The Harbinger

This week my fellow Girl On Tap has been wildly busy at work and in summer school so she could barely breathe, much less get in a lot of tasting time. She managed to squeeze in a taste of something found in most grocery stores in Budweiser’s new Chelada.
This “beer product,” which is to beer […]

JackiOh! has favored Iceman by reviewing his requested beer, Monty Python’s Holy Grail Ale and my task is to create a food pairing worthy of her review. No problemo!

The Girl on Tap’s review reflects a lightly complex brew of both sweet and tart flavors with the balance tipping towards tart because of the citrus-y, tart […]

I love springtime. It lasts about fifteen minutes in Central Florida, thirty minutes here in Florida’s Great Northwest.
Seriously, spring is my “breather” to allow me to make summer plans, to decide which plants can make it, what veggies to buy at the produce market for canning and generally to be grateful that trees and flowers […]

Our revered Editrix asked if I’d like to create menus to go with her Girl On Tap beer reviews and of course I LEAPT at the opportunity. As I’ve said before, I love food and since I am currently in phase one of South Beach there are a lot of things I can’t eat so […]

Cash Welfare. So many of us who are fortunate products of middle-class homes or higher have an awful misconception about the cash welfare, AKA Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). The dollars are not handed out willy-nilly to illegal immigrants or to so-called “Welfare Queens.” It is damned hard to be a queen on $303 […]

Well, the news media finally caught on to what I’ve been sensing for about six months – grocery prices are going up, and it’s bad. Wheat prices are now reflecting the impact of fuel costs and that hits you from white bread to frozen pizza, from cereal to whole grain crackers. If you are a […]

I try to cut caloric and fat corners where I can when it doesn’t offend my taste buds too much and turkey bacon is one of those “not too bad” compromises. Butterball is a good brand of the turkey bacon (brands do matter!).
Microwaving turkey bacon is a challenge since it doesn’t cook the same way […]

Grateful Gourmand – I HATE Salmon

I really do hate it in its traditional forms – grilled, steamed, poached – but I know I am supposed to eat it because it has something in it to counteract years of eating bacon grease.
I love lox with a bagel that has been thinly sliced and toasted served with […]

 
I hate to diet. Food is an art, an expression of love, a comforter, a sensual experience. Being on a “diet” to me sounds like a punitive thing; a denial of one of life’s pleasures, a refusal to make the highest use of the bounty that the gods have bestowed upon us.
So diet is not […]

February usually brings the bitterest cold of the winter to Florida. I take full blame for this because my birthday is early in the month and since I hate the cold so much it just stalks me. You all are collateral damage, extra points as it were, to Jack Frost. To make up for my […]