Blue Bell makes an amazing Ice Cream Cone, but this post isn’t about their delicious vanilla ice cream with dark chocolate-coated cone pieces. This post is about the actual ice cream cone, you know, the crispy crunch pastry thing that holds ice cream … [Continue reading]
The abundance of seasonal fruits and vegetables is quite visible when you take a look at all that’s available across states and supermarkets. In the New York area, a lot of the seasonal produce includes apples, sweet cherries, melons, peas, … [Continue reading]
Bacon is not as old as time, but it’s old enough to carry some interesting history. What is bacon anyway? It’s salted pork belly, and pork belly has been eaten since thousands of years ago. The ancient Chinese ate it, the meat was popular with the … [Continue reading]
Let’s start with the truth. The most savory of breakfast cereals are the unhealthy versions. Reading a long list of ingredients such as sugar, flavorings, chocolate bits, coatings, frostings, additives and such, savory breakfast cereals boost health … [Continue reading]
You think about bacon, you think about that thick or thin-cut slice of pork meat that crisps up beautifully and makes American breakfast, because, yes, most of the bacon in America is for breakfast. And most of the bacon in American is pork … [Continue reading]
Picanha is a tender cut of beef that comes from the back end of the steer. It has a thick blanket of fat, making it easier to cook. Thanks to this beautiful fat, the risk of error when grilling this meat is much lower than with other beef. And it is … [Continue reading]
Making good bacon isn’t just about curing and smoking pork meat. Making good bacon is also about the quality of the meat, and that means well-raised meat. Pig breeds nowadays are either commercial, which includes all pigs raised in factories, or … [Continue reading]
Amazon Prime Day discounts and deals 2017 is an annual event that provides Amazon prime members with steep discounts and all sorts of giveaways for 30 hours only. Compared to Black Friday and regarded as one of the biggest shopping events of the … [Continue reading]
You don’t have to travel to France for the perfect French fries. If you did, you’d be traveling to the wrong country because French fries originated in Belgium. France may have given the world a lot of things – after all, it did give America the … [Continue reading]
The nutritional content of pistachios is nothing short of amazing. This tiny green nut packs essential nutrients in so few calories and provides really amazing health benefits that if someone were to have to choose one single nut to eat for … [Continue reading]
Not only an essential everyday necessity, but a quintessential food item to every type of event, freshly baked bread makes a big difference to our meals, whether we’re talking sandwiches, burgers, or full course dinners. But bread nowadays is … [Continue reading]
You wouldn’t believe the many varieties of salmon that exist. It’s not just about wild-caught or farm-raised, it’s about the entirety of salmon species, but most importantly the ones you really want to eat. Salmon is one of the most nutrient-dense … [Continue reading]
The go-to of childhood food, peanut butter, and jam sandwich is so popular you would think these two ingredients never excluded each other. In fact, one could almost feel entitled to believe that peanut butter was invented for jam and vice … [Continue reading]
An Italian hallmark, pesto sauce originates in Genoa and is made from basil, cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano or Parmesan and Pecorino Sardo – sheep’s milk), crushed garlic, pine nuts, coarse salt and olive oil. The original recipe called Pesto Alla … [Continue reading]
Historical findings tell us that apiculture dates back to thousands of years before Common Era and drawings from the prehistoric era indicate that people 10,000 years ago were eating honey. Beekeeping in America developed in the sixteenth century … [Continue reading]
Absolutely delicious and quite expensive, also one of the most beloved fruits, passion fruit grows happily in New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, with certain cultivars being grown in the States too, particularly in … [Continue reading]
Enjoyed all over the world, olives are a martini staple, but their incredible benefits go beyond providing good drinks. Olives are above all healthy food that packs a number of nutrients. The antioxidants and the anti-inflammatory nutrients in … [Continue reading]
Blackcurrants, sometimes spelled black currants are a type of berry, less known in America but extremely popular in Europe. Summer fruits, blackcurrants are flavorful berries that pack a wealth of nutrients and provide many health … [Continue reading]
Nothing says "gooood morning, Sunday" better than a sufficient amount of maple syrup poured generously over homemade, fluffy pancakes. Equally true, nothing spoils a perfectly good morning more than bad breakfast sometimes. And if you’re having good … [Continue reading]
So many of the foods today come from so far back that historians have lost their traces in time. Cabbages are one of them and although such a common food item, it is one of the oldest, originating by all accounts in the eastern Mediterranean and Asia … [Continue reading]