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  • Guilty Pleasures: Chili Dogs!

    Chili dogs! I love them. Every greasy, salty unhealthy crumb. They used to be my hangover cure. Now they’re just my dirty little culinary secret. I was at Meijer searching for the ingredients of a braised chicken dish when it hit – A craving from deep in my belly. It…

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  • Homemade Chicken Stock

    Printable version To take soup or other broth based dishes to a different level on the flavor scale, it should should feature a homemade broth or stock, like the recipe featured in this post. The end results can be restaurant quality recipes sure to warm the soul. I recently found…

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  • Multiple papers publish Super Bowl recipes!

    I’m happy to say that 11 Newspapers out of the 17 put together at the Design Center in Munster for Lee Enterprises have used my Super Bowl snacks project. I put it together from recipes that have originally appeared here! It has been my goal from day 1 at my…

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  • Crunchy American Tacos

    Printable version Since I was a young boy my favorite food has been tacos. I would go crazy when I saw that boxed taco kit sitting on the counter as Mom began to prepare dinner. I would gorge myself on them – most kids experience binge eating for the first…

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  • Smoky Chipotle Turkey Chili

      Printable version For the past three Thanksgivings, I have cooked a turkey or turkey breast and traditional sides with my culinary twist applied to publish here. This year, I’m doing something different for the more progressive culinary crowd. For a main course I have created a smoky chipotle turkey…

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  • Getting settled in a New Place

    The view from the balcony at my new apartment. I have relocated to Merrillville, Indiana, just outside of Chicago! I started a new full-time job as a designer for Lee Enterprises at their newspaper design hub located in the building that houses The Times of Munster, a Lee publication. After…

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  • Relocation Underway!

    Big changes are coming for Behind the Bites. A big move and a new adventure awaits! Details coming soon.

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  • Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

    Printable version I was out grocery shopping recently and was looking for a bargain at the meat case. The best deal I could find was on bone-in pork shoulder. Considering that it’s July, I was hoping for something a little more grill-friendly and not so chewy, but I decided to…

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