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. […]
MoreBy 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 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.
MoreBy 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 […]
MoreBy Jackie Flaten Aaah, sampling delectable food… My first encounters with the delights of sampling was when the folks took us to cavernous Sam’s Club when we were kids. Even if it was not clearly identifiable or even tasty, if attached to a toothpick, it was free and had to be eaten. My tastes have […]
MoreBy Jackie Flaten Then they Zipped to Zap, visions of brawls & freakouts in their heads… In the spring of 1969 an estimated 3,000 young people descended on the tiny prairie town of Zap, N.D., for a spring break blow-out. What started as an off-beat idea for a party ended with National Guard troops routing […]
MoreOn a beautiful, lightly raining San Francisco spring day last weekend, a Media Owls contingent (Small Fry and I) attended the 3rd Annual International Chocolate Salon. “Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, buyers and journalists can experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world’s great culinary metropolitan areas” was the clarion call. […]
MoreBy Jackie Flaten Our website went live today, thanks to the fabulous work of Mr. Cardoza at Kazoo Software — thanks, Joe the Genius! The launch of Media Owls has impelled me to take a crack at this blogging thing. Apparently I’m a bit late in the game — at this point in world history I […]
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