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If you’ve ever been to the upper Peninsula of Michigan, you may have heard of a dish called pasties. These are meat pie type items that were cooked for workers in the mines.  The pastry dough was filled with steak, potatoes, rutabaga, and onions. It was an easy meal for the minors to take to work but the history of the pasty date back all the way to the 1200s in Cornwall, England. I was not expecting to find a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona to have these pasties. But that is what I found with Cornish Pasty Co. I could…

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As I wrote about in a previous post, Phoenix has so many options when it comes to eating. The bartender at a different restaurant suggested I try The Kettle Black. He said he loves going to this place after work. He also said I could not miss the place because it has a big red door. When you walk through the door you feel like you are in an English Pub. The bar looks amazing. There is solid wood everywhere. It is a very old school look. They have a happy hour menu but I missed that timing on this…

If you are in the downtown Phoenix area, there are so many food and drink choices. I was looking for a good place to go for happy hour. Biergarten Dog Haus popped up in my search. It is a great place to go for hot dogs, sausages, and burgers. They did not disappoint when it came to a happy hour menu. There were food, cocktails, and beer specials. The Boulevard was a beer that was ordered. This was a Bourbon Barrel Quad. When I tried it, I could taste the hint of bourbon. It was a strong beer with a…

Phoenix has a ton of craft breweries. We were in downtown Phoenix and checked out Huss Brewing. They have a many beers on tap. I started off with Papago Cherry Blossom. This was a fruit beer. It used 100% real cherries in the brewing process. It was a combination of tart and sweet. To help enjoy the beer, I ordered something to snack on. I thought the Classic Chips and Dip would be perfect. These were nice, salty kettle chips served with a homemade French onion-chive dip. There was a great balance between the flavor of the onions and chives.…

It’s National Pancake Day. It is a great way to start the morning. Lucky for me, the executive lounge inside the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix hotel had a pancake machine. This is a really cool, automated machine. Simply wave your hand in front of the sensor and the pancake making process starts. The batter is dispensed onto a little conveyer belt. Then the pancake moves down the belt, getting cooked on both sides. It comes out at the end, crispy on both sides. I put some butter on it right away so it would melt on top. The batter was sweet…

Phoenix is a fun city to visit. If you are into golfing – it’s a must visit. They also have an extensive food scene. While Mexican food would be what you might gravitate to on a visit – I was hungry for Italian. That’s why I was excited to find Giuseppe’s, a small little place in a shopping center. I was thrilled to see that they had rice balls on their menu. They can be hard to find. They called them “Suppli di Riso” so I almost missed them if I hadn’t read the description. Their rice balls were stuffed…