Products Posts
Gear Review & Giveaway: EatSmart Precision Pro Scale
Happily, the good folks at EatSmart sent me a complimentary scale to review. (It was great timing, actually. Makes me wonder if they’re running some kind of Psychic Center for Battered Kitchen Electrics.)
Cheese Tasting, Part 2: Goat Cheese
Mmmmm, cheese. It has to be one of my favorite topics—and things to eat. Last time we did a cheese tasting, we were nibbling on blues. This time, it’s goat cheese. And let me tell you: Not all goat cheeses are super goat-y. Here’s a quick peek at four milder goat cheeses we sampled recently.
Goat [...]
Pomegranate-Orange Sorbet
When I was just a little mouse, my mom occasionally got me a pomegranate as a treat. It was fun to open, got you properly sticky and covered with ruby-colored juice, and glistened with sweet, deep red seeds that looked like jewels.
To this day, it’s still one of my favorite fruits. (For all the [...]
3 of My Favorite Ginger Treats (Hello, Ginger-tinis!)
I think ginger has to be one of my all-time favorite flavors—from ginger ale to the ginger in my Chinese food, and everything in between.
While my favorite way to enjoy ginger is undoubtedly in its freshest form, sometimes that’s just not practical. Here are 3 of my favorite ways to get my fix when I’m [...]
5 Last-Minute Gifts for Foodies
True to form, I’m still finishing my Christmas shopping. One of these years, I’ll get ahead of myself.
Here are some great markdowns I found this morning, that can still be shipped in time for Christmas if ordered from Amazon today.
All of these are eligible for one-day shipping, which looks like it works out to be [...]
10 Fabulous Holiday Gifts for Under $30
I don’t know many folks who aren’t watching their pennies these days.
Here are 10 neat foodie finds that won’t drain your piggy bank. All the prices are accurate as of tonight.
1. Calphalon Commercial Hard-Anodized 12-Inch Everyday Pan with Lid—$19.99
Every once in a while, Calphalon has a ridiculously good sale. This pan lists for $168 and [...]
Don’t Dilute Your Drink! Use Whiskey Stones Instead!
Wow.
OK. It’s late in the evening after a long day, so this may be me being impressed with something overly simplistic.
But…this seems like a really neat idea—especially if you’re a cocktail connoisseur.
Ladies and gentleman, I present to you: Whiskey Stones!
I saw these on Daily Candy today, and thought they were too neat not to pass [...]
Tea Tasting, Part I
One of my fondest—and most vivid—childhood memories is going to the tobacco shop with my father, who smoked a pipe.*
Bear with me, I’ll get to the tea in a sec.
Pipe-shop adventures
Now, Dad has long since quit smoking and tobacco shops are getting harder and harder to find. When you do happen upon one, it’s usually [...]
Beauty and the Feast, Part I
Welcome to Beauty and the Feast, a series of food-based skincare reviews.
Let me tell you a little secret.
For all my video game playing, comic book reading, and UFC watching, I’m secretly a girl-y girl at heart—and a bona fide beauty product junkie. From my daily diet of drugstore brands to the occasional, obnoxious indulgence from [...]
A New Santoku Knife, in Pink for the Cure
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. While there’s no breast cancer in my family, it affects hundreds of thousands of people each year.
Now, I’m not really one to get up on a pulpit. But I’ve known several people who have been affected directly or indirectly, so every October, I try to do my small [...]
