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Summer on the Road – Part Two: Canada

Summer on the Road – Part Two: Canada

Ridiculous amounts of fun in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper, and Vancouver!

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Ten Refreshing Cocktails

I’m not sure if the heat is finally getting to us or what, but for the past year we’ve been totally cocktail obsessed.

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Summer on the Road – Part One: Dallas & Kansas City

Summer on the Road – Part One: Dallas & Kansas City

In order to escape the Texas heat we start on a month long road trip up to Canada.

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Gorditas and Pig Skin

Gorditas and Pig Skin

Gorditas stuffed with a tomatillo salsa and sticky pig skin

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Houston: Anvil Bar, T’Afia, Stella Sola and more

Houston: Anvil Bar, T’Afia, Stella Sola and more

We’ve been in Texas for two years now, but this was oddly only our second time in Houston.

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Making Bacon and Mayonnaise for a BLT

Making Bacon and Mayonnaise for a BLT

I am honestly completely weirded out that we haven’t made bacon until now. It’s so ridiculously easy!

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Making Pastrami

Making Pastrami

Homemade Pastrami is one of our favourite things we’ve cooked to date! It’s 3 week process of brining, smoking and braising was worth it.

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Homemade Mozzarella and Duck Breast Prosciutto

Homemade Mozzarella and Duck Breast Prosciutto

Our fun first time making Mozza and Prosciutto from Duck Breasts.

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Goetta: Our Cincinnati Breakfast Favourite

Goetta: Our Cincinnati Breakfast Favourite

Every city has special dishes to call it’s own; in Cincinnati Goetta and Cincinnati Chili top the list.

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New Orleans: Beignets, Turtles, Gators and More

New Orleans: Beignets, Turtles, Gators and More

We have been wanting to try Cajun and Creole food for a long time and now we finally got our chance!

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Menudo: Giving Tripe Another Try

Menudo: Giving Tripe Another Try

A traditional Mexican tripe and beef feet soup that is very popular down here in Laredo Texas.

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Nominated in Saveur’s 1st Annual Food Blog Awards

We were thrilled to find that Foodtease had been nominated for “Most Innovative Video Content”…

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Cow Head Barbacoa

Offal, Videos — By David on September 22, 2009

Barbacoa is a traditional Mexican dish usually served for breakfast after the cow head has smoked over-night in a pit dug in the ground. Since we didn’t really have a place to dig a barbeque pit, we went for the more modern approach of using a smoker — which we accomplished with the Smokenator 1000 attachment for our Weber grill.

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10 Comments

  1. Jeff says:

    Love your site, but wow… I think you just made me a vegetarian.

  2. Mimi says:

    My goodness..the “blunt force trauma” kinda ruined it for me! Every time I drive past grazing cows with their babies, I vow to go back to being a vegetarian. However, that vow is always broken by meal time. But yes, the bashed in skull was rough. Poor little guy. At least the tacos look tasty!

    You guys are great! And thanks for formatting your videos to play on iPhones!

  3. Chris says:

    Wow indeed. I’m a voracious omnivore, and although the blunt force trauma was a tad disturbing, I at least understand where our food comes from and that it’s not always pretty.
    I love your site and am glad to see someone showcasing the lesser used and unusual bits of the animal. The site and all the recipes have been very inspiring! Please keep up the great work!

  4. WOAH. You guys are seriously impressive – that’s quite a project! And that shot of the jaw pulling free… don’t think I’ll be forgetting that anytime soon!

    Also, on a totally unrelated note (ah, how quickly we move on…), I just saw your tweet about haircuts – check out Vain on Chicon. Joey’s been cutting my hair for years. Kind of expensive, but her cuts last.

  5. Zach says:

    So um yeah, as much as I like most things on your site, i feel like a criminal by looking at the foggy eyed bashed skull of a cow. let me rephrase that, maybe in the future you could feature the dead animal that you are about to eat ! think of the variety. seriously i love your site, this just made my coffee jump up my throat ;)

  6. Mimi says:

    While I too felt that the image was incredibly disturbing, it’s expected. Unless you’re a veg-head or raise and slaughter your own cattle, the bashed skull is the norm. Commercial slaughter hauses aren’t known for their humane killing of animals. Chances are, every delicious burger and steak you’ve consumed was harvested fom a cow that met the exact same fate as the cow featured in this video.

  7. WOW. Have you thought of holding your own supper club? With all the amazing food you cook, I am sure you would have a line out the door!

  8. nudlz says:

    Next time try smoking the head for about an hour before wrapping in leaves. That way you will get a smoke ring on it.

  9. imelectric says:

    WOW! You really got the nerve! :D

  10. I was hoping to find odd grill recipes. Uh…be careful what you wish for…

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