Seems that I have found myself in a disaster preparedness theme. This week I received three modern MRE’s from Wise Food Storage for my continued culinary adventures. My options were cheesy lasagna, noodles and beef in mushroom sauce and pasta alfredo with chicken. I knew that trying all three of them would result in a lot [...]

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The election night munchies happened before the vote was called. California’s food labeling proposal loses badly. How much is a smidgen anyway? So Sirrachup is a thing. Eliminating the need for mixing at home. Americans are rediscovering hard cider. Shaken or Stirred can make a very big difference in your drink. Everything you needed to know about GMO’s [...]

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When I left you last week I was making this face. With such a delightful selection of food in front of me I bet you can’t imagine which one might have caused such an adverse reaction. Perhaps it was the  Vienna sausage. Not just any old Vienna sausage but hot Vienna sausage. It looked as bad as it [...]

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As the East Coast furiously prepared for the impending Frankenstorm,  emergency preparedness lists began to pop up all over the place.  While all these items fit the criteria, I hope for your sake you are not the poor soul grabbing them from the shelf as the only food left in the place. Zombies might be the better option. [...]

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Cooking makes us smarter. The Junk food guy gets corny. Who invented the California roll anyway? What is your favorite food odd couple? Food Trucks as a gateway to terrorism. It’s a nice day for a White Whiskey. Shards of metal are organic right? Scary booze for the season. Playing with your food has never [...]

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Who could look at this lovely thing and not want to dig in?   Most people I imagine. Not me. A while back I saw this on an episode of Chopped and added it to my list of things I should try some day. When I saw it fresh on the shelf during my visit to my local Indian [...]

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Released earlier this month, the latest offering from Wendy’s is the Bacon Portabella Melt. Before I give my trademark witty, in-depth break down of this burger, I have some questions for Wendy’s. First, where have you been? Last time you did anything interesting was when you came out with new sides (chili cheese fries, mac [...]

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I took a trip this week to my local Indian market, which I have been wanting to do for quite some time. Every time I try to get it together to cook some Indian dishes in my kitchen I realize how woefully inadequate my pantry is for the task. Shopping this week didn’t help me [...]

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Shortly after I did my I Try It article on Gefilte Fish I got contacted by a  firm doing work for Manischewitz. They offered me a sample of their new Mediterranean style Gefilte Fish. Who was I to refuse. The jar looked pretty much like the traditional product in jelled broth. The jelling was readily apparent [...]

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I have been asked to do this one a couple of times and it took quite a while to find it. Cuitlacoche, aka corn smut, aka corn mushrooms, aka raven droppings is a delicacy in some parts of the world and a blight in the rest of it. Technically it is a blight, a fungus that [...]

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