The wait is over. Welcome to the 2018 California Cotton Candy Grape Season presented to you by the good people at Grapery. This is the MUST HAVE fruit of the season. Or of the year. Never before I have seen people get so excited about fruit. Of course they should be. We are talking grapes […]
Author: Eric Samuelson
What is the Difference Between Moon Drops and Sweet Sapphire Grapes?
Anyone that knows me, knows that I hate when people are misinformed. It’s one of my pet peeves. I want people to know the truth. To understand their universe better. I strive on this blog to help people understand the differences and similarities between different foods. While at the same time clearing up some misconceptions. […]
Gluten Free Certified Granola Bars
Raise your hand if you grew up with granola bars? I am sure a lot of you did. They are an easy snack that you can throw in a lunch bag. A parent can easily toss a granola bar back to the kids in the backseat during a road trip. With the rise of gluten […]
Are Peaches Good at the End of the Season?
Encore. Defined by Merriam-Webster as “a demand for repetition or reappearance made by an audience” (source). Who doesn’t love a good encore? You get more of what you came to see. Sometimes you can get good an encore even when you don’t demand it. I thought I was done receiving peaches from Pearson Farm for […]
When Do You Refrigerate Peaches?
August is here. The swan song for peaches is upon us. It’s always sad to see the season go. Now is the time if you are going to preserve peaches via canning or freezing that you better pencil in some time to do so. Soon peaches will be gone – on the bright side there […]
Make Better Soda Pop Choices
You can enter a single gas station without seeing one. Even if you don’t go instead you are bombarded with ads to come inside and get a 32oz. If your road trip this summer, your probably hot. And thirsty. So you want to give it to all the marketing as the only thing you have […]
What Are the Spots on My Peaches?
I hope that everyone has been enjoying our summer peach series. It’s been fun talking about my favorite fruit and come up with new recipes to enjoy it. This is the 2nd to last post in the series or the penultimate. Welcome to Our Pearson Peach Series In case you are just tuning in, welcome […]
Costco Food Finds for July 2018
How many cookouts have you been to this summer? One. Two. Three Hundred and Two? There is a good chance if you are a meat eater than you have eaten your weight in hot dogs and hamburgers this summer. And I get it. They are easy to put on the grill and a cheap way […]
Maple Blueberry Buckle
There is no doubt about. Blueberry Buckle is one of the greatest things ever invented. No other dessert has the same name as a structural failure as well as something that attaches to my belt. What is great about a buckle is that its the perfect marriage of cake, pie, and cobbler. You got the […]
Sriracha Fusilli Pasta with Basil Alfredo Sauce
Great food is about balancing flavors. One of my favorite balancing acts is warm and cool. By that I mean the wonderful combination of spicy foods with cool refreshing dairy – whether that dairy be cream, butter, yogurt, or milk. It’s all good. Look at Indian food for example. They eat a lot of spicy […]