Welcome to Two Frys!
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| Sophia and Allen, Chef Guy Fieri |
We are Sophia and Allen and in 2010, Two Frys was born after attending our first Food Network Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival in NJ. We took hundreds of photos, ate great food, met a lot of chefs and food related business owners. It was a game changer for us. After this festival, we decided to start this blog and Two Frys grew from there sharing recipes, product reviews, and food related event coverage. My focus is more on baking, while Allen is the expert on hot sauce, BBQ sauce and cooking and grilling with rubs and spices. We hope you enjoy our blog.
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| Allen, Andrew Zimmern Bizarre Lunch, 2012 |
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| Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival, 2018 |
Allen and I are avid home cooks, and we are always trying out new recipes and developing our own. I love sharing recipes I create or try via chefs, and bakers. We enjoy covering food festivals, food related events, and farmers markets in NYC and NJ and when we travel. We review food products (primarily hot sauce, BBQ sauce, rubs, and spices) as well as highlight restaurants and bakeries.
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| Sophia, autographed menu by Chef. Guy Fieri |
I am a self-taught baker. I love to bake and am known for my decorated cookies amongst my family and friends. I am always learning new techniques to improve my baking skills. Baking is my hobby, and my passion, and keeps me centered and happy. I bake cookies, cakes, cupcakes, flan, pies, muffins, tarts, and more. I have fond memories of my mom baking Dominican cakes since childhood, so it's no surprise I ended up a baker.
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| Chef Sunny Anderson, Food Network, with Allen |
I have a Master of Arts Degree in biological anthropology. When I attended graduate school, I immersed myself in forensic anthropology and human osteology (bones) studies. I also started baking since it calmed my nerves. I found myself baking in between exams, writing papers, and during the research and writing of my thesis, Paleodietary Reconstruction from Stable Carbon, Nitrogen and Strontium Isotopes and Methodological Issues.
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| Allen and Sophia, Chef Andrew Zimmern, Travel Channel |
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| Sophia and Allen, Chef Melissa D'Arabian, Food Network |
Allen is a certified Web Graphics Designer and cooked professionally in restaurants back home in northern California. Allen really loves hot sauces, BBQ sauces, grilling, and using rubs and spices. Allen has baked a lot of chicken wings over the years with a variety of hot sauces (from mild to extreme heat, and BBQ sauces). He is a great cook and enjoys cooking and grilling. Allen has a green thumb and has been a very successful Urban NYC indoor and windowsill gardener. He has grown cherry tomatoes and sprouted a variety of hot peppers and herbs such as: basil, tarragon, oregano, chives, parsley, and lavender. 2013 marked his first year growing NYC Bhut Jolokia's AKA Ghost Peppers.
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Allen, Buca di Beppo, Atlantic City Restaurant Week
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Allen and I greatly appreciate media access to food events and festivals, so we can feature them. We look forward to hearing from you, so please get in touch. We encourage you to contact us via email: twofrys.blog@gmail.com
