I attended an event this past weekend at an Asian market that featured the flavors of Laos and Thailand. All of the food they served was incredible and the cultural background they offered throughout the event, from the staff in traditional clothing to the history of Laos in maps and stories, added great depth. Of [...]
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This is one of those items that, when I saw it on the shelf, made me ask myself ”Why is this a thing?” I picked up the can and looked over the ingredients list, and it did not alleviate my confusion. Basil seeds and artificial cream soda flavoring just don’t go well together in my [...]
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I was actually a bit surprised to see these in the store. I guess I assumed that hemp products in general were verboten. Shows my ignorance. As it turns out we can import it, but we just can’t grow it. These seeds came from Canada. I was also greatly amused by the Ziggy Marley tie-in; Woody Harrelson must [...]
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I had heard some buzz about Ouzon soda recently, so when I saw it in a natural food store, I had to pick up a bottle. Full disclosure here: I already like Ouzo so I expected that I would like this stuff. Really, I am tasting to see how a non-alcoholic Ouzo might translate.
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Potato chips can be flavored with just about anything, it seems. When Lays announced the flavors they were testing out I was immediately intrigued by two of them: Sriracha and Chicken & Waffles. I am among the legion of Sriracha fans; I use it on just about anything. I have been a chicken & waffles fan for a [...]
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Much like my old friend head cheese, sweetbreads have a very misleading name. They are neither sweet nor bread. At least head cheese is is half accurate: it has lots of head in it. Sweetbreads are most commonly the thymus gland or pancreas from cows, sheep or pigs. It took me quite a bit of searching [...]
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News of Mountain Dew entering the breakfast drink market was everywhere earlier this week. The internet was abuzz with the talk of a new Mountain Dew product that offers a grown-up alternative to soda for those who don’t like coffee or tea, but who need more of a pick-me-up than a glass of juice can [...]
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After my first disastrous tasting of century eggs I received a lot of feedback. Outside of the people who were revolted, there was a large group of people who thought I either got a bad egg or that I was just eating it wrong. To the latter point, I say bah. If you have to bury an item in other [...]
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Baby food has not changed much in the past couple hundred years. At its roots, it is just mashed-up or ground-up adult food. (As an aside the Tumblr page for grinder is a pretty disturbing mix of stuff.) As my kids were growing up,we made attempts to make as much of our own baby food at home, by using a hand [...]
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I was milling around the store today, trying to find something gross, and after giving up and checking out with my regular purchases I found a display of Nestle Peanut Punch right at the cash register. Given that this was going to be sweet, I was sure it wasn’t something I was going to enjoy. But I [...]
