Dubious Precept: Healthiest Fast Food Fries You Can Order?
It seems a dubious precept on which to base a food post. But someone did it, nonetheless. I think I know why. It involves our old frenemy, human nature. But bear with me as I relate the gist of Delish’s ‘Healthiest Fast Food Fries You Can Order In America’…Read More →
One Pro Baker’s Secrets For Best Muffin Results…
Anybody can throw together a pan of muffins. How they’ll turn out depends on the baker. Even if your muffins are already pretty good, we bet they can be even better! Today, we offer a quick trio of tips from a seasoned pro for perfect muffins…Read More →
Ultraprocessed Plant-Based Foods: Contradiction In Terms?
It sounds, initially, like a classic contradiction in terms. But on closer inspection, it emerges as a real possibility, and a danger for folks who are unclear on the concepts. But even the healthiest plant-based foods can be ruined by ultraprocessing…Read More →
Bad Idea? Busch, Bills Brew Bud From Stadium Snow…
In light of the ‘Mining Mountain Mists for Water’ post a week or so ago… Today we present something a little more urban. Bud Light and the NFL Buffalo Bills made beer from stadium snow! But health and wellness issues lurk…Read More →
Lost & Found: Tenderize Beans, Peas with Baking Soda
You can use canned legumes right out of the tin. But they’ll work better in many recipes (which call for processing or puréeing them) if you tenderize them first. How do you do that? You can cook the bejaysus out of them… Or treat your beans with baking soda first…Read More →
TGI Fridays Revamp: To Open 1,000 New Restaurants By 2030
I can clearly remember when everybody said TGI Friday’s (TGIF) was on the road to Oblivi-onsville. A few years back, they were closing locations all over the place. But last year, the tide turned. And this year, TGIF is preparing to open 1,000 new restos!Read More →
Does Cooking Really Make A Man More Attractive?
I had to think long and hard on how I feel about this topic before I committed to write My Take on it. The origin post’s headline read: “Men are picking up ‘attraction hobbies’ to get dates. Does it work?” It kind of rubbed me the wrong way…Read More →
Lost & Found: Getting The Most From Your Spices
I let a genie out of its bottle when I posted my first ‘Lost & Found’ just a few weeks ago. Now I can’t stop tripping over new ones! Today’s ‘lost’ technique is truly ancient. Traditional cooks in Asia have been ‘toasting’ their spices for centuries…Read More →