(This post will appear on The Spirit World blog, a member of the Well Fed Network) I received a sample of the 100% Organic Partida Agave Nectar some time ago and it has been quite a journey as I developed recipes for this interesting product. The Partida Tequila company makes their tequila, as you might expect, from...

(This post will be published on The Spirit World blog, a member of the Well Fed Network.) Recently, I had the pleasure of taste testing the Ruby Red Grapefruit flavored Hi-Ball Energy drink. I chilled this clear bubbly drink in the bottle and then poured it over ice. In the name of Science (right!),...

  (This post will appear on the Paper Palate blog, a member of the Well Fed Network)   Book review of Camilla V. Saulsbury’s Panna Cotta: Italy’s Elegant Custard Made Easy I had never heard of panna cotta before I saw it made on Iron Chef a few years ago. I obviously do not frequent many Italian restaurants,...

When my daughter and I went to the 2007 International Boston Seafood Show this last Monday, we got to meet Kathy Maister and Stephen from startcooking.com and stephencooks.com respectively. Wow, what a couple of awesome foodies and food bloggers. We were chatting (after various mishaps in trying to find one another in that...

[This post appeared on the Paper Palate blog, a member of the Well Fed Network] (Source: Hoffman Media, click image to go to magazine order page) I watch only a few shows on the Food Network, two of those being Alton Brown’s “Good Eats” and Paula Deen’s “Home Cooking“. I do not watch the “Paula’s Party” show...

[This post appeared on the Spirit World blog, a member of the Well Fed Network] For this month’s designated driver drink, I had to stretch beyond the trite Saint Patrick’s day “stock drinks”. I also didnt want to explore virgin irish coffees, whats the point?! Today’s nonalcoholic drink is a fusion between Colombia (my childhood influence)...

You know what peeps lead to? Yeah, more peeps, eh. Do you remember that Second City show “Strange Brew” from the early 80s? It was about beer drinking Bob & Doug McKenzie, played by the actors Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis (of “GhostBusters” and “Honey I shrank my..” mind fame as well as lots of other...

[This article was published on the Paper Palate blog in the Well Fed Network] When the Well Fed Network was given an opportunity to review the russel+hazel Recipe Binder Set, I had to try it out. The best way to describe this concept is that it is like Levenger for your kitchen. Instead of messy food...

(I wrote the following article for the Paper Palate blog, in the Well Fed Network) I recently had an opportunity to review the cookbook Preserving Memories: Growing Up in My Mother’s Kitchen by Judy Glattstein. As you might imagine from the title, this is a book about the making of jams, jellies, marmalades, and other preserved...

(This is my latest article for The Spirit World, a blog in the Well Fed Network family) To me, Valentine’s Day is vibrant red and cinnamon flavored. Without that bright and bracing flavor, I have not really DONE Valentine’s Day. As such, I feel that anything presented as Valentine’s specific should be dark red and filled...