After Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. Reservations are limited and the wait for a table seems endless. More often than they’d care to admit—couples begin the evening seeking filet mignon, but end up settling for Waffle House.
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The generally-accepted idea is that lengthy waits, overcrowded restaurants, and overworked servers are an inevitable part of the Valentine’s Day experience…but they don’t have to be.
If you have a wood burning fireplace in your home, you’ve likely already fired it up this winter. But, are you getting the most out of it? Having the right tools for your fireplace does more than make your hearth look inviting. These accessories are there to do a job, and provide more enjoyment from your fireplace. Here are six must have fireplace accessories to maximize your Baton Rouge winter.
When installing a new gas fireplace system in your home, you’re going to be faced with the fateful decision of vented versus vent free. While there is a ton of information out there about both, there is some that isn’t exactly accurate and some that is downright false. Somewhere along the way, the vented system started to be the subject of these inaccuracies. So, we’ve decided to help clear the air by debunking 5 myths about vented gas logs.
If you have an outdoor cook on your Christmas list, you have probably bought them little gadgets and accessories in the past for their passion for grilling. But, have you ever considered getting them a new grill for Christmas? If the grill master in your life has hinted about it being time for an upgrade, or if you just want to open their eyes to new possibilities in outdoor cooking, here are 5 reasons The Big Green Egg is the perfect Baton Rouge Christmas gift.
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As we move further into autumn and the evenings get cooler, many Louisianans take advantage of the weather by heading outside to eat, entertain, and enjoy their surroundings. The trade-off for these ideal temperatures are the shorter days and longer nights. But this doesn’t mean that your outdoor living space needs to be left in the dark. There are many outdoor lighting options to make your Louisiana fall fun and festive.
When anyone asks us if we have a preference between charcoal and propane, we have to ask them to be more specific. Both forms of fuel provide their own benefits, and it’s impossible to pick which one is best without knowing where you are and what you’re cooking. So when we’re asked which is best for tailgating: charcoal or propane; we need to take a few things into consideration before determining a favorite.
After a flood hits your home, there is so much work to do that sometimes it's difficult to know where to begin. The clean-up efforts start the moment the waters recede. Your obvious focus is on removing damaged furniture, carpet, sheetrock and anything else inside your home that has been ruined or could grow mold. But once you get outside, you realize there is plenty of work still to be done. We've compiled a few reminders to make cleaning your outdoor kitchen after a Baton Rouge flood a little easier.
If you ask any serious grill master for their thoughts on charcoal versus propane, get ready for battle lines to be drawn. It’s a question that will almost always prompt a very serious, passionate response. It’s like the Hatfields versus the McCoys, Republican versus Democrat, Yankees versus Red Sox, only more serious and more entrenched. But, does it really have to be? We have found that when it comes to charcoal versus propane, if personal prejudices can be put aside (yeah right!), two main factors should be the deciders, what’s on the menu and what you’re best at.
Every spring, when the temperatures rise above freezing, my dad takes to the patio. There’s nothing he enjoys more than sitting back there, reading a book and grilling up dinner as the sun slowly sinks below the horizon.
