My Top Five Favorite Super Bowl Snacks

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Rebecca McKinney

I was born a foodie. My dad is a chef, baker, and restaurant owner and my mom might as well be because she owns whatever kitchen she walks into. I grew up working in my family’s restaurant and bakery in Pawling, New York – McKinney and Doyle. I started behind the bakery counter at 12 years old after begging my parents to let me start working. At 16 I worked as a hostess. By 18 I was serving tables and training behind the bar where I then worked every other weekend throughout my college career. Even now, when I am visiting my family in New York, I help out where I’m needed. To make a long story short, the food and restaurant industry has been my life for as long as I can remember.

I wanted to create this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, to share tips, tricks, and knowledge about the food and beverage industry in general but also to help people see a different side of the restaurant world. Every restaurant has a totally unique culture and world within it. I want to help open people’s eyes to more than how fast the service is or how easy or hard it is to secure a reservation.

So, thanks for stopping by! I welcome your ideas, input, and feedback and hope you enjoy!

Eat well & travel often,

Becky McKinney

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Disclaimer: I am not a football fan. It’s not that I don’t like it; it’s just that I don’t really know the rules and so I get pretty bored watching it. Though, I can remember watching an Eagles game with Matt a couple years ago and there were a ton of fights, which I found it pretty entertaining but Matt tells me games like that aren’t very common. Anyway, fan or not, Super Bowl Sunday is always a great day! Who doesn’t love football snacks? Every year I struggle to limit myself in terms of cooking but it’s tough to say the least. It took me a while to narrow it down but I was finally able to list my top five favorite Super Bowl Snacks.Continue Reading

A Recipe & A Gift

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Rebecca McKinney

I was born a foodie. My dad is a chef, baker, and restaurant owner and my mom might as well be because she owns whatever kitchen she walks into. I grew up working in my family’s restaurant and bakery in Pawling, New York – McKinney and Doyle. I started behind the bakery counter at 12 years old after begging my parents to let me start working. At 16 I worked as a hostess. By 18 I was serving tables and training behind the bar where I then worked every other weekend throughout my college career. Even now, when I am visiting my family in New York, I help out where I’m needed. To make a long story short, the food and restaurant industry has been my life for as long as I can remember.

I wanted to create this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, to share tips, tricks, and knowledge about the food and beverage industry in general but also to help people see a different side of the restaurant world. Every restaurant has a totally unique culture and world within it. I want to help open people’s eyes to more than how fast the service is or how easy or hard it is to secure a reservation.

So, thanks for stopping by! I welcome your ideas, input, and feedback and hope you enjoy!

Eat well & travel often,

Becky McKinney

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This was originally posted on www.foodieturnedfit.com/blog as a healthy recipe and giveaway opportunity for those seeking to improve their health and fitness. But since the outcome is incredibly delicious and I want to share the opportunity with as many people as possible, I wanted to share it here as well!

 

So far, so good on my 2016 goals! I’ve been laser focused on my workouts and my nutrition and have been experimenting a ton in the kitchen. My results are keeping me motivated and the new recipes I’ve been playing with are helping me stay on track mainly because they taste like I’m not staying on track. Ya feel me? Anyway, as Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soupmuch fun as it is to invent new recipes and play with ingredients on my own accord, running my own home based business means I can’t spend ALL my time in the kitchen (I’ve got people to help and coaches to mentor!). That’s where my favorite cookbook comes in.Continue Reading

Boozy Bread Recipe

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Rebecca McKinney

I was born a foodie. My dad is a chef, baker, and restaurant owner and my mom might as well be because she owns whatever kitchen she walks into. I grew up working in my family’s restaurant and bakery in Pawling, New York – McKinney and Doyle. I started behind the bakery counter at 12 years old after begging my parents to let me start working. At 16 I worked as a hostess. By 18 I was serving tables and training behind the bar where I then worked every other weekend throughout my college career. Even now, when I am visiting my family in New York, I help out where I’m needed. To make a long story short, the food and restaurant industry has been my life for as long as I can remember.

I wanted to create this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, to share tips, tricks, and knowledge about the food and beverage industry in general but also to help people see a different side of the restaurant world. Every restaurant has a totally unique culture and world within it. I want to help open people’s eyes to more than how fast the service is or how easy or hard it is to secure a reservation.

So, thanks for stopping by! I welcome your ideas, input, and feedback and hope you enjoy!

Eat well & travel often,

Becky McKinney

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All summer long everybody has been telling me that I NEED to drink Rosé.

 
“It the best summer wine!”
“It’s so light and refresing!”
“OMG I love Rosé!”

 
I need to be totally honest with you. I don’t like it. There absolutely may be a Rosé out there for me, but so far I Rose Whipped Creamhaven’t found it. I’m more of a buttery Chardonnay or a Malbec kinda girl. Anyway, I found this recipe the other day and thought, “Now THERE’S a Rosé I can get on board with,” and I just had to share. Are you ready for this? Zucchini bread topped with Rosé infused whipped cream and strawberries. Um, yea. Sold. Continue Reading

Recipe from Madrid: Bocadillo de Calmares

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Rebecca McKinney

I was born a foodie. My dad is a chef, baker, and restaurant owner and my mom might as well be because she owns whatever kitchen she walks into. I grew up working in my family’s restaurant and bakery in Pawling, New York – McKinney and Doyle. I started behind the bakery counter at 12 years old after begging my parents to let me start working. At 16 I worked as a hostess. By 18 I was serving tables and training behind the bar where I then worked every other weekend throughout my college career. Even now, when I am visiting my family in New York, I help out where I’m needed. To make a long story short, the food and restaurant industry has been my life for as long as I can remember.

I wanted to create this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, to share tips, tricks, and knowledge about the food and beverage industry in general but also to help people see a different side of the restaurant world. Every restaurant has a totally unique culture and world within it. I want to help open people’s eyes to more than how fast the service is or how easy or hard it is to secure a reservation.

So, thanks for stopping by! I welcome your ideas, input, and feedback and hope you enjoy!

Eat well & travel often,

Becky McKinney

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Greetings from Madrid! I met up with McKinney & Doyle’s General Manager Andrew Sarubbi a few days ago in Barcelona and we are making our way over to Portugal but not without a few stops in between. Madrid is incredible. I love the atmosphere, the food, the wine, and the energy. I wish we had more time here but I know we’ve got an amazing week ahead of us. To keep in tune with last week’s post, I want to share another recipe. But this time, travel with me to this beautiful city in Spain and taste the city’s most famous sandwich – the Bocadillo de Calmares (fried squid sandwich).Recipe from MadridContinue Reading