My Life as a Foodie

Okay, that’s pretty cool that KitchenAid is making limited addition, custom made mixers. Less cool - they’re made for strippers? How tacky.

(via KitchenAid CustomMade Stand Mixers!)

Seems like something everyone should know how to do … how to make that perfect cup of coffee. Or, continue to buy coffee at Starbucks or Peets or Coffee Bean or Seattle’s Best or …

(via The secret to making great coffee revealed. - Slate Magazine)

Thanksgiving Potatoes http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/2008/11/thanksgiving_potatoes_slideshow

Jelly gets kicked to the curb, and pickles take its place, making the PB&P a cult snack option.

And … it just seems wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. 

Fascinating look at the Central Valley farming - from local, not organic to organic to large corporate farming (both organic and not but not so organic) … and how it probably isn’t really feeding us. 

The most amazing things you’ll ever eat. Now that I have a good recipe, I’ll need to make them. 

Trying out Planters NUT-rition Energy Mix. Peanut butter with cranberries and peanuts … which is interesting. 

(via Better Made Snack Food Anniversary Tin)’

Like I’ve noted before, I love that I get pitched by Better Made … but it might help to say it’s commemorating the anniversary.

Let’s see if they send me a tin - urgh, gotta lose weight.

It amuses me that I’m on the Better Made potato chip media list - this one for the announcement of GREEN ONION potato chips.

But growing up in Detroit, it’s about the local Better Made and they are great potato chips.

(via Better Made Snack Food Company Family Size 4 Pack)

After going to enough food events with top chefs, and learning how to cook, cut and present steaks … I decided to take the plunge and buy a cast iron pan to grill steaks. 

I searched online, and found a few ways to grill but most of them come down to this: 3-4 minutes per side on high heat for a medium finish, then tent with aluminum foil to continue cooking to the right temperature.

Here’s what I put on top of the steaks: olive oil brushed on each side, fresh ground salt (pink Himalayan salt for one, Kosher salt for the other), a light dusting of garlic powder, and fresh ground pepper to coat the steak in pepper (big pieces, not finely ground). 

And, well, pretty much amazing. There’s something fun about cooking with cast iron, as it’s heavy and you can pretend you’re going to conk out someone. And it’s amazing (did I say that already)? 

So yes, go buy a cast iron pan if you’re going to grill steaks. It was quick and easy.