My Life as a Foodie has been nominated for a Taste Award in the Viewer’s Choice Best Comedy Series category, and I’m over the moon about it. Someone actually thinks the show is funny! The 3rd Annual TASTE AWARDS, also known as the TASTY Awards, are presented for programs, series or films on the Internet, [...]
It’s a common occurrence whenever we have new company for dinner. The meal is finished and as we sit around the table talking, laughing, finishing our beer and wine, the inevitable question comes up? “If you were on death row, they were going to juice you at midnight and you could have anything you wanted, [...]
It had been years since I’d walked into a Claro’s Italian Market. Since discovering “Cortina’s”, a competing small Italian Deli in Anaheim years ago (conveniently located just a few blocks away from my mother-in-law’s apartment) we’d made it a central stop to pick up deli meats, cheeses, and other Italian grocery items you’d be hard-pressed [...]
Anytime we try something new in the kitchen the most often asked question, even to ourselves, is “Is it worth your time and money?” And that’s a valid question, as many of our initial forays end in failure or, at the very least, sub-standard results. By the end of it, you’re left to question yourself [...]
You might think it’s a sign of Armaggedon when the Walmart logo appears on this web site, but you’ll understand in a minute. It’s rare when I get a chance to show off a guest blogger, but even more rare when the guest blogger wants to stay anonymous. When this person sent this to me, [...]
Last month, in the midst of my suspicions that many of the farmers selling produce at our local farmers market were not actually growing a lot of the produce they were selling, I had a pleasant discovery. Gonzaga Farms from Lindsay, new to the market, brought a handful of items that we had not seen [...]
If you’re ever having a conversation with someone and need an indication that the conversation has run its course, that you’ve run out of things to talk about, wait until someone brings up the weather. When the well of topics has run dry, someone will inevitably start talking about the temperature of the air, or [...]
It’s Christmas morning, 2008. My wife and I are finishing exchanging gifts with one another when she slides a big bag my way. “You didn’t ask for this, but I thought it would be fun.” Normally the words “You didn’t ask for this” mean certain horror to men before opening any gift. They’re usually reserved [...]
A cold slice of crispy, fresh garden lettuce, a chilled chalet of grassy, spicy IPA, a few miniature pickles thrown on the plate — all an accompaniment to the main event: meat and skin from pigs feet set in its own jelly. It has many names – Brawn, Head Cheese, Farmhouse Brawn, or Fromage de [...]
This is not a restaurant review. It’s not even close. In fact, if I were a restaurant critic being paid to write a review, what I’m about to write would most likely get me fired. The fact of the matter is, I think that critiquing restaurants is something best left to professionals. Last weekend, Katrina [...]
