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  • Cardamom Coffee on Nov 18, 2009

    I was reading Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking the other night about spices.  While many people know that Saffron's sweet earthy stigmas are the most expensive spice, commanding up to $5,000 USD/pound - I didn't know that Vanilla was the secon...

  • What we've been reading... 11/15/2009 on Nov 17, 2009

    Me So Hungry – FOOD BLOG! » Monte Cristo Spamwich Daily Fork - 8 Things I Learned From Delivering Pizza in High School The Deep Fried Twinkie Eat. Exercise. Eat. Exercise. EAT! - Yum Yucky Lick My Spoon» Saigon Street Food...

  • Inspiration on Nov 10, 2009

    I was inspired by a canister of sprinkles. Inspired to make 6 dozen cookies for a Halloween party we were hosting. Inspired because my daughter is 19 months old and I figured she'd love the colorful sprinkles upon the adorably shaped cookies. So, wit...

  • Starbucks' VIA vs. Emergen-C's Premium Roast Coffee on Nov 9, 2009

    Starbucks is making a big hoopla about their new instant coffee called VIA which they rolled out nationwide recently.  They claim it is an instant coffee that tastes like freshly brewed.  They use a proprietary process they are calling a mi...

  • What we've been reading... 11/8/2009 on Nov 9, 2009

      Rants and Craves: My Favorite Childhood Dish, Loud and Proud: Steamed Pork With Salted Duck Egg Wasabi Prime: Mixed Plate: Ono Kine Hawaii - Green Acres Old Fashioned Cornbread | gas•tron•o•my Foodhoe’s Foraging » F...

  • How to open a bottle of wine on Nov 6, 2009

    Splat by ant.photos We've all likely been there.  At the BBQ, camping, or maybe on a boat.  There sits the bottle of wine... and no one brought a corkscrew.  The thoughts that go through people's heads.  The tools they use.  ...

  • Mackerel and Malbec, Please? on Nov 3, 2009 in food wine wine paring

    Diner enters restaurant, is seated, and peruses the menu.   He places the menu on the table, indicating that a decision has been made.  The server greets the diner and takes the Diner's order, but what's this?  Red wine with fish? &nbs...