Fresh Direct Dinner & Facility Tour

It’s press-related week – dedicated to a couple of press events or products that I’ve received for review, etc… I know how you all love reading about these Months ago now, I was invited to a special dinner for food bloggers that would include a tour of the Fresh Direct facilities – something I’m not sure they’ve done ever in the past.  I have to say, I was really excited to tour the facilities, but we were not allowed to take photographs – understandably so, since they are, to my knowledge, the only supermarket in our area that is [...]

Austrian Trade Commission

It’s press-related week – dedicated to a couple of press events or products that I’ve received for review, etc… I know how you all love reading about these I recently attended an event showcasing Austrian products.  I was most interested in the elderflower syrup and the pink grapefruit marmalade, so the people who organized the event kindly sent me over some to try.  As you may have realized, since Chez Panisse, I’ve been a little obsessed with elderflower soda.  So I was especially excited to try the syrup – and promptly purchased plain seltzer to make my [...]

Eggland’s Best Seasonal Foodie Event

It’s press-related week – dedicated to a couple of press events or products that I’ve received for review, etc… I know how you all love reading about these I was invited to an event discussing and learning about Eggland’s Best eggs.  I did wonder briefly how they can claim to be better than other eggs – aren’t all eggs created equally (within their own categories; I understand there’s organic, cage-free, etc.)?  Apparently, this is not true (and I’m sure the FDA would have their heads on a platter if this hadn’t been proven in the past): feeding your [...]

Product Review: Bertolli Cheese Tortelloni in a Tomato Cream Sauce

I’m really big on trying foods that I think I don’t like – something that I’ve eaten in the past and perhaps not been too thrilled with how it tasted, or just didn’t appreciate as much as other people seemed to – trying them again after a decent amount of time has passed, just to give them a fair shake.  I do this quite a bit, giving a few years between each try of a food… although some things, like olives, I kept trying a few times a month because they are just, by nature, something I should like!  Errr, anyway…Basically, a while [...]

PopChips!

After my recent slightly negative review of PopChips, a representative of PopChips actually emailed me to ask if they could send me a ‘care package’ to change my mind about PopChips.  I was surprised because I didn’t think I was that negative about them – I just happened to have tried a flavor I didn’t like – but PopChips are expensive, and I wasn’t going to turn them down – not on my poor college student budget!  I wasn’t quite sure what a care package was, but it arrived a few days later, I found out: a chip [...]

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