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2 for 10 (with Melissa)

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About Me

Not much to say. I have a full time job. I like to cook. And I don't have a lot of time to do it. Just because you work all day doesn't mean you can't eat HEALTHY, GOURMET-style meals. I specialize in a little system I call "2 for 10". What it boils down to is: a healthy (or at the very least, healthIER), gourmet meal, Around 20 minutes (or less) to cook, it has to serve two adults (with enough for leftovers!), oh yeah... and the ENTIRE meal has to cost less than TEN BUCKS. It's not as hard as you think!

My Interests

COOKING, painting, drawing, listening to music, pop culture, comic books, my little stinky dog, playing the bass, Hard-To-Find Nightmare Before Christmas memorabilia, Sci-fi/Horror movies and books, providing in-home commentary to first-run Reality TV shows (with help of my Tivo), and your mom.

I'd like to meet:

Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Ralph Fiennes, Bobby Flay, Sting, Jack Johnson, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, the guy from Askaninja.com, Michael J. Nelson, Seth McFarlane, Roman Dirge, Brian K. Vaughan, and Henry Rollins.
I'd also like to meet Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohann, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Renee Zellwegger, Star Jones, Michael Moore, Kevin Federline, and David Hasselhoff, but that's not really fair. I really wouldn't like to meet them... I'd just like to run up to them and punch them in the face. And then I'd kick them about the head and neck for a while, before running off laughing.

Music:

Jack Johnson, Duran Duran, Type-O Negative, Elliott Smith, Sting, Brad, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Aimee Mann, Poe, Otis Redding, Billie Holiday, the Beach Boys, Coalhouse Walker, and INXS (when they were good).

Movies:

Nightmare Before Christmas, Monster Squad, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Silence of the Lambs, Edward Scissorhands, Amadeus, The Game, Sin City, the Crow, The Usual Suspects, Memento, Mallrats, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original!), Shaun of the Dead, Big Fish, Dune, Se7en, Magnolia, Ed Wood, Monster Movies (all the classics), Spider-man 2, and Animal Crackers (I needs me some Marx Brothers!)

Television:

Deadwood, Entourage, Twin Peaks, Family Guy, Firefly, Keen Eddie, Farscape, Futurama, Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken, Anything on the Food Network, The X-Files, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Joel OR Mike, but Mike if I need to choose), any TV show with David Caruso in it, BTVS, Angel, Carnivale, Clerks: The Animated Series, The Tick, The Incredible Hulk, the Greatest American Hero, the A-Team, Deadliest Catch, Newsradio, The Three Stooges, Sports Night, OLD West Wing, everything on NGC, and documentaries about wolves (for some weird reason, hyenas may substitute).

Books:

Anything by Patricia Cornwell, The Chronicles of Narnia, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Sherlock Holmes, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Ann Rice's Vampire series, Frankenstein, Dracula, If Chins Could Kill, The Art of Olivia, anything by Roman Dirge, any books on strange phenomena (ex. - the Jersey Devil, Mothman Prophecies, etc.), anything by Edgar Allen Poe, American Psycho (just to be clear, the BOOK, not the movie!), and COOKBOOKS for inspiration!

My Blog

Mango and Beef Thai Style - 2 for 10 (with Melissa)

Well hello there!And here it is: da-da-da-daaaaah! Mango Beef Thai Style with Sesame Noodles.This is all thanks to my Myspace buddy Anthony, that emailed me in desperate need of a romantic, asian-the...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:56:00 PST

2 for 10 - Apologies, Updates, and Bloopers!

Hello, strangers!I haven't beenaround in a while, but it's because (thanks to my online show) my personal life has taken a turn for the very busy. But I'm still plugging away!Anyway, the episode I've...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:38:00 PST

They let me on Live TV!!!!

I was invited to perform a 4-minute cooking segment on "Your Morning", a regional morning-show from Comcast that can be seen from Maine down to Virginia.  As an added bonus, they film on Market s...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:01:00 PST

Tropical Sides/Papaya and Shrimp - 2 for 10 (with Melissa)

This episode takes kind of a twist and turn, focusing on the SIDE DISHES, and "cheating" our way to a main course.  The weather's getting nicer, and maybe "hearty" isn't the type of meal you're l...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:30:00 PST

New Short - Greek-Style Gyros - 2 for 10 (with Melissa)

To date, Chocolate Covered Strawberries has over a quarter-million views!!  We wanted to respond to some of our critics, and what better way than tacking a press conference on our newest short "G...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:05:00 PST

Spice Rack Lamb - 2 for 10 (with Melissa)

To quote almost every rapper in the 80's:  It's About That Time! It may have seen like we were resting on our laurels (although I think I hurt mine and had to have it surgically removed!), but we...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:00:00 PST

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries - 2 for 10 (with Melissa)

Happy Valentine's Day! Today I'm giving MY take ona  good old-fashioned classic:  Chocolate-Covered Strawberries.  Do you know how much these suckers cost when you store-buy them?!?!&nb...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:08:00 PST

We're Baaaaaaack! With a new website, too!

How IS everybody?!?!?! Well, you may have seen that I took a month and a half off.  Between the holidays, family "strife", and competing work schedules, "2 for 10" had to take a backseat for a wh...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:25:00 PST

Guess who's "Hot" on TasteTV?

Hey everybody! Check THIS crap out! My new best friends at TasteTV have graduated our "Roasted Duck" episode to their "What's Hot" section!!!Also, we're (and I use "we're" very loosely because I'm jus...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:45:00 PST

VBlog 3 - Thanksgiving Leftovers

Look, EVERYBODY's doing Thanksgiving recipes, but no one pays attention to the after-math.... LEFTOVERS.  LOTS OF THEM. When you think of leftover turkey, you conjure pictures of open-faced, hot-...
Posted by 2 for 10 (with Melissa) on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:34:00 PST