Years ago when I was much younger I started an informal group with my best friend Mike and my youngest brother Norman called "The Eating Regiment". It came about innocently enough from a contest to see who could eat the most Gene and Jude's hotdogs in one sitting. As I said we were alot younger and those days were much simpler and to me... alot more fun.

Since then Mike and I are still best friends, but now an hour's drive away, Norman goes by Pete and moved to Georgia, and I haven't had Gene and Jude's for quite awhile. But... when Jean and I decided to change our blog's name to encompass more posters, there was only one name that felt right.

So welcome to our blog. We're not food critics so you won't find "stars", "forks", or even "thumbs" going up and down. Instead, we have pictures of good food and people enjoying them. Simply... if you find an eatery on our blog you can assume our "thumbs up". Oh and if you're wondering... I ended up eating a measly four hot dogs with fries, Norm had six, and Mike became the Regiment's unofficial leader by eating ten.



Monday, August 30, 2010

Tomato & Garlic Festival - Pittsburgh PA

The sixth annual Red, Ripe & Roasted: Tomato & Garlic Festival at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.

Freshly roasted garlic

...and bread to go with the roasted garlic

Phipps executive chef demo

Chef's creation: Parmesan cracked black pepper couscous Grande with a roasted tomato oil, corn meal crusted fried heirloom evergreen tomatoes

I didn't know there were so many varieties of garlic!!

A very tiny tomato (smaller than a dime)

A great jazz performance at the end

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