Accidental Hedonist

As we get ready for the holidays, I’m going to alter my typical plans a bit, and offer up some Holiday Cookie recipes for you to use, or simply read about — if that happens to be your thing. Once a week, every week before Christmas, I’ll offer up one cookie recipe. ‘Cause I loves [...]

Shorter Slashfood: Slashfood: Why don’t you sell our favorite Root Beer? Whole Foods: Because your root beer sucks. Slashfood: Hmmph. You’re pretentious! Whole Foods: (counting their $85 Million profit) Yeah, we get that a lot. Technorati Tags: Food and Drink, Whole Foods, Supermarkets

There’s much truth to this article found on Smart Money, with one very notable exception…most of the people being referred to in the article are no longer being called “butchers”, because the title “butcher” comes with very specific skill set, and in some cases, a right to unionize. From item #1: Being a butcher is [...]

One of the many odd things that are occurring in this repudiation of corporate food products is that many people are questioning previously held beliefs and discovering that some foods *gasp* used to taste better. The best example of the above comes from the raw milk crowd. As reported in this Arizona Republic article: consumer [...]

Hmmm… It seems as if the CEO of Whole Foods, one John Mackey, is blogging. ’tis a bit lacking in content tho’ Technorati Tags: Whole Foods, Supermarkets, Blogging, John Mackey

Here’s a little love goin’ out to a Seattle based company. In the picture, you’ll see this year’s version of Jones Soda Holiday Pack. This is a continuation of their annual holiday promotion that has been so successful that they’ve created two seperate production releases: A national release containing sodas flavored like Brussels Sprout with [...]

Question: How could I have gone through 30+ Years of my life without having a quince? This is the question I am asking myself after tasting this fruit. Part of it is availability, to be sure. It’s not often that one can find quinces in the produce aisle. Had they been on my food radar, [...]

Jack forwarded me another NYTimes op-ed piece (LI: accidental PW: hedonist)about food, and it’s definitely one that should be read to get a good idea on the nuances of the “organic vs. local” debates that have been going on of late. Written by Nina Planck, author of “The Farmers’ Market Cookbook“, she touches upon a [...]

Hello, and welcome once again to America’s Favorite Daytime Fun Show – Kate’s Supermarket Finds. It’s here where I bring home a product that I find odd or peculiar, often due to some labeling malfeasance. These products often wish to take advantage of a consumers ignorance and lack of label reading, and promise tastes and [...]

I wanted to pass this along, as Tara mentioned it last night and it seemed a valid perspective. I understand the desire to not participate in the consumer rituals that take place the day after Thanksgiving. But let me throw another idea out there. Instead of going to the mall and buying products from mega-merchants, [...]

Tara and I had a very good Thanksgiving. First, we had our Turkey Day meal at Cascadia, where we indulged in all the goodness that comes from a menu that reads “dessert buffet”. Afterwards, we headed to the cinema, where we watched the long-ago released Documentary “The Future of Food“. For those of you who [...]

O’ delicious bird with your cranberries and pie Jump in my belly! Why do I now sleep? Tryptophan is thy culprit I shall dream of feasts Pumpkin pie is swell but please make your own whipped cream Less Money for Kraft Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Feel Free to add your own haikus in the comments.