet of tinfoil on the dash with evenly-spaced cookie dough balls. This was the packaged kind, so all the work was done for me.
Nearly an hour and a half later, the butter was running out of the batter and the cookies were not set. It simply was not hot enough.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Food find: Tusayan is a waste of a town

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Food find: Utah's fry sauce

Sunday, June 17, 2007
Food find: Bill's Pizza and Pub North

Saturday, June 16, 2007
An adventure
Monday, June 11, 2007
Food find: Dining at Clarke's is no walk in the park



Sunday, June 10, 2007
Cooking with Kelly: Burgers on the grill

Luckily, we were ready for one of those perfect days Saturday. We cooked hot dogs and burgers on our grill for a family lunch. Here are my mom's secrets for burgers on the grill.

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Thursday, June 7, 2007
Free food: Diet 7-Up Challenge

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Kelly's kitchen finds: Boxed wine gets top-shelf treatment


Monday, June 4, 2007
Cooking with Kelly: Dip-able party foods

Friday, June 1, 2007
Cooking with Kelly: BBQ Chicken bites
Because I had leftover chicken, BBQ sauce and mozarella, I tried to make something different. For this recipe, you need: four chicken cutlets, pancake mix, barbecue sauce, oil for frying, a tomato and a handful of shredded mozarella.
I marinated chicken chunks over night in barbecue sauce. Then, I dredged then in dry pancake mix. Next, the got a dip in a batter of pancake mix, barbecue sauce and water mixed to the consistency to pancake batter.
Then they fried in the oil for about three minutes. What you see in the photo is what was left after several, several tries. First, there wasn't enough oil and the pan wasn't hot enough. Then, the batter was too thick. Finally, I realized that my stove isn't really level, so I had to work around the fact that certain parts of the pan were hotter than others.
The side dish is just a tomato cut into wedges with a little bit of cheese on top. I put it under the broiler for a few minutes, until the tomato was soft and the cheese was melted.
All in all, the food was worth the effort. The chicken was crunchy and had a distinct, smoky barbecue taste. The tomato was delicious and didn't even need the cheese.
For future reference, I'll use a smaller pan so the heat is better distributed.