Coffee and its Intricacy

Want to know about the art of coffee? Interested in what it takes to appreciate coffee without the gimmicks of creamers? Starting here, you can follow my soon to begin Coffee Insight series.

The French Press

When timing and control matters, there's a promise of fuller bodied coffee. Enjoy

Peanut Butter Recall

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The Step of Grinding

It takes more than just turning coffee beans into powder to brew a great cup of coffee. This is when uniformity comes in to place. Topic reserved.

Cartooned packages wins kids over in taste

In a recent study done at the University of Pennsylvania, they have found that packaging featuring popular cartoon characters affect kids' tastes.

Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Eat This Not That

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I recently picked up a copy of "Eat This Not That", a series of nutrition books by David Zinczenko, editor of Men's Health magazine. There a several books in this series. The copy I looked through was mainly for those interested in buying the healthier versions of common prepared foods. For instance, I liked Rice A Roni but found out that between the sodium and transfat levels I could cut them by substituting Lipton Knorr's rice sides versions. This seemed to be an easy trade and as I found out, a delicious one too. This book was held my attention and even though I didn't expect to look at it for a long time, I pretty much read the whole thing. I recommend this series. Making substitutions for food seems an thing to do and I'm willing to try.


                                                         Photo of book by Kyle Karlin
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Friday night dinner

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We used to go to dinner at the drop of a hat, especially at the end of a workweek. It took a job crisis to make my parents rethink their priorities and start to make meals at home more frequently. But, there does come a time when going out to eat is a necessity. That was last Friday.

My Dad loves Houlihan's and we had no hesitation to go there. The food is good, prices reasonable and usually we take food home to have another lunch or dinner. It was also the day after St. Patrick's Day and we predicted that since the place was probably hopping the night before, it would be empty that day. We were correct. Anyway, we got there and saw the manager we came to know when we went there on a more frequent basis. He came over to our table and said that he would like to pay for appetizers for the family. I was totally amazed and took him up on the offer. For three of us it saved us a tidy sum of money but I was very appeciative of his offer. It made going out to dinner that much sweeter.

                             Food from Houlihan's on my kitchen table- Photograph by Kyle Karlin
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