REVIEW| Target’s Archer Farms Ramen Soup Starters

Ramen has officially gone mainstream. Target is offering “premium ramen” under its Archer Farms brand in four varieties – pork, beef brisket, mushroom and chicken teriyaki. {Record scratch} Chicken Teriyaki?! The new offerings use “ramen” as an Asian noodle soup catch-all and actually include rice noodles along with the ramen and udon options. If you…

June 16, 20160Comments

Main Course Recipes

What’s New: Diestel Turkey Chorizo Tacos

Chorizo is one of those love it-or-hate-it foods. My aunt used to make tacos with half chorizo, half ground beef and the red grease would run out the back of the tortilla and down your arm as you shoved the taco in your mouth. It was glorious. Obviously, I'm in the love it camp, but chorizo…

June 14, 20160Comments

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series #2)

   -  Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series Book #2) **ARC provided by the publisher for review** Let’s just say I’ve had brie on the brain for the last few weeks. Not unlike Natalie Grayson, the heroine in Cream of the Crop (Hudson Valley series book #2). In Cream…

June 6, 20160Comments

Beverages Entertaining Recipes

Rhubarb Apple Vodka Collins Featuring Dry Sparkling Fuji Apple

Ginger ale, club soda, and tonic are your three standard mixers. Coke and 7-up sometimes make appearances, but it's time to take another look the next time you're walking down the soda aisle. There are a slew of new options in craft soda, squarely aimed at the mixology opportunity. Players big and small are getting in…

June 2, 20160Comments

Recipes Salads Side Dishes

I Don’t Even Like Radishes Salad

My husband doesn't eat mayonnaise. He's lucky. Mac salad holds zero --no, less than zero--interest for him. But I'm not going without. When it comes to summer barbecues, I usually end up making a couple of salads. Mac salad for me, and something else for him. After seeing a couple of Instagram friends post pix of…

May 31, 20160Comments

Baking Pizza Recipes

Friday Night Slice: Asparagus Flatbread with Kalamatas & Mama Lil’s Peppers

Asparagus is so good on pizza, I had to do it two ways this week. Sunday's edition was for the asparagus purist -- dough simply stretched and brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with red pepper flakes, then topped with mozzarella and fontina. The asparagus spears are cut in half, and the bottoms are cut into…

May 27, 20160Comments

Events Travel

Feast Tofino: Long Table Dinner at Pacific Sands Resort

Dining al fresco looks and sounds fantastic, whether you're sitting out in a vineyard or in an alpine meadow or beside the ocean. The Pacific Sands Resort was a gorgeous spot for Feast Tofino's Long Table dinner. We had great weather that week, so on a sunny, but still-chilly-at-the-beach evening, we gathered with 50-60 of…

May 26, 20160Comments

Recipes Salads Side Dishes

Spring Fever Salad w/ Mango, Radishes and Sugar Snaps

Spring fever salad season is in full effect. After months of kale Caesars and roasted beet salads, it's finally time to break free. Sugar snaps are in. And not even the first-of-the-season price was gonna scare me off this week. Usually I like them simple -- just blanched and drizzled with a little sesame oil and salt.…

May 24, 20160Comments

Book Reviews

DEVOURED by Sophie Egan | Book Review

    --  Devoured: From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies -- How What We Eat Defines Who We Are by Sophie Egan Sophie Egan’s Devoured is what most food culture books aspire to be: academic yet totally engaging. It’s sociology, marketing, a little psychology and chock full of interesting data…

May 18, 20160Comments

Events Restaurants Travel

Feast Tofino: Food Fest West Coast Style

If you’re driving to Tofino, British Columbia, the last major leg is the pass connecting Port Alberni with Ucluelet and Tofino. It’s a windy road and in the winter, chains are required. The thing is, that’s until the end of March. But then, April stretches into May and it’s Spring – harvest time on British Columbia’s…

May 17, 20160Comments

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REVIEW| Target’s Archer Farms Ramen Soup Starters

What’s New: Diestel Turkey Chorizo Tacos

BOOK REVIEW: Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series #2)

Rhubarb Apple Vodka Collins Featuring Dry Sparkling Fuji Apple

I Don’t Even Like Radishes Salad

Friday Night Slice: Asparagus Flatbread with Kalamatas & Mama Lil’s Peppers

Feast Tofino: Long Table Dinner at Pacific Sands Resort

Spring Fever Salad w/ Mango, Radishes and Sugar Snaps

DEVOURED by Sophie Egan | Book Review

Feast Tofino: Food Fest West Coast Style

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