Here’s what’s been happening in my food world this week…it's all about celebrating my favorite eat-in-the-backyard summertime foods...
Watermelon Juice: When I was in college in LA, I used to drive across town to pick up a watermelon juice slushy from the cafe at Fred Segal. It was nothing but freshly squeezed watermelon juice and crushed ice, like an all-natural slurpee, but it was heavenly. I was dreaming of it over the weekend when I realized, hello! It's so simple that I can make it at home! Here's a how-to on the topic over at
Chow.
Food Should Taste Good Chips: You have probably seen these chips at your local grocery store, but having just worked my way through an
Olive bag, I thought it was time to give them another shout-out. They are so GOOD, and I like knowing that they are made with straight forward ingredients including non-GMO corn. They have some new flavors out this summer and I'm itching to try the
Yellow Corn Chips. Perhaps with this
Grilled Tomato Salsa that they have a recipe for on their website. Or with...
Cantaloupe Salsa: Which also sounds like a winner. This was posted on
Smitten Kitchen earlier this week and I think it sounds like just the thing for a grilled quesadilla, or just to keep some chips company.
How to Grill the Perfect Burger: The meat genius' at
Lobels recently published their
Meat Bible with 319 pages of useful information about every kind and cut of meat you can image. I recently spent some time with the book and was truly impressed—and I also quickly realized how little I know about meat, particularly when it comes to the best way to cook it. (Was I the only one raised on overcooked, hockey-puck style burgers?) Luckily for all of us, they have a terrific tutorial on their website on
how to cook a perfect burger (as well as one for steaks and roasts), so fire up the grill and invite some friends over!
Irresistible Ice Cream Desserts Contest: Our friends over at
Mixing Bowl are hosting a contest looking for the best original
recipe featuring ice cream. What's in it for you? The chance to win $250 and, just as importantly, some motivation to play around with ice cream! The contest is open through August 18th.
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Here’s what’s been happening in my food world this week…it's all about celebrating my favorite eat-in-the-backyard summertime foods...
Watermelon Juice: When I was in college in LA, I used to drive across town to pick up a watermelon juice slushy from the cafe at Fred Segal. It was nothing but freshly squeezed watermelon juice and crushed ice, like an all-natural slurpee, but it was heavenly. I was dreaming of it over the weekend when I realized, hello! It's so simple that I can make it at home! Here's a how-to on the topic over at Chow.
Food Should Taste Good Chips: You have probably seen these chips at your local grocery store, but having just worked my way through an Olive bag, I thought it was time to give them another shout-out. They are so GOOD, and I like knowing that they are made with straight forward ingredients including non-GMO corn. They have some new flavors out this summer and I'm itching to try the Yellow Corn Chips. Perhaps with this Grilled Tomato Salsa that they have a recipe for on their website. Or with...
Cantaloupe Salsa: Which also sounds like a winner. This was posted on Smitten Kitchen earlier this week and I think it sounds like just the thing for a grilled quesadilla, or just to keep some chips company.
How to Grill the Perfect Burger: The meat genius' at Lobels recently published their Meat Bible with 319 pages of useful information about every kind and cut of meat you can image. I recently spent some time with the book and was truly impressed—and I also quickly realized how little I know about meat, particularly when it comes to the best way to cook it. (Was I the only one raised on overcooked, hockey-puck style burgers?) Luckily for all of us, they have a terrific tutorial on their website on how to cook a perfect burger (as well as one for steaks and roasts), so fire up the grill and invite some friends over!
Irresistible Ice Cream Desserts Contest: Our friends over at Mixing Bowl are hosting a contest looking for the best original recipe featuring ice cream. What's in it for you? The chance to win $250 and, just as importantly, some motivation to play around with ice cream! The contest is open through August 18th.
