I’LL TAKE MY COFFEE WHITE

My favorite Lebanese restaurant that also holds the title of my favorite restaurant with two locations on one block is called Open Sesame, A.K.A., Open Says Me, in Long Beach, California. I could write several pages on every menu item because just the thought of it makes my my mouth water and my heart sink in longing, but today I am celebrating their white coffee. White Coffee is not coffee at all, but hot orange blossom water with fresh mint. The first time I had it, it seemed weird to order a hot minty beverage with my garlic potatoes, lentil [...]

By |2018-10-03T10:25:15-04:00April 3rd, 2012|
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MAC AND CHEESE RIGHT NOW AND PORK SHRINKY DINKS

TJ's mac and Cheese packages I don't have a freezer full of pre-packaged and processed foods, but I almost always have a little frozen tray of Trader Joe's mac and cheese or the reduced guilt mac and cheese for extra guilty days. Stop right there with your judgement. I find that when someone else does something better than I can, and in this case, provides me with some of the silkiest and most delicious mac and cheese that I can make in 3 minutes, my gastronomic self righteousness goes out the window. I had to  take a little [...]

By |2018-10-03T10:26:09-04:00March 21st, 2012|
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DON’T WASH YOUR HANDS!

This isn't a post about food, but about your favorite foodie. Me!!! Ok, I may not be your favorite foodie, but you are reading this, so hopefully at the very least, you like me? Thank you so much for reading my posts, sharing them and watching my videos. I love you. As most of you know, I have been writing my blog for a little over two years and have been releasing my silly videos since Decemeber of 2010. It is amazing and sort of frightening how quickly social media and blogging have evolved. I don't think any of us [...]

By |2018-10-03T10:57:59-04:00March 16th, 2012|
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VIDEO: GO GADGET GO PART QUATRE

I say that I am not a gadget gal and then I make a popsicle maker, scale and Kevlar glove video. I guess I am somewhat of a gadget gal. When I purchase a gadget, I ask myself, "Self, will this end up in a garage sale, donation pile or back of a drawer, never to be seen again?" Cordova Kevlar Glove CORDOVA CUT RESISTANT KEVLAR GLOVE: I am not quite sure why I didn't purchase this guy years ago. It is not expensive and I have been wanting it forever, but I guess I just like to [...]

By |2018-10-03T10:58:54-04:00March 7th, 2012|
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FOIE GRAS IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FOIE GRAS.

Well, it isn't dead yet, but it will be illegal in California as of July 1st, 2012 This may not be important to you because you aren't into foie or, like a few, you assume that it is cruel to feed a duck with a metal tube in order to enlarge its liver. Hey, I don't blame you. It looks scary and painful, but it isn't. This is a risky post for me to be writing because it is a very polarizing topic, but I feel like I owe it to you and myself to tell you what I know [...]

By |2018-10-03T10:59:41-04:00February 23rd, 2012|
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