Getting a Smooch from a Vampire
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The Vampire Kiss, an easy martini with three readily available ingredients, vodka, Chambord and champagne.
David Locke
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S’more Bar with an EEEVIL Tool
Keep your s’more bar really casual and easy. I lay out graham crackers, small treat size Hershey Bars, marshmallows...
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The Best Creamy Pea & Ham Soup, Yes, Really!
I served this at a recent dinner party to raves even from my five and seven year old sons.
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Egg Yolks are Orange, What? The Beauty of Farm Fresh Eggs
When I returned home I made buying farm fresh eggs a priority. The taste and the color are so different than the mast produced commodities
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The Top 10 Favorite Fall Flavors
Music styles change, car bodies change and fashion changes. So do trends in flavors and food. Some flavors are fall to the core...
David Locke
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Eric's Best Chicken Wings Ever
Part of growing as an amateur chef is realizing that you have so much to learn from others. My friend Eric Cheek and his wife Melissa...
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Building a Floral Chandelier? Sure, I can do that! I think?
So, how do you build a 100+ pound floral arrangement upside down, mount it to the ceiling, make it look presentable and not fall and kill so
David Locke
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Michelin is Food not Just Tires?
So, when I say to local friends that I "collect" Michelin Starred Restaurants they often look at me like a calf looking at a new gate.
David Locke
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Mykael's Apple Cashew Salad
It became a staple of food for dinner parties and a favorite of my in-laws on beach vacations. Best of all it's oh so easy.
David Locke
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The 15 Decor Items Every House Needs
If you start with these 15 items you'll be on your way to having a great looking home no matter your style from simple and casual to elegant
David Locke
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Alien Mac and Cheese
My two boys love mac and cheese like any red-blooded American boy. Years ago when I first made basil cream sauce and slathered it over...
David Locke
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Honey & Cumin Oven Roasted Pork Tenderloin
It was created from the need for a foolproof meat to serve guests that I could make ahead. TA-DA! Pig perfection on a plate!
David Locke
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The 10 Things Every Dude's Truck (or Lady's Car) Should Contain
If you are like me, my dad stressed the importance of being prepared. Here are the 10 things I keep in my truck at all times in a large...
David Locke
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The Best Steak Rub!
My family loves steaks, my parents, my wife and my boys. What red blooded American turns their nose up at a good steak? The west was not...
David Locke
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Clafoutis with Apple, a Funny Name for an Easy Pie
Clafoutis is a traditional butter cake or custard pie from the Limousin Region of France. Traditionally is it made with cherries but you can
David Locke
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What is Mise en Place?
asically Mise en place is when a cook or chef preps, organizes and arranges all of the ingredients before the cooking begins.
David Locke
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Don't be Scared to Scarify! Roots That Is...
So many people are scared to be too rough when planting and they plant so precisely and carefully the plant pops out of the ground when a...
David Locke
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A Parisian Breakfast! Hope for the Non-cook.
"Petit-déjeuner a la Parisienne" as the French call it, is now a guilty pleasure for our family and it's oh so simple.
David Locke
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Tipsy Baptist Vodka Sauce!
The alcohol chemically breaks down the tomato and cream making it have an earthy sweetness that has to be tasted to believe.
David Locke
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Vinegar and Getting the New York Street Funk Out!
A cup of vinegar in the wash removed all odor. Since then, years later and two sons later, vinegar is my go to for odor problems of all kind
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