JD Flaten
Pop. Burst. Wow. Meet the Citriburst Finger Lime, Caviar Citrus
After discovering “Citrus Caviar” a few years ago at the Shanley Farms’ booth within Savor California at the Fancy Food Show, I was hooked. Its high-profile flavor accents anything it accompanies to the nth degree. Samples were served with yogurt as well as on their own. The pop on one’s tongue is reminiscent of the small orange sushi roe, but the taste is citrus, green, sweet and tangy all at once.
MoreCuriously sweet tasty flames from Little Bird
By Jackie Flaten Another great find at this year’s Fancy Food Show – Little Bird Curious Confections of Long Island City, New York. This award-winning chocolate with candied jalapenos is unique, deliciously super-hot and sweet. I started with the milk chocolate-covered jalapenos. Once owner Sara Meyer (pictured) determined for sure that I had survived that […]
MoreChocolate-Covered Salted Crickets and Spicy Superworms, Oh My!
By Jackie Flaten We had a great time exploring the businesses under incubation by the non-profit La Cocina at this year’s Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Suzanne (pictured) gave us an enthusiastic rundown of Don Bugito, a Pre-Hispanic Snackeria. Don Bugito has two new exciting products — Chocolate-Covered Salted Crickets and Spicy Superworms. […]
MoreVintage Internet Ads
(August 26, 2010 from http://www.designmom.com) I saw these posters on Unplggd and they are fabulous. They were designed by a Sao Paulo ad agency called Moma. Someday it will be fun to be grandmas and grandpas and see vintage ads for things like the iPhone and feel nostalgic?
MoreSimply sweetly herbalicious
By Jackie Flaten Inspired by the EatAtBurp site (great find, by the way!), I am compelled to experiment with simple syrups infused with herbs. The garden is gloriously overgrown and the herbs are in danger of going to seed. Trying to find creative new uses for basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, lemon balm and, my […]
MoreSilver Moon, California Country: Here’s to Spirited Partnerships!
Silver Moon Desserts, the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest new ice cream and sorbet (liqueur-infused, intensely flavored with all natural ingredients and Real California Milk), was featured on California Country! Check it out, click on “Over the Moon” link below: Over the moon for new ice cream.
MoreWhat do you want to be when you grow up?
By Jackie Flaten Growing up in the 1970s in a traditional small town I heard, over the howling North Dakota wind, the tantalizing phrase “Women’s Lib.” You don’t hear this anymore because the terminology is considered old-fashioned, embarrassing even. Probably because the words were usually spoken in a tone of disparagement with lots of eye […]
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