Review: Nasoya Round Wraps

I grew up in a half Chinese home, which means I ate a lot of good, truly ethnic Chinese food. My mother’s ancestry is from Fujian, a southern province in China. However, she was born and raised in the Philippines. This led to my being shown a sort of mixed culture that resulted in some utterly … Continue reading

Review: Golden Pheasant Polenta

Like we have said before, sometimes there are ingredients that cooks and chefs don’t often put a lot of thought into. What’s the point, right? Sometimes salt is just salt, pepper is just pepper, breadcrumbs are breadcrumbs, and corn meal is corn meal. Well, through it all I still manage to remember the brands that … Continue reading

Review: Las Palmas Enchilada Sauce

Enchiladas are one of my favorite foods on the planet. I love how you can put virtually anything you want in them. You have a variety of sauces and tortillas to choose from. And they are AMAZING as leftovers. Usually you can find a brand of enchilada sauce that you like. I had the canned … Continue reading

Review: La Tourangelle Infused Truffle Oil

After my unpleasant experience with La Trufferie whole black truffles, I continued my search for a way to get that glorious truffle flavor in my cooking. My father is a certified executive chef and happens to work with the Hahn Winery executive chef Brian Overhauser who has a lot of personal experience searching for just … Continue reading

White Chocolate Review

For Valentine’s Day this year, I got Jaron the ultimate candy gift: every type of white chocolate that our local grocery store had to offer. He has a few secret food loves, and one of them is white chocolate. Not so secret anymore! We went through the process of sampling chocolate bar after chocolate bar, … Continue reading