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Birthday

My birthday went well. It started on Wednesday and lasted until Sunday. Wednesday - Cake Night My wonderful wife made me some awesome triple-chocolate cupcakes that we shared with our neighbors (Thanks for coming neighbors!). Well actually they were double chocolate but that doesn't sound quite as gourmet. Made with super dark chocolate, they were quite tasty. Thanks Sharon! Thursday - Comic Pizza The next day involved a trip to Giordano's pizz… Continue

Added by ChefShane on August 14, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

Time

Tomorrow is my birthday so I think I'll take a couple of days off, especially since my health has been extremely poor lately. I could probably use a break. We're planning on visiting Giardano's for some Chicago style pizza followed by a local comedy show - if I'm well enough that is. Continue

Added by ChefShane on August 6, 2008 at 3:05am — No Comments

Hacking

Finally, most of the new social community portion (which is a rather large portion indeed) of the BWG site is built. After that's finished all of the profiles will need to be migrated to the new site - Another daunting task but fortunately no programming code to speak of. Then we'll just need to work the bugs out of the new system. I'll be releaved when this project is complete. It's going to be much better than the first, so it will be well worth the effort and the cost. I'm excited. Well, it'… Continue

Added by ChefShane on August 5, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

Noted Site Issues

As we redevelop the social platform of Better Way Gourmet you may notice some obvious functionality issues. Rest assured we know about most of them and are working around the clock to get them resolved. We know it's inconvenient but it will be well worth it when it's done. Feel free to contact us anyway with issues that you are having as we might not be aware of all of them. Thanks for hanging in there - oh and all of your profiles will be restored soon, really. Continue

Added by Better Way Gourmet on July 31, 2008 at 2:43am — No Comments

Norman's Review

Norman Van Aken is a chef who combines flavors of the Florida Keys, Cuba, the Yucatan, the West Indies, the Bahamas, and South America. The results are something that he refers to as "New World" cuisine. A celebrated chef, and recent award recipient of AAA, Mobil Travel, and James Beard, among others, is one that I've come to respect. I find him to be quite relatable as his life's experience is at least remotely similar to my own, having gotten his start in a less than usual way. After having mo… Continue

Added by ChefShane on August 7, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments