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Yesterday, I wanted a canister of nuts as a snack from Kroger, and I bought this Blue Diamond Honey Roasted Almond, Cashew, & Pistachio Mix. I love honey roasted nuts, and cashews and pistachios are two of my favorite nuts, so it sounded like a great mix. It was ten dollars. When I opened it at home, I looked in the canister and immediately felt like what I was seeing was 80% almonds. I could’ve guessed as much. Everyone knows cashews are pistachios are the real prize here. But then I wondered,…
It’s friday and the weekend is withing range. Been a week – kids home from school and other things going on. But this is the last of the week for review. It’s gonna be some strong prawn paradise here. Let’s cook it up! Vecorn Hae Bee Hiam Non-Fried Rice Vermicelli – Singapore Detail of the packaging (click to enlarge). Contains shrimp and anchovy. To prepare, boil vermicelli for 1 minute. Drain. Add in sachet contents. Finally, stir and enjoy! A single from the multipack. Detail of the…
Monograms can add that perfect crowning touch of elegance to your wedding cake. Or, they can look like this: Proof that sometimes it's better to quit before letting your five-year-old write on the cake. Still, it could be worse.The monogram could match the rest of the cake: Hey, it's not easy to make tinfoil look this good. If you do find a mistake in your cake's monogram, don't panic. There are plenty of seamless ways for your baker to fix the error. This isn't one of them. Now, I'm all for…
Onibus Coffee is a coffee shop in the residential neighbourhood of Nakameguro. They specialise in light roasted beans, and offer both pourover and milk-based coffee options. Nakameguro is a rather trendy place to live, home to the Meguro river - popular for its cherry blossoms in spring - and also for Japan’s one and only Starbucks Reserve Roastery. It’s slightly upscale vibe means there’s quite a few good coffee shops in the area. If you’re curious where the name “Onibus” comes from, they took…
A great white currant sauce that goes well with fish, chicken, any white meat, or braised celery root or parsnips. White Currant Sauce is the latest post on Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.
The Highroller’s Lobster Grilled Cheese made me a believer: lobster and cheese can peacefully coexist. The Highroller Lobster Co. is one of my go-to spots for a lobster roll in Portland, but its lobster grilled cheese is the order I daydream about. So when I stumbled on the recipe in The New Portland, Maine, Chef’s Table, it knew I had to attempt it at home. Thick slices of Big Sky Bread Company’s English muffin bread get buttered, toasted, then piled with sharp cheddar and Jarlsberg and…
Cooking for one or two doesn’t have to mean settling for bland meals or drowning in leftovers. This Dump & Bake Meatball Casserole is a cozy, small‑batch pasta bake that comes together with just a handful of ingredients and almost no effort. Everything — dry pasta, marinara sauce, water, herbs, and tender Italian meatballs — is stirred together and baked until the pasta absorbs the flavourful sauce and the cheese melts into a golden, bubbly topping. It’s budget‑friendly, freezer‑friendly, and…
For the past several years I've been eating this kale salad in the summer not because it's my favourite salad and not because I like kale. I eat it because it's easy and it's healthy. I also like the taste of it, which is remarkable because I don't like kale. It's too kaley. However as...Read More
I assume that Corn Toasties are a riff on Thomas’ Corn Toast-R-Cakes, which I admit I’ve never had, but have always appealed to me all the same. Just tall enough to split in half and slather with butter, these cute little golden cornbreads are baked in a jumbo muffin tin. They’re a little sweet, not too crumbly, and truly are anytime cakes. They’re good for breakfast, good with a bowl of chili, and Dorie says they even make fine berry shortcakes and tomato sandwiches. I froze what we didn’t eat…
Celebrated Meredith's second youth making Strawberry Gin & Tonic Ice Cream from scratch.Currently Listening: Washed Out “Feel It All Around”Reply via email
Because Belgian or Belgian-style Witbier has become such a minority style these days we forget just how good it is in hot weather. Lost & Grounded, our local taproom, has had Hop Hand Fallacy, a Witbier at 4.4%, as a permanent part of the range for some years. We often overlook it, however, in favour of either straight-up lager or seasonal specials. The other day, having schlepped there in uncomfortable heat, Jess ordered a half of Hop Hand Fallacy on a whim and it was exactly the right choice.…
#Ad Fusion cuisine has acquired an unfortunate reputation because we’ve spent the last thirty years confusing curiosity with vandalism. Somewhere along the line, chefs began treating cuisines like children let loose in a dressing-up box: kimchi with everything; yuzu where lemon had done perfectly well for centuries. The result was less cultural exchange than culinary speed dating. But proper fusion isn’t a gimmick. It’s what happens when traditions travel, settle down and quietly borrow from…
Big thanks to The Fat Hipster for sending this along! This is a yellow curry and crab flavor variant and it sounds very interesting. It could either be really great or pretty awful – only one way to find out. Of course, I will be joined by my son Miles for a mukbang below. Let’s get started! Samyang Buldak Pu Pad Pong Crab Curry Ramen – South Korea Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge). Unsure if it contains meat – chgeck for yourself. To prepare, fill to line with room temp water and…
Irrigation usually enters wine discussions via viticultural practices, water policy, regional regulation, or sustainability. But irrigation also shapes what wine tastes like and what we mean when we say a wine expresses the place in which it was grown. Concentration, acidity, tannin development, freshness, alcohol, and texture are influenced by irrigation practices. So irrigation has a lot to do with our aesthetic judgments about a wine. Too much water can encourage the vines to produce foliage…
Lidey Heuck’s Lidey Bars are one of those rare healthy-ish treats I actually crave, not just tolerate. When I was a kid, my brother and I used to eat plain rice cakes and try to convince ourselves they tasted like something. Cake, maybe? (They never tasted like cake.) These Vegan Date & Almond Bars don’t ask you to pretend and they’ve been in the regular rotation since I first made them for a cookbook club last year. The recipe was created by Denise Cara, who ran the bakery at Amber Waves in…
It was that kind of day. Some perpetual pop festival event as the stones were cut back into shape. Yes we have a portaloo. And I visited the Korean style supermart for good measure. Short sentences for crimes against ventriloquism. The tidy wee cake comes from Cupar in Fife. It takes a good photo. Sunny July. This is what blogging is all about.
If you love easy small‑batch baking, these Any Fruit Hawaiian Danishes are about to become your new favourite breakfast treat. Soft King’s Hawaiian rolls are transformed into tender, bakery‑style Danishes with a creamy vanilla‑kissed filling and your choice of fruit topping — cherry, blueberry, strawberry, peach, raspberry, or whatever you have on hand. They come together quickly, bake up beautifully golden, and deliver that perfect balance of sweet, creamy, and fruity without any fuss. Ideal…
Rum babas have a reputation for being hard to bake, and indeed if you look around you can find some really intricate recipes. But, having tried a few, frankly, I've never found the extra complexity to be worth it. At the end of the day, it's a sponge cake with run syrup, whipped cream, and rum. Don't overthink it — especially after the rum.
I mentioned previously that I’d made a big mistake a few years back. The logic was that the Top Ten lists for the first half of the year would have the current year in the title, and the ones published after June would be the following year edition with the logic that it would be more active in the following year. Well, that ended up confusing and annoying a great many people. So, some lists have been skipped in order to do this reset. But in this case, I wanted to do a new one – a 2.0. I’m…
Fitness and wellness brand OptiBite has officially entered the pharmaceutical snacking space with the launch of its new GLP-1 Protein Bars, designed for health-conscious consumers who want convenient appetite suppression in a format that already tasted medically adjacent.The new product line seamlessly combines the chalky, dense texture of a traditional protein brick with a clinical dose of semaglutide (and a retatrutide version currently finishing its phase 3 trial).“We wanted to integrate…
Upon arriving in town we made a beeline for The Tiki Bar Glasgow for some drinks and treats. The space occupies the basement level including a well-appointed beer garden featuring numerous Moai (and TVs for sports). Inside there are a variety of tikis and artwork, tons of bamboo and matting, plus a nice set of floats on the ceiling. There are just two seats at the bar and all orders are taken at the bar, so it can get a little crowded there. Upstairs in a tropically themed augmented reality…
Yup. Goat-proofing the chicken door really worked a treat. FML. 🤦🏼♂️ Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment.
If you’ve ever stood in front of the fridge wishing for just a little something to brighten up a salad, roasted veg, or even a simple piece of chicken, these Four Basic Vinaigrette Dressings are about to become your new kitchen heroes. They’re quick, they’re flexible, and they use ingredients most of us already have on hand. Once you learn the simple ratio behind a good vinaigrette, you can whisk up endless variations — and suddenly mealtime feels a whole lot easier.We never had store bought…
This one is an absolute favorite of mine, however I and others have noted some changes in taste from some of the newly named Otoki vs Ottogi. Hopefully, this remains a wonderfully smoky and spicy seafood wonder. Let’s find out! Otoki Jin Jjambbong Spicy Seafood Noodle – United States Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge).Contains seafood. To prepare, add in sachet contents and fill to line with room temp water. Microwave at 1000w for 5 minutes. Finally, stir and enjoy! Detail of the lid…
I made an Instagram recipe for a McGriddle sausage cake, but modified it to be muffins. I recommend making these in silicone muffin cases, or greasing the muffin cases really well, they stuck hard to paper muffin cases. I used a Mexican cheese blend and it worked well.Ingredients 1 cup of flour (try wheat flour) 1 tbsp baking powder 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup of cottage cheese 1/3 cup of maple syrup 3/4 cup of milk 1 cup of shredded cheese 1/2lb ground breakfast sausage Preheat the oven to 375f…
Don't you love how the wedding cake has evolved over the past 15years? So much color and texture and personality! I'm really liking the modern tower look lately, too, like this: (By Iced N' Frosted in Houston, Texas)I mean, WOWIE. This one's a little more traditional, but still has that sleek column look going: (By Shannon Bond Cake Design in Kansas)Look at those textures! Tissue thin ruffles, a watercolor fade, and pops of metallic gold? YES. Of course not all columns have to be round: (By…
This recipe is for everyone who inspired to make ice cream, only to realize they never froze the ice cream maker bowl overnight. My Mint Chocolate Chip Semifreddo gives you the same creamy payoff without the advance planning. Mint chocolate chip has always been one of my favorite classic ice cream flavors, especially when the chocolate comes in thin shards instead of big frozen chunks. This recipe actually started as a fresh mint-infused mousse. The first version was good, but when I tried the…
This is the image on the side of a McDonald’s baked apple pie box to indicate that it’s hot: I don’t know why it amuses me, but it does.
Hello everyone and welcome to my Sunday "Meals of the Week" post. Every Sunday I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the delicious things that I have enjoyed over the past seven days for my main meals. That's a whole lot of tasty going on. I also include links to the recipes and menu suggestions. If I was really on the ball, I would include a shopping list but trust me when I tell you I am not really that much on the ball!This was the first week since January that I have not had my…
