John Valadez on October 2nd, 2009

If it’s real comfort food you crave than Paula Deen’s cheesiest chicken empanadas with chili con queso dip is just for you. Being a vegetarian, I really can’t comment on the taste but judging by my family and how long these empanadas were in plain sight I’m thinking they’re pretty good. I was suppose to [...]

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John Valadez on September 13th, 2009

For many of us the glorious NFL season begins today. I know Pittsburgh and Tennessee kicked off the season on Thursday, but really, who cares about either of those teams? The teams we all want to see are playing today – J. What makes for better football than great comfort food? Well, I have an [...]

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John Valadez on September 1st, 2009

I made Shrimp Gumbo yesterday. It took me 7 hours. After all that work and it’s a lot of work; I’m going to eat the Gumbo, minus the andouille sausage. One o’ clock in the morning I sampled a small bite of my Gumbo and it was all worth it – delicious. I lived in [...]

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