JD Flaten

Drinking a flower, like an Elf – ‘Blossom Water,’ inspired by nature

Fancy Food Show Finds by JD FlatenMarch 9, 2016August 20, 2019

Fancy Food Show Finds by JD FlatenMarch 1, 2016August 13, 2016

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.

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Fancy Food Show Finds by JD FlatenFebruary 25, 2016

Curiously 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 […]

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Fancy Food Show Finds by JD FlatenFebruary 25, 2016February 25, 2016

Chocolate-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. […]

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Killer Trombones, A Transcendent Ukulele, and Tasty Drunken Nuts – Dispatch from 2010 Monterey Jazz Festival

Posts You'll Want To Read by JD FlatenSeptember 20, 2010August 13, 2016

Posts You'll Want To Read by JD FlatenSeptember 2, 2010February 25, 2016

Vintage 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?

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Posts You'll Want To Read by JD FlatenAugust 15, 2010March 1, 2016

Simply 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 […]

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Jackie by JD FlatenAugust 12, 2010February 25, 2016

Silver 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.