Samplrs

I was recently introduced to Samplrs, which is a bit like Foodzie with one major difference: while Foodzie focuses on small artisan vendors from all over the country – some in places that I’ll likely never visit – Samplrs focuses on small artisan vendors from my very favorite place on earth: New York City. Obviously, both ways have their pros and cons, but I love-love-LOVE this. I have made plenty of friends over the years who simply have no intention or ability to ever visit New York themselves, but they read about what I’m eating here and they just want [...]

Thai Kitchen

I was recently sent a big goodie package from Thai Kitchen, containing some of their most popular products and assorted items to play with. One of the items I immediately pulled out was the Thai Peanut Noodle kit. Included inside were the noodles and a sauce/seasoning blend – all I had to do was pick up bean sprouts (which was ridiculously cheap at Asian supermarkets – I picked up a hefty bunch for about 50c), and my choice of protein. I went with chicken – though the instructions don’t tell me to marinate the chicken, I generally don’t like how [...]

popbar’s hot chocolate on a stick

I was the happy recipient of a box of popbar hot chocolate on a stick for Christmas – thanks DLS! – and was super excited to try it.  Dark chocolate, vanilla white chocolate and milk chocolate – the entire variety Being a dark chocolate kind of girl, I went for that first.  Heat milk in mug, then dip popbar into the milk, stirring until the whole thing dissolves.  Because I can – you know how I do – I also topped it with softly whipped cream (unsweetened).  The dark chocolate was absolutely perfect – dark, creamy, not too sweet, and [...]

Mezzetta Stuffed Olives

Eons ago, I received these Mezzetta olives from their PR but never got around to trying them.  That all changed one Friday night when I headed over to Sarah‘s place for a movie night and I decided to bring these for us to nosh.  Honestly, I’m not that big on olives in general – I keep trying them because by definition, they are something I should like, and because every once in a while, I find an olive I like – but I was curious about these.  When I opened the jars and we began eating them, I almost wished [...]

Food Fete Chocolat

Recently it became clear that I was the sweetest Feisty Family member… I mean, the Feisty Family member with the sweetest tooth!  As such, Yvo had asked me to attend a recent chocolate sampling event.  Try lots of different chocolates made by some the newest and best chocolatiers around? Yes please!  So here I am, giving you a look at the latest treat… Food Fete Chocolat! There were a few chocolate events happening around NYC last week, but Food Fete Chocolat was a rather intimate event for twelve Chocolate companies, both large and small, to show off new and classic [...]

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