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With a personal goal to try new things and push the limits of my cooking, I found a fun inspiration. It seems that Ancient Fire Wines and I have something in common; neither one of us are big pasta eaters. Now that’s not to say we don’t like pasta; we just couldn’t eat it every [...]

When I first started this food blog, I had already been cooking by a means that  my wife and I called “tempting fate.” We, jokingly, called it that because of the craziness of some things I’d sometimes throw in dishes or the ideas I’d sometimes come up with. When I decided to take on the [...]

We love trying new food combinations and sending our palate on a roller-coaster ride of flavors. We love that risk-taking feeling of going out of our comfort zone and diving into a new dish. That’s what we have done. I have to admit I personally couldn’t stand the taste of bell peppers, no matter wh

  What are you going to accomplish today? Many people feel like they are going nowhere in life. They get up, go to work, come home, cook dinner, and go to bed. They never feel like they accomplished anything. I tell people you get that feeling when you have no direction in life. When you [...]

Camping season is here woohoo! Are you ready? It doesn’t matter if your tent camping or RV camping make sure you have all your essentials. It’s time to break out your favorite camping recipes and dish up some good ole’ camp food. If your tent camping make sure you bring lots of ice. Depending on [..

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, I received a $50 stipend to make a recipe featuring a beer from the New Belgium Brewing Company. The New Belgium Brewing Company produces the following beers: Sunshine Wheat, Blue Paddle Pilsner, Abbey Ale, Trippel Ale, 1554 Black Ale, and the original Fat

Fear is like a brick wall, an intimidating wall that can keep us from achieving our personals goals. This wall can keep us from making a simple dish or an extravagant meal.  To some, these fears can be seen as little and insignificant, but, to most, they are real. Most of the time it’s the [...]

Life is a funny thing. We find ourselves doing mundane things day in day out, same ole routine. Ever notice how you leave the house at the same time every day or go to bed at the same time. You feed the dogs or cats at the same time, and they come to know this [...]

I often speak of taking risks in the kitchen. Taking a chance in the kitchen is like taking a chance in life. How often do you try something new or unique, a new recipe or style of cooking? I have decided to eat my own words and pick up a new segment on this blog. [...]

12477 Timberland Boulevard Keller, Texas 76244 817-337-6999 Its been awhile since I did an Out ‘n About segment here on the Manly Housewife. Let me start this one and sum up our experience in one word, WOW! We went to a local Italian eatery in Keller, Texas, that we had heard good things about. Let