My freezer is full of Mountain Fresh Plus tomatoes, which is irritating to my wife because there’s little room for other items. But I think she’ll forgive me in the winter when we can pull out quality tomatoes to make salsa and sauces and more. Over the past eight summers, I have played with a […] The post ‘Mountain Fresh Plus’ tomato variety: a profile appeared first on Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening.

Met up with friend Leonard Since we didn't know where to eat at, Leonard suggested we go to Et Al, Foodland's restaurantLeonard had their burger : Honolulu Meat Co. beef patty, La Tour sesame bun, fontina, Maui onion bacon jam, gochujang aioli, fries He enjoyed this but wished they hadn't over cooked thisI had their Greens & Grains Bowl : MA'O sassy mix, forbidden rice, crispy fried

Cada vez mais me incomoda a falta de espontaneidade do capitalismo moderno, que cria escassez em troca de previsibilidade. Deus me livre quem simplesmente entra num estabelecimento e simplesmente quer algum serviço. Outro dia, fui tentar cortar o cabelo. Um salão enorme num shopping de classe média em São Paulo. Vários atendentes lá, um monte de cadeiras vazias, o único horário era pra dali duas horas. No mesmo shopping, conseguiriam me encaixar dali a 40 minutos. Cortei no Moa, um sujeito que…

Subscribe WordPress Facebook Twitter Instagram If you enjoy reading please consider “buying me a pint”, this will help to cover my hosting and image hosting and help to ensure further trips can go ahead!BUY ME A PINT Following the Pints Through Milngavie, Paisley & Dumbarton I explored a great mix of pubs and brewery taps around Milngavie, Paisley, Renton and Dumbarton. I started in Milngavie with visits to Jaw Brew, The Talbot Arms and Jack O’Beers, where it was great to meet Mike and hear…

A perfect late summer salad: Small cubes of watermelon. Small cubes of cucumber. Crumbled feta. Chopped mint. Toss together in a bowl. Enjoy.

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Think I found this at Asian Family Market on 130th & Aururoa. Anyways, it’s all in Korean with a nondescript info sticker. A little image translate and bar code lookup helped with this one. Last one of the week. Kidari Instant Noodle Kimchi Flavor – South Korea A distributor / import sticker (click to enlarge). Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge). Contains ancovy. To prepare, remove lid and add everything in. Add boiling water to line and stir and stir. Finally, stir some more and…

MÖWE COFFEE ROASTERS is a small coffee store and cafe in Koenji. Once inside the store, you can grab a seat and take a look at the menu - the barista will come over and take your order when you are ready. Rather intimidatingly, the front cover of the menu had a rather long series of instructions. To translate and summarise - it mentions that MÖWE is mainly a roaster, and not a cafe. You are limited to 1 hour per drink, and to only talk in quiet voices. Standing up to take photos and taking…

If you’re craving cozy comfort without the leftovers, this Cheesy Tuna Casserole for One is the perfect small‑batch meal. Made with tender pasta, a rich homemade sauce, and plenty of melted cheddar and Parmesan, it delivers all the creamy, crunchy goodness of a classic tuna bake — no canned soup required. Baked until bubbly with a crisp, buttery topping, it’s quick to prepare, deeply satisfying, and ideal for anyone cooking for themselves. Whether you’re after an easy weeknight dinner or a…

Staying in Soho, we got to try a bunch of new cocktail bars that we hadn’t visited before in London. One of these was Rhum Tavern, located just off Oxford and Regent Streets. Rum/Rhum/Ron is a focus with many rare and interesting bottles on display throughout the venue (do not steal!) and the decor decidedly nautical with pirate touches. The cocktail menu is varied and does include non-rum cocktails including a few classics such as a Paloma and Espresso Martini. Seeing that this is a rum bar, I…

Cefalù appears from around a bend on the coast road east of Palermo, its pastel walls creeping up the cliff sides of the La Rocca promontory. Every crate of lemons that left Palermo harbor was grown on a tree nobody was buying. For centuries the sour orange made no one rich—it just held up everything above it. Part II of The Citrus Kingdom heads east to Cefalù, past a friend who finds nothing remarkable in Sicilian villages and another who has ruled out medieval alleys on the grounds that they…

When my friends and I were in our early twenties in Austin, and we were learning to cook, one friend had a recipe for salmon cooked with fresh dill and... Source

Like many other staples of the American diet, eggs enjoyed relatively stable pricing until the post-COVID era. However, ever since Americans began feeling squeezed financially, they’ve become ground zero for the political battleground around inflation. The fight over egg prices is a microcosm of a broader debate between greedflation (or more narrowly excuseflation)[1]1 versus market fundamentals. Opponents of the excuseflation view argue that prices have been rising in an era where market…

Didn’t think I’d see one of these again unless it arrived from overseas – but I found this in a local Asian market which made me very happy. This contains a stewed egg which I’ve never seen in anything I’ve found in the United States. Egg! Golden broth! Two types of noodle! Wow. Let’s give this a look! Yang Zhang Gui Noodles & Vermicelli With Egg And Vegetables – Golden Broth Flavor – China A distributor / import sticker (click to enlarge). Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge). Looks to…

I’m slowly improving my pie dough crimping technique, one pie at a time, but galettes will always have a special place in my heart because I could pull one off even before I knew what I was doing as they’re supposed to be a little more free-form! With a couple of smart tweaks, Molly Wilkinson has perfected her Rustic Seasonal Fruit Galette. It starts with a pâte sucrée made mostly with butter and just a little liquid, giving it a rich, shortbread-like texture, with almond flour adding a subtle…

This is an irregular column that rewinds the clock back some years to see what was on the taps at certain pubs. Too many of these will no doubt be from my local, The Great Northern Railway Tavern (GNRT), in North London that has been a tremendous pub over the years for its beer selection.…

Milk Rolled oats into a cold pot, then milk poured straight over them. Water makes oatmeal. Milk makes it creamy, and it is the one swap here that changes everything downstream of it start +1 min Vanilla ground in at the start rather than stirred through at the end, so it cooks into the oats with the milk

If you’re craving a quick, comforting dessert that tastes like it came straight from a farmhouse kitchen, this Aunt Berry's Fruit Cobbler is just the thing. Made with simple pantry staples and a can of fruit pie filling, it bakes into a golden, buttery crust with sweet, jammy fruit bubbling through every bite. This cobbler is perfect for weeknights, last‑minute company, or anytime you want a homemade treat without fuss — and it’s endlessly adaptable to whatever fruit you have on hand. Warm,…

Rozi Coffee is in Shin-Okubo - a cafe hotspot I am yet to mention on this blog. It’s the station next to Shinjuku on the Yamanote line, and is most famous for being Tokyo’s Koreatown. It’s home to a number of cute Korean cafes, although I would say this area is more for people who enjoy the vibe of a cafe and cute desserts, rather than for people who are serious about their coffee (I think both types of cafes have their merits!) For Kpop fans, there are also plenty of stores selling merch of…

Before meeting up with Jenny and Chan, Jenny asked me what was on my “to try” listSo we tried Le’s Saigon Special and Ry’s PokeThe Saigon Special is delicious. (Pickled daikon and carrot, pate, mayo, steamed pork roll, charsiu, headcheese, cucumber, jalapeno and cilantro) this also had super crispy pork rinds inside but were a little too hard for my teeth! ha!Ry’s poke.Their main shop

This chili sauce recipe is courtesy of Richard Rollinson, one of my gardening colleagues I met on Mastodon when I left the social network formerly known as Twitter. Over the past few years, Richard has provided me (and many other gardeners on Mastodon) with wonderful gardening advice. Including encouraging me to grow carrots in pots, after I told him about my bad experiences growing carrots in the past. Whether the seed didn’t germinate or the plants barely grew, I had terrible luck growing…

Hit a couple Asian markets last weekend and found this and its non-spicy counterpart. I’ve been trying to get my hands on everything in this new Otoki range. Not a super fan of the new labeling; I really liked the standard yellow style. But who knows this might be a bit of a recipe change. Let’s give it a try on this rainy day. Otoki Cheesy Ramen Spicy Noodle Soup – United States Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge). Looks to be meat free but check for yourself. To prepare, fill to line…

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I drink a lot of coffee and I keep forgetting which bags were worth reordering. So here's the list. I'll keep adding to it as I work through more roasters. Ratings are out of 10 and entirely my own taste. Blanks are ones I've tried but haven't written up properly yet. Brand Rating Price Bag size Notes Pharmacie 9 Moon Roast 9 Grind 8.5 Lost Sheep 8 Presto 7 Perky Blenders 7 Outpost Coffee 7 Exhale 7 Modern Standard Coffee (Espresso) 6 £6.00 250g Gave me headaches Taro 6 Dark Arts 5 Lacked…

If you’re looking for a quick and delicious chicken dinner that feels like you’ve cooked all day but comes together in minutes, this Chicken with Cherry Tomatoes and Capers is a keeper. Tender escallopes of chicken are browned until golden, then simmered with sweet cherry tomatoes, garlic, white wine, and briny capers for a bright, flavourful sauce that tastes like pure sunshine. This is a simple, small‑batch recipe made for two, perfect for busy weeknights, and easy to scale up when needed.…

There are certain places you could reasonably expect to encounter smut: Amsterdam's Red Light District, the Playboy Mansion's Grotto, probably your hard drive. All humming with various forms of smut. Around my 6th year of growing corn I was confronted with it. Corn Smut. Because of my profound purity I didn't even recognize smut when...Read More

Here’s another interesting thing sent by The Fat Hipster – thanks! Up in Canada and elsewhere, they’ve had this thing. Here’s an advert from the UAE. As you can see, you put the fries in the bag, add seasoning, and shake a bunch. Well, today we have one that came out in Canada – ramen seasoning flavor. Let’s check it out. McDonald’s McShaker Fries – Ramen Seasoning – Canada Detail of the packaging (click to enlarge). This is the bag. To prepare, put your french fries in, add the seasoning, fold…

Really wanted to dislike this, but…

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We have officially entered peak summer produce season, so I’ll be eating juicy ripe tomatoes, corn on the cob, and summer squash all day, every day. One of my favorite dishes to make this time of year is panzanella, and Calvin Eng’s Yauh Ja Gwai Panzanella makes a very convincing case for replacing the bread with fried Chinese crullers. The yauh ja gwai soak up the garlic-mustard vinaigrette while still keeping some of their chew. Even smarter, the tomatoes are tossed with salt and MSG first,…