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The Week in Recipes
ISSUE #141 — October 9, 2025
We got beef, we got chicken! You’ll love my take on a good ol’ Mississippi Pot Roast. A lot less salty with more depth of flavor. Whip up a batch of my crowd-pleasing stuffed Spanish peppers as you bone up on your cooking tricks and sip a delicious Virgin Mary. (Heck, add a shot of vodka if you like, I won’t tell!)
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What a week. Y’all be good, keep it hot, and keep rockin’ that pot.—Brian Theis
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BREAKING NEWS
Show Reel! 🎥 🍿
I have two (count ‘em two) Houston TV appearances coming up next week, in keeping with my now usual whirlwind pumpkin spice season. After which I shall report back! In the meantime, here’s my (very short) show reel, in case you haven’t seen it, which features all my friends from New York to Chicago to D.C. to New Orleans to Houston!
Bonus Recipe of the Week!
Q: Thanks for the beef and chicken recipes. What about a fish?
A: Let’s talk seafood! One of my very favorite recipes is my Crabby McCrab Cakes. It’s the same dish that appears briefly in my reel above. They are light and delicious with none of that excessive breadcrumb filler. They will make you happy, not crabby! 🦀
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