If you have high expectations of anything in life, be prepared to be let down. That goes for food, beverages, movies, tv shows, sports, jobs...

Most normal years right around now, my lovely bride and I are busy as all heck, cleaning up the house and baking cookies for what we call ou...

Ever hear of the Gobblerito? It's legendary out here in the Pittsburgh area. Maybe there's something similar wherever you are, but h...

Since Americans apparently like to "let their voices be heard" and stuff, I'm setting up a little referendum of my own. Voting...

My youngest offspring is currently obsessed with a show called The Bumble Nums. It's....well, I'll spare you all the details, but it...

Got a meal rotation in your family? We don't precisely ...but we do have a fairly regimented meal concept rotation. Monday is "brea...

I recently gave my spiel about how  Indian-inspired spicy pumpkin  is distinctly different from pumpkin spice. Instead of pumpkin pie spices...

I was actually exposed to mole (rhymes with olé) before I met Sonia. I had some co-workers that brought chicken in a mole sauce to a break r...

I always thought of empanadas as a uniquely South American food. There was a great Argentinian restaurant within walking distance of my Holl...

"It is frequently asserted that somewhere between 75 and 95 % of what we commonly think of as  taste  actually comes from the sense o...

Ah yes, it's that time of year at last. Warm summer afternoons fade into cool nights. There's small incremental tinges of orange...

This blog's been around for over a decade now. I'm not sure how many readers have been with us since the beginning, but I'm wi...

At a certain point, there's not so much reinventing of the wheel that's the possible. Instead, it's all in how you spin it. ...

For those of you unfamiliar with our background, Sonia and I aren't vegan. We probably eat less meat than the average American, but d...

Mornings can be tough, especially these past few months. Wake up after another hot summer night to a hot summer day, doing the same thing...

In the entertainment industry, when an actor has something to do in a scene other than just walking or talking, it's called "busi...

"Cheerios water." For better, or for worse, or for whatever reason, those were the first words out of my mouth after my first ...

It's been over nine years since we last looked at a  Trader Joe's kefir product . Granted, that one was more of a beverage and thi...