Every year, I share the beloved story of M&D’s Irish Soda Bread. This year, we decided it was time to share a new story. My original plan was to do a deep dive into Corned Beef and share my findings, but I’m going to just keep it real with you guys … I just had a baby 3 weeks ago (welcome to the world, Owen Fares Boland), and that deep dive has yet to happen. HOWEVER, my dad did find this awesome article written for Food & Wine by Matt Blitz and so today, I am going to share that with you.
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Recently, my dad and I were talking about restaurants on our bucket list. We have a lot of places we want to visit and experience and while it’s easy to focus on what we have YET to do (like the food tour of France we want to map out and complete), it’s important to remember the amazing experiences you’ve already had. That’s why I want to re-share this post from back in 2015. But the memory actually dates back to my college graduation in 2012.
Continue ReadingPersonal Favorites Across the Board
Recently, I shared a post where Andrew highlighted the most popular menu items in the restaurant from last year. A lot of you were excited about it and reached out to share YOUR favorites with me (which I always love), but you also asked what MY personal favorites were. Growing up in the bakery & restaurant, I’ve tried it all (for the most part anyway, it’s harder to do so these days living in a different state and all) and so I figured that today, I’d share my number one favorite items from the different menus in the restaurant, from behind the bar and from in the bakery. Let’s see if we have anything in common!
Continue ReadingBig Jim’s Hogbreath Chili
So apparently, the Super Bowl is this weekend. Who knew?! Just kidding I know that virtually everybody other than myself was all over that fact. Though I am pretty excited for the halftime show this year. Anyway, I may not know football but I sure as hell know about football FOOD and at McKinney and Doyle, one of our best sellers is definitely our Super Bowl chili. What better time to share the story behind it?
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