How very odd, indeed… I told you back on December 21, 2020, how my taste buds had ceased to function, ‘just in time for the holidays’ and related the experience of my late, beloved step father and his mysterious encounter with the condition known as anosmia. And I promised to update you…Read More →
Once in a blue moon, an opportunity like this comes along, and the story behind it is often bigger than the upfront news. So it is with wild and crazy food-realm tales that usually focus on highly-improbable or totally unique situations we’ll never see again. So we jump on them as if its the end of the world…Read More →
Asian Stir Fry Bowls topped the Fast Food news this past week. Then came a flurry of new Flat Bread and Breakfast Sandwich deals. Finally, a sense that the Fast Food Promo gurus have found sensible new directions in which to steer their efforts into the New Year. And that’s agood thing for all of us…Read More →
Okay. It’s not really new, but I’ve just learned how OLD it actually is, and I’m wondering: If I’m actually old, too, why have I missed this fad before? Seems it’s been lingering the background for decades. But if that’s so, it appears to be getting a new round of attention from the food ‘influencers’…Read More →
Over the past couple of days , I’ve been gently re-introducing some of you out there to amazing Pork. Read on, now, if you’ve been letting Beef and Chicken crowd out your Pork awareness and that of other major foods we used to take for granted as part of our ‘native’ cuisine…Read More →
Yesterday, we looked at some of the myths and legends surrounding Pork, and why it is shunned by certain portions of the population. Today, as promised, we look at some more-practical aspects of its preparation and handling. Welcome (back) to the joys of ‘the other white meat’…Read More →
I was challenged a few days ago by a friend who bet me a Starbuck’s Latté I couldn’t produce the ‘right’ answer to a seemingly easy question: “What is the most-neglected, most under-appreciated Protein product on the average COVID-19 lock down menu?”. I got three tries and blew ’em all…Read More →
How many times did you read today’s headline before you clicked to what was fundamentally wrong with the grammar and syntax? It’s kind of like the weather these days and – Alas! – The Food News. Boring! It was the first time in more than 2,200 daily posts that I was stumped!Read More →