Posted on November 10, 2011 by bayareafoodie
If you were thinking about having organic produce delivered to your home here is your chance. I received a coupon code for $10 off your first shipment from Farm Fresh to You, a Bay Area delivery service. We’ve been getting deliveries from them for over 3 years and we really enjoy it. To redeem this [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: $10 off, bay area, cooking, coupon, discount, Farm Fresh To You, food, grocery, Health, northern california, Organic Produce Home Delivery, service | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 18, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Project Open Hand, a San Francisco non-profit food relief organization that provides meals and groceries to the city’s most vulnerable residents is now selling their popular homemade peanut butter to the Bay Area masses. Check out their story… Purchase it at Project Open Hand – 730 Polk Street or SF Whole Foods markets. Also, find the peanut butter [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Bon Appétit, food, homemade, natural, Peanut Butter, peanut butter milk chocolate pudding, Project Open Hand, RECIPES, review, San Francisco non-profit food relief organization, short documentary | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 16, 2011 by bayareafoodie
I’m always looking for ways to keep my CSA greens from dying. When the manufacturers of Clearly Fresh bags contacted me with claims that they had a bag with BreatheWay® packaging technology that would help my produce last 50% longer I jumped at the chance to try it. After looking at the bag sample I had some serious [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Clearly Fresh Produce Storage Bags, food, review, save produce | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike’s childhood friend, Claudia Pruett, dropped off samples of her new product called 5 Minute Focaccia Mix. We received all 4 flavors (original,rosemary,raisin,choc chip) but decided to go with rosemary for our first time. Here is a video of us making the fragrant and yummy rosemary bread. The process was fast & easy but the [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: 5 Minute Focaccia Mix, A Tavola Together, baking, food, Italian home cooking, RECIPES | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Yes, we like meat! As stated in my Farmstead post we were impressed with the beef served so we decided to join the Long Meadow Ranch grass-fed meat club. There are many advantages to eating grass-fed meat: lower fat & calories plus it’s rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. We signed up in December and received our [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: bbq, food, Grass-fed Beef club, Long Meadow Ranch, napa, steaks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by bayareafoodie
We spent Valentine’s day at home again this year but I didn’t mind because we made S’mores from Recchiuti Confections. Mike and I picked up a S’mores kit last time we were at the Ferry building in San Francisco and this was the perfect occasion to break it out. It’s a grown up version of [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, San Francisco | Tagged: dessert, food, Recchiuti Confections S'mores Kit, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 19, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Just before the end of 2010 I was lucky to receive a sampling of the Susie Q’s Brand product line including the Santa Maria Valley Style Seasoning, Pinquito Beans and Red Oak barbecue chips – everything needed for a traditional Santa Maria feast. Santa Maria California is well know for its BBQ. I’ve been to [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: barbecue, bbq, Pinquito Beans, Red Oak barbecue chips, Santa Maria Style Barbeque, Santa Maria Valley Style Seasoning, Susie Q’s Brand | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 29, 2010 by bayareafoodie
A small sample of skillet bacon jam arrived on my doorstep just before the holidays. What is bacon jam you ask? It’s a gooey mixture of niman ranch bacon, onions, balsamic and brown sugar. Some recommended uses: as a salad dressing base, a substitute in a blt, or with cheese or fish. The product was [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: bacon spread, burger, Grilled Cheese, Skillet Bacon Jam, skillet street food | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 5, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Momofuko Milk Bar, the super popular bakery in NYC, has started shipping their goods (cookies and pies) just in time for the holidays. We needed to bring a dessert to our annual pre-thanksgiving dinner for 10 and I knew this is what I wanted to get. I ordered 4 varieties: Here is our critique… blueberry [...]
Filed under: New York, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Christina Tosi, compost cookies, cookies, david chang, delivery, mail order, Momofuku Milk Bar, new york, online | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 28, 2010 by bayareafoodie
We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year for 14 adults and 2 kids. It was a tight fit but a successful evening with wonderful food. We were lucky to receive a Hickory Farms “Home for the Holidays” gift basket as part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program one week prior to the big day. The [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Hickory Farms Gift Basket, Home for the holidays | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 29, 2010 by bayareafoodie
I’ve been collecting different Rachael Ray cookware and tools for a couple years. I think she puts a lot of thought into the pieces she produces. My favorite is the oval non-stick pasta pot. I swear my calphalon pot with insert takes 15 minutes for the water to bubble and when I’m hungry there is [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: pots, Rachael Ray Kitchen Products, tools | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2010 by bayareafoodie
CSN (one of the top online U.S. retailers of home and office goods) contacted me to see if I would like to review a product from one of their 200+ online stores. CSN has outlets for every product line imaginable from Bed sets and Barbecue Grills to Espresso Machines and Entertainment Centers. But I’m all [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: csn product review, rachael ray cookware | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 18, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Steven Raichlen, the Baron of BBQ is back with a new guide to grilling around the world. Raichlen hit the road for his latest cookbook PLANET BARBECUE! visiting 60 countries on six continents to chronicle the practice of live fire grilling. His five year adventure has resulted in a glorious 638 page manual filled with [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: bbq, cookbook, PLANET BARBECUE!: An Electrifying Journey Around the World’s Barbecue Trail, review, Steven Raichlen | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 1, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Seattle’s Best has jumped into the canned iced coffee market with a line of Lattes and we were lucky to receive a few samples. I am not a daily coffee drinker but I love the taste of coffee. You’ll never find me drinking a cup in the morning just for the purpose of getting caffeine [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Seattle’s Best Canned Iced Lattes | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 23, 2010 by bayareafoodie
It’s baaaaaaaaack! A new flavor brought me back to my old stomping grounds. See how it ranks
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, Sprinkles (Palo Alto) | Tagged: salty caramel, sprinkles cupcakes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 4, 2010 by bayareafoodie
For Christmas my parents gave us the Nespresso Essenza C100 Automatic Espresso Maker with Aeroccino Plus Automatic Milk Frother. I L-O-V-E this machine. In 2 minutes you are drinking great espresso without the muss & fuss. All you need to do is turn it on, pop in the capsule and push start. We made a [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Aeroccino Plus Automatic Milk Frother, Nespresso Essenza C100 Automatic Espresso Maker | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2010 by bayareafoodie
I don’t know what it is about onions straight from the farm but those bad boys make me cry. They are soooo strong. Chop some up and our whole house smells for hours. Solution…the onion goggles. Mike and I were given a pair by the Useful Things Website and we both put them to the [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Onion Goggles, rsvp | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 21, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I first heard about Sucré Sweet shop on our visit to New Orleans in August. The Pastry chef Tariq Hanna had just won TLC’s “Ultimate Cake-Off” so he was all over the local TV news. I really wanted to stop by while in town but time didn’t allow. Then 2 months later I received an [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: confectioner, coupon, discount, hand-crafted artisan chocolates, Magazine Street, New Orleans, NOLA, pastries, spca, Sucré | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 25, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I’ve been c-r-a-v-i-n-g lobster. The kind of lobster I had growing up in Massachusetts when my family would hop in our station wagon and drive to New Hampshire in search of the ultimate lobster meal. Since moving to California, long gone are the days of cheap, simple lobster eats. Lobster tends to be insanely expensive [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, Main Dish, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, Side Dish | Tagged: food, Foodbuzz 24 24 24, fresh, lobster gram, lobsters, maine, RECIPES, review | 7 Comments »
Posted on October 15, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I was recently sent a sample of a new olive oil produced right here in California! The launch of California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin olive Oil marks the first time a US brand has mass-produced high quality, fresh, affordable, everyday EVOO for the US marketplace. I didn’t introduce olive oil into my daily diet until [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: California Olive Ranch, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, review, tasting | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 2, 2009 by bayareafoodie
12 months, 14 visits, 40 cupcakes digested! I did it! The final rankings can be found here
Filed under: Peninsula, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, Sprinkles (Palo Alto) | Tagged: 40, best flavors, food, rankings, sprinkles challange, sprinkles cupcakes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 28, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I wrote about a new cookbook, Cooking Dinner: Simple Italian Family Recipes Everyone Can Make a couple weeks ago. Well, the authors are on a big book signing tour all over the Bay Area so go out and see them. It would make a great holiday gift. More about the book and authors Claudia Pruett [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, VERY RANDOM THOUGHTS | Tagged: Claudia Pruett & Rima Barkett, cookbook, Cooking Dinner: Simple Italian Family Recipes Everyone Can Make, signings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 7, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I don’t discriminate even when it comes to wine… jug,bottle,box or can I will give anything a try. When Foodbuzz offered to send me a sample of the new Black Box wines I said, “bring it on!” Black Box wines feature 9 varietals from all over the world. Each box holds the equivalent of 4 [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: black box wines, New Zealand, review, Sauvignon Blanc, wine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I’d seen this bad boy on Iron Chef numerous times and I wanted one, but was leery to buy it because it almost cost as much as the mixer. My parents ended up giving the attachment to Mike as a birthday gift (thanks M&D!) The 3 piece set includes a roller/kneader attachment, a spaghetti cutter [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: fettuccine cutter, KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers, KitchenAid Pasta Attachment, Ratatouille, roller/kneader attachment, spaghetti cutter | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 11, 2009 by bayareafoodie
I hope you all watched the first episode of Top Chef Masters last night. We enjoyed it although I was a bit grossed out by the shower scene. I’m happy to say that Mike stayed awake for the entire hour which is unusual since it’s on way past his bedtime. My only hope is that [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, VERY RANDOM THOUGHTS | Tagged: bravo, cooking show, kelly choi, Top chef masters, tv | 2 Comments »
Get my monthly email newsletter that includes all recent posts
