If this attitude were really true, why would sandwich shops, from the basic Subway to the most artisan farm-to-table shop, be so popular and prevalent. The terrible quality stuff that comes out of an Oscar-Meyer package is pretty terrible, but the good stuff you get from a good deli, salumeria, or specialty food store…

I’ll be honest that I’ve never considered the Cuban connection, but when you think about it, it’s not hard to make the leap from Picadillo (albeit, somewhat simplified) to a Sloppy Joe. I’ll assume that the spice pallet has changed to account for more Americanized tastes and it lost the raisins and olives at some…

I would save some of the pasta water and add some when you combine sauce and pasta to make the sauce stick better. Makes everything better!

I’ll never know how Whole Foods chicken is, because I won’t pay the costs for it. 8 bucks and up for a chicken is ridiculous. I like the Wegmans rotisserie chicken. It’s also 4.99, it’s under their “Food You Feel Good About” banner so it has no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, and has both moist meat and…

The problem is not that the food isn’t “authentic”. I thought Kate did a really good job explaining this situation in the article. Food was always in very short supply on the island itself after the Castro regime came in, and things had to adapt accordingly. Pretty much all the Cuban food you get in the States is from…

Great work. Cuban food is a delight. Been eating it as long as I can remember. A lot of the flavor profiles aren’t entirely different from the Colombian food my grandmother made when I was a kid. As with everything, though, things do vary from place to place. I still haven’t found a place that makes ropa vieja nearly…

Well, I can’t remember the last time I actually got a donut at Dunkin. I’m more of a coffee and breakfast sandwich guy from them (and I guess I’m a basic peasant human, but I love their coffee). Honestly, the donuts are never that fresh, as they are not baked in stores anymore, they come by truck and who knows how…

Unfortunately for all of us who know how perfect Idris Elba would have been for the role, it probably needed to happen in 2011 or so, after Skyfall wrapped so we could have gotten a 2-3 picture deal from him.

So I am the parent of a 3 year old, so I watch a looooooot of Mickey and the Roadster Racers, in which Donald is a very central character. The way they vocalize him in that show works well. It’s lower pitched, slowed own a bit, and better enunciated. It turns out a different voice actor voices Donald in that show. I…

Like most episodes of the show, it was uneven in a lot of places, but still made me laugh quite a bit. The quiet “I win” was a good payoff for the B-Story.

Honestly, I just roll with good old salted butter for everything (typically the Wegmans store brand because it’s the least expensive, but I will indulge in some KG from time to time just for funsies). Not a huge amount of difference in recipes, I find. I just made Alton Brown’s Blueberry Buckle tonight which calls for…

People are right, you do need specific equipment to make good rice. It’s just that you don’t need an expensive unitasker with a million bells and whistles. This is specialty equipment that’s less than $30 and can be used for all sorts of wonderful things:

Amen to all of this. Let’s face it. I don’t like super hoppy or sour beer. That’s just not my thing. My favorite beer is a Belgian strong that’s brewed with honey that is from a hole in the wall brewpub, drinks super easy, but kicks like a mule. And the last time I was at the Beer Hall with friends, my favorite thing…

This is great for me. Beats loading up the Firefox app on my phone and digging into the menus to find the “saved logins” feature to look up a password I’m not sure of (or isn’t set up on an app on my iPhone already).

Why is this whole article missing if I have uBlock Origin turned on? Chrome or Firefox. No es bueno.

Hot Grill is nothing short of amazing. I did not grow up eating Texas Weiners (I’m from the mythical land of Central Jersey and we were Galloping Hill Inn folk), but I started years back when my girlfriend started taking me there. And you’re right, it really is the mix of the fried dog, the sauce, and the toppings…

I still don’t understand why the US doesn’t just eliminate the penny, nickle, and dime from our currency, have the quarter, the dollar coin, and subsequently, eliminate the dollar and two dollar bills. I have to imagine that this would save a bunch of money over time.

I’ll have to try that. I usually just sprinkle some kosher salt on my tomatoes and go on my way.

Well, on today’s 12:00 newscast on WABC (NYC’s ABC flagship), they mentioned specifically that this whole thing is just a promotional deal and the name will go back soon. Much like McDonalds in our modern times, breakfast will always be what keeps the lights on at IHOP.

It was a sad day when H&H closed up shop, for sure. Used to get bagels there, then head down the street to Zabars and get some lox and cream cheese to dress those bad boys up.