VIEWPOINT: Clamato Tomato Cocktail, The Worst Product Of The Year?

A few weeks ago, we were at a food trade show in San Francisco, tasting away. Almost everything is good, if not electrifying (that is to say, not “Nibblelicious”). But at one booth, an attractive-looking white and dark chocolate pastry with coconut was so vile, we had to spit it out. (As one NIBBLE staffer…
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PRODUCTS: Sauce/Marinades

Carolina Gold Classic Sauce. When you eat a lot of chicken, you look for different preparations. Sometimes, we get tired of our own recipes, so we taste a lot of prepared marinades each year. Here, two interesting all-natural entries that include mustard, but are 180 degree polar opposites: Sunnybay Mediterranean Marinade This marinade is made…
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TRENDS: Doggie Bags On Park Avenue

Toney diners who once would have frowned on taking home leftovers are now packing up the doggie bag after putting on the Ritz. The affluent still dine out, notes David Pogrebin, manager of New York City’s historic Brasserie restaurant (we’ve been dining there since childhood). But in the thick of a recession, even those at…
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TRENDS: Yogurt, The Latest Hot Food

Food fit for the gods: Greek Gods Grourmet Yogurt with probiotics. Yogurt is “the food of the day” according to NPD Group, a Port Washington, New York-based research firm. Not only can it be consumed, straight or as an ingredient, at any time of the day, but probiotic yogurts, with added “healthful” bacteria, are growing…
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CHEESE OF THE WEEK: Morbier Cheese From France

This week’s cheese recommendation is from guest blogger Dana Romero, proprietor of La Fromagerie D’Acadiana in Lafayette, Louisiana. Morbier (more-bee-YAY) is one of France’s best-known cheeses. It is a semi-soft, aromatic and surprisingly mild French cow’s milk cheese, defined by the dark vein of vegetable ash streaking through its middle. Today, the ash is purely…
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