Once I got this bag open (I'll save the extended rant this time, but please, Terra, fix your bags) I found wiggly, kettle-cooked chips that varied in color from brownish yellow to nearly brown, with some green and red seasoning visible on most chips. ...
Atkins weight loss success Kent Altena creates LIVE video show
When you lose a significant, life-changing amount of weight following a healthy nutritional approach like Atkins low-carb, it’s almost impossible to keep silent about it. Just ask anybody who’s lost over 100 pounds–there’s a certain spring in your step, a little more pedal to the [...]
Dr. William Davis is back again offering more health answers
This week I’m running a special edition of my podcast show by presenting “Encore Week” featuring FIVE one-hour interviews with Gary Taubes, Dr. William Davis, Dr. James E. Carlson, Dr. Mary C. Vernon, and Dr. James LaValle sponsored by Atkins Nutritionals. I enjoyed recording [...]
And a Happy Stuffed Sausage Bread New Year to you too.
I had a nice little dollar store Cheap Eats post all ready to go today. But that’s gotten preempted (much like all my favorite shows are preempted by stupid American Football nowadays) by some crazy Stromboli action.
I know it’s hard to believe, what with my [...]
When the temperature drops, it’s natural for thoughts — and cravings — to turn toward soothing and hearty comfort foods. There’s nothing like a good casserole or a bowl of hot chili to make you feel good all over. To...
Washingtonian: "For $99, you can party with the chef on while you nosh eight handcrafted mini burgers, mini hand-cut French fries, mini milkshakes, and salads. Beer and wine is included, and there will be vegetarian options available." I'd like to see how many mini burgers $99 would buy me at White Castle.
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Photograph from Marshall Astor - Food Pornographer on Flickr
Raphael just pointed me to this link and said that maybe it was time to drop the Truth Hammer. I don't know. Witness:
Even at $0.64 for a burger I feel like I got ripped off. Calling the meat rubbery is an insult to perfectly good rubber. I actually dont mind the onions, but that burger really needed a pickle. The Jalape??o cheeseburger didnt have any spice that I could detect either.
The pickle complain...
Name: Coffee Rio (Original, Kona Blend & Chewy Coffee Caramel)
Brand: Adams & Brooks, Inc.
Place Purchased: Trader Joes & 99 Cent Only
Price: $2.69 & $1.00
Size: 12 ounces, 6 ounces & 5 ounces
Calories per ounce: 110
Type: Coffee/Caramel
Rating: 8 out of 10, 9 out of 10 & 6 out of 10
I've been reading Little House in the Big Woods with my daughter and it got me thinking about butter churning. With this churner, you can make fresh butter by pouring cream into the jar and then turning the hand...
Filed under: Condiments, Food News, Organic For as long as I can remember, it's been conventional wisdom that honey is a more healthful source of sweetness than table sugar (I used it in place of brown sugar last night in a batch of rice pudding, in an attempt to make it more virtuous). It is said to have antibiotic properties and has even been found to just as effect in suppressing a cough as over-the-counter medication. However, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has recently done a special inv...
Homemade chocolate croissant, New Year's Day, 2009
(Before I begin, let me offer my deep gratitude to Kate for bringing me on board, and to Charmian for introducing me to this terrific site in the first place.)
There are cooks, and there are entertainers. A select few will fall into both categories, and to them I whisper, ever so quietly, I hate you.
Look, I don't begrudge people who can do it all. I'm just not one of them. My ratty aprons are sauce-speckled, butter-smeared, and grease-stai...
Your burger won't look this good. Business Wire
Yesterday Burger King released the Angry Whopper in the US, a version of the Whopper topped with spicy crispy onions, jalape??os, pepper jack cheese, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, and spicy Angry Sauce. Visit the burger's official site Angry-Gram to send the subject of your anger a personalized message screamed forth from an animated Angry Whopper.
Although the marketing campaign behind the Angry Whopper gives the impression tha...
Filed under: In Sixty Seconds
Much like Oprah's favorite things, the FoodDay staff has made a list of the 100 foodie things they love.
The list of cupboard favorites includes Maldon Sea Salt, the grated ginger in a jar from Trader Joe's and micro-canned albacore tuna.
Need advice on what kitchen gadgets and utensils are worth the money? Check out this list, which includes If You Care baking cups, Staub roasting pans and simple glass spice jars.
Need something to rea...
serving samplings from his new restaurant, Root 246 at a "sneak" preview. This is the restaurant for the newly renovated Royal Scandanavian Inn, now known as Hotel Corque. Both are set to open in March of this year. Get your tastebuds set. Chef Ogden and his Lark Creek Restaurant Group are the folks behind the highly regarded restaurants?? One Market in San Francisco, Lark Creek Inn in Larkspur and Parcel 104 in Santa Clara.?? Even though he grew up in...
Filed under: Trends, Newspapers, Health & Medical, Local Eating, Artisan Foods, Food News In Sunday's Pittsburgh Tribune Review , dietitian Betsy Klein states that fad diets, such as low-carb regimens, seem to be disappearing. She explains that they are declining because people are less obsessed with weight-loss and more concerned with what they're actually consuming. This change in eating can be traced as far back as the '70s culinary revolution in Berkeley initiated by chefs like Alice...
From Serious Eats
The Mirror has a story about a fake-brands mall in China, where food options include McDnoald's, Bucksstar Coffee, andthe best one Pizza Huh. The pictures on the site are just crappy enough to make me think this might be some sort of Photoshop hoax, but the website reports that there's been some anger about the venture: "City bosses are under pressure to ban the soon-to-be opened mall after pictures of the fake stores were leaked, causing uproar amongst angry cons...
Filed under: How To As much as I try to be environmentally friendly in my life, I haven't done it much in my cooking. I'm not talking about green bins and the like, but rather the pots I use and how I cook them. I imagine that part of this lack of piggybacking in my life is due to science paranoia -- which things can be joined together, and which can't? But a big part of it was the thought never occurring to me. That is, until I made the Fantastic Fish Pie. If you read the recipe, you'll noti...
I picked up a Kraft Easy Mac cup on sale for a buck recently at Safeway. It?s about as easy as it gets ? just add water, microwave for three minutes, and stir in the cheese powder. The result is pretty much what you would expect from microwaved macaroni and...
Filed under: Television/Film, Raves & Reviews, On the Blogs, Celebrities Next Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT, the Food Network will premier Chopped , its new chef-competition series with host Ted Allen. On the Food Network's site, you can check out the contestants of the show, many of them coming from the NYC restaurant scene. On Allen's blog, he defends the need for another "cook-off show" by explaining that, unlike existing shows, on Chopped , there are four new chefs that compete on each ...
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