Being from the Pacific Northwest, I have a personal interest in craft beer. My brother is a brewer back home in Oregon and his work has inspired my own curiosity about what it means to brew a beer, as well as the decision making process to achieve a desired outcome. […]
Five Points Festival Lines Up Food and Beer Delicacies for Attendees!
Featured along the East River in the Lower East Side is the Five Points Festival. The festival caters to a variety of niche markets from designer toys to beer enthusiasts to street art admirers. One particular feature that the convention highlights is food trucks, the often seen but rarely acknowledged […]
Top 8 Best Perks of the 2017 Vulture Lounge
Next to the entrance of Vulture Festival at Milk Studios in Chelsea (450 W 15th St) is a non-stop party locale. The AT&T Vulture Lounge features sustenance, music, and tons of swag for the festival goer. Held at the Highline Stages, panel audiences that finish their shows can mosey on […]
Eat your Heart Out… Literally with ‘Kitchen Overlord’s Dead Delicious Horror Cookbook’
Author: Chris-Rachael Oseland Release Date: October 22, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Source: Author Genre(s): Cookbook Rating: ★★★★☆ Amazon By now, we all should know my deep love of all things spooky. The best time of year is the entire month of October, because of Halloween. Typically this time of year you’ll find me […]
Couldn’t go to Luke’s Pop-Up Shop? Here’s what you missed!
On October 5th, exactly 16 years ago to the day, the first episode of Gilmore Girls aired. In just a few weeks, Netflix will allow all of us to get our Gilmore on just one more time. But until then, a Luke’s pop-up coffee shop will have to do. When […]
NYCC 2016: STUBBORN Soda Partners with Robert Kirkman for STUBBORN Stories
This past weekend, New York Comic Con 2016 attendees were treated to free samples of STUBBORN Soda at Booth 1ECC27! A craft soda company that avoids artificial sweeteners, Azo dyes, and high fructose corn syrup, STUBBORN Soda has put together delicious flavor combinations like Black Cherry with Tarragon, Orange Hibiscus, Agave Vanilla Cream […]
GIVESMASH Smashes into a Kitchen Near You!
Keysmash – one of our favorite fellow blogging websites – can always make us go ad;lkfjwapoijds. Immersed in all things fandom (seriously, look at this glossary they’ve compiled), they’ve decided to take the wonderful community they’ve built and harness their power for good! GIVESMASH is their very own charity program, […]
Don’t Sound So Shocked!: A Review of “This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?”
This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth? : From Eggnog to Beef Jerky, the Surprising Secrets of What’s Inside Everyday Products Author: Patrick Di Justo Release Date: February 3, 2015 Source: Blogging for Books Publisher: Three Rivers Press 2015 Genre(s): Nonfiction, Culinary Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: None GoodReads | Amazon Ever heard […]
Graze: A new way to snack healthy
The other day my supervisor was packing up her stuff and had a ton of little pre-wrapped containers. I asked her about them and she smiled and told me about this great service called Graze. It is a subscription, she said, and she gets four new snacks to try every […]
From Ghibli to Gundam: The Nerdiest Cafés in Tokyo
From high tech trains and science museums to arcades and Akihabara, Tokyo is a nerd haven. One of the most prominent ways geekery manifests itself in Japan’s capital city though, surprisingly, is in food. During my trip to the Kanto region this summer during Japan’s Obon holiday, I visited an […]
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