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Santa Fe Chicken Recipe

Santa Fe Chicken is a delicious chicken dish and recipe with cilantro, chicken, corn, jack cheese, and lemon juice.

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Pizza Sola, East Side

The corner of South Highland and Penn Avenue smelled overwhelmingly of PIZZA. And we had to have some. We made a stop at Pizza Sola.

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Mullaney’s Harp and Fiddle, Pittsburgh, PA

I CAN’T believe I had never been to Harp and Fiddle before! I’d always wanted to go, but somehow, I never made it down to the Irish pub in the Strip District. Finally, Saturday night (afternoon), Ryan and I met up with John and Dana and friends and had a ROWDY time.

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Homemade PIZZA

Pizza isn’t as hard to make as everyone thinks it is. Once you’ve made it a few times, it’s easy to duplicate. Here’s a simple recipe, with techniques explained. Follow these directions and you’ll be on your way to becoming a master pizza maker in no time!

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Harry’s Pizza, Pittsburgh

A co-worker has been telling me about Harry’s Pizza for a long time. A couple Saturdays ago, one of the first autumn-ish days of the year, Ryan and I took the thirty minute road trip to Harry’s in McMurray.

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El Campesino, Monroeville

I’ve always loved Mexican food. Growing up in San Diego, I was lucky to be exposed to so much authentic Mexican cuisine. Since moving to Pittsburgh several years ago, I was finding good Mexican food to be elusive. My sister told me about a restaurant she had found in Monroeville, El Campesino. She went on to tell me that this was the closest to good Mexican food that he had sampled since leaving the West Coast; I was ready to give it a try.

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Lasagna Recipe

Everyone LOVES lasagna, but often avoid making it because the process is too long and arduous. Well, here’s a quick and easy recipe that will take a short time in the kitchen, and leave you and your family coming back for more!

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Bravo, The Waterfront

Italian food is one of my favorites, right behind Mexican and Thai. It’s not easy to find an authentic Italian restaurant in Pittsburgh. I’ve tried several Italian bistros over the past few years, some good, and some not so good. One of the better Italian restaurants in the city is Bravo Cucina Italiana, at the Waterfront.

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Aiello’s versus Mineo’s Pizza

Those of you familiar with Squirrel Hill have undoubtedly witnessed this fight before. It’s a fight that goes back for years and years. Many people have put their own taste-buds to the test in this age old question. Those of you who are unfamiliar with these neighborhood pizzerias, well, you’re also in for a treat. Because tonight I will find out for myself which of these landmark Squirrel Hill pizza joints really is the Best of Murray Avenue.

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