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derryX Dines: Carmine’s Brazilian Grill – Albany, NY
Carmine and I go way back. Not personally. Virtually, I guess. I was introduced to Carmine’s cuisine via a Sunday morning TV show on a local affiliate (WNYT, I believe) back in the early 2000s. The...
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Mark Your Calendars
June 9, 2012. Because of the popularity of last year’s event, and the overwhelming demand for more dining events, I’m going to have a get together to celebrate two years of blogging. It’s one thing to...
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Yeah. I watch way too many cooking shows. It’s really not a new thing. I always loved the Food Network, even when it started and Molto Mario was Mediterranean Mario. I was recently watching “French...
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derryX’s Tiramisu!
Tiramisu and I go way back. I’d say back to the early 90′s. For family parties, my mom used to prepare some incredible tiramisu. My aunts and uncles used to go crazy asking my dad if my mom was...
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What did 20 lucky people get? Part 2
Last year, I put together a “1 year of derryX Fun Pack” to give to people who were kind enough to spend a few hours of their Saturday afternoon to celebrate 1 Year of the blog. I thought it was...
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derryX Parks
I’m fine keeping the past in the past when things are moving forward. However, because it’s come up a few times in the past couple of weeks, I want to address the misconceptions people have about my...
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Get off my back!
One day, I was in the final minutes of up my 35 minute trek on the Life Fitness elliptical trainer, and I noticed a young man walking in my direction. You know when you can sense when someone is coming...
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Paul and Linda McCartney’s RAM (Deluxe Book Edition)
I think we’ve pretty much established that I’m obsessed with Paul and Linda McCartney’s RAM album. After pre-ordering the 2 disc 2012 Remastered Edition of the album, I saw a deluxe version all over...
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derryX Dines: Francesca’s – Troy, NY
There was a time when I went to graduate school up the hill from downtown Troy. Making it down to my favorite comic book shop, Aquilonia Comics on Fulton Street during lunch on Wednesdays (when the new...
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Winner of the Facebook Happy Birthday Prize…
Well, it’s sad to say that I have to wait a whole ‘nother year to celebrate again. There is still business pertaining to the birthday that I need to take care of for the blog. The gift recap is coming...
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This week will be special and HUGE!
Everything that is coming this week has been in the works since at least January. I’ve had at least a handful of posts that have talked about my involvement with the taping of Gordon Ramsay’s Fox Show...
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Don’t follow me; I will run away!
I always say that I’m my own audience. Because of that, I do some crazy things to amuse myself. Maybe you’ll find it amusing (or annoying). I’ve noticed that it’s always a little awkward when you’re...
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“Just call my name…”
Social media can be fun and frustrating. I like interacting with like-minded people, but there’s a fair amount of assumption and name calling that happens because it’s difficult for people to really...
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Different Drummers Kitchen Chili Cook Off
I can be a troublemaker when I want to be. A couple of weeks ago, Different Drummers Kitchen (DDK) was soliciting nominations for who makes the best chili via facebook. I took the liberty of nominating...
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derryX Dines: Sciortino’s – Albany, NY
The Miss Albany Diner was a well traveled breakfast spot for us. When they closed, like many, we were genuinely disappointed. On the other hand, it’s fully understandable that the owner was finally...
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My first cooking class was a success!!!
I used to watch Emeril Live every night when it was on. It’s always been a dream of mine to do a cooking demo in front of a group of people. Last Tuesday, I had the opportunity to live out that dream...
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Living la vida pizza
I had to take a week off from writing here in order to focus on resting; I’ve been on the verge of getting sick, and I still am sick. I haven’t had the energy to keep up with everything that I wanted...
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Pizza Cousins at Different Drummers Kitchen
This past Saturday night, my cousin, Bobby, and I taught an epic pizza experience at Different Drummers Kitchen in Albany. We’ve had the ball in motion planning it since the summer, but it was...
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What I’ve been up to…
I’ve had a bunch of cool things going on lately, so I wanted to expound on them here a bit. I’ve been working on a couple of projects with Screen Designs Inc (2009 Central Avenue Colonie, NY). So far,...
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Things need to evolve…
As part of a campaign to get myself back to somewhat regular postings, I’ve begun to overhaul my facebook page. I simplified it a little by just naming it “derryX”. Just like my website here, you...
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