Hungry in the Heartland: Cindy's Smothered Pheasant Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Hungry in the Heartland: Cindy's Smothered Pheasant Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Today’s post honors my brother-in law, Dr. George Ihrke, who turns 84 years young today. Veterinarian extraordinaire, dog and horse whisperer, and nominee for the National Field Trial Hall of Fame, he is a true Renaissance man. Today’s feature shows his nerves of steel as we arrive at the Prairie Chicken Grounds with their four horses and six dogs just as a Midwest storm darkens the sky…

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North by Northwest: New York Sour Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

North by Northwest: New York Sour Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Arguably Hitchcock’s popular and critical masterpiece, this film has it all. Cary Grant is magnificent as the wrongly accused man on the run, handling his dire straights with dry humor and nonchalance. The action set pieces are riveting and so superior to the CGI we typically get today. While the romantic banter has a verbal wit we seem to have forgotten on screen.

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Catch Me If You Can: Catch Me If You Can Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Catch Me If You Can: Catch Me If You Can Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Remember when going to the movies was a welcome escape from times of turbulence and trouble instead of a nosedive into them? Well, Steven Spielberg did when he made this sunny film that is laugh out loud at times. It’s the perfect medicine, and Leonardo DiCaprio administers it with professional expertise.

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The Woman in Gold: Vienna Schnitzel Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁

Don’t listen to the critics on this one, the ones who try to dismiss Woman in Gold as a somewhat boring lesson in art history. Perhaps the story of an elderly Jewish woman trying to retrieve a famous painting stolen by the Nazis isn’t edgy enough for them. Or maybe they just resent having to take time away from watching YouTube cat videos.

 

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