Drinking a Coke

09 Dec 06 | by Lorraine in: Food and Drink | No Comments »

I’ve never liked softdrinks (or soda, or pop)- something about fizzy drinks makes my throat hurt- but my husband, like a million others around the world, loves them.
Here’s a particularly interesting read about What Happens to your Body if you Drink a Coke Right Now:
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

24 Nov 06 | by Lorraine in: Desserts, Food and Drink, Thanksgiving | No Comments »

Because we’re exhausted from all the Thanksgiving preparations, I thought I’d just post our menu up here for you to see:

I’m grateful for so many things this year- including you, dear reader.

A Smokin’ Thanksgiving

16 Nov 06 | by Lorraine in: Christmas, Desserts, Food and Drink, Super Sarap, Thanksgiving | 2 Comments »

So my husband and I have decided to serve smoked turkey on Christmas Eve- which will take us ten hours but promises to be a delicious deviation from the usual roast. Because we don’t want to be slaving away for ten hours cluelessly, we’ve decided to do a trial run this Thanksgiving.
As it is, I’ve [...]

Salad Nights

06 Sep 06 | by Lorraine in: Food and Drink, Ordering In | 1 Comment »

In an effort to make up for all the premium ice cream we’ve been treating ourselves to lately, the husband and I have been sticking to salads only at night.
Because we didn’t feel like preparing anything ourselves tonight, we ordered in- and went with California Pizza Kitchen’s bestselling Original BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad, a favourite [...]

Food named after people

04 Sep 06 | by Lorraine in: Food and Drink | No Comments »

After my recent encounter with Cherry Garcia, I became curious about what other foods have been named after- or inspired by- people. Here’s some interestingness:
The Bing Cherry (which I’m mentioning first because it’s a major ingredient in Cherry Garcia, and therefore sort of appropriate) was developed by Oregon horticulturist Seth Luelling around 1875, with the [...]