There’s a bit of a problem when it comes to developing an opinion of an idea of food, especially when that idea runs dead on into the reality of said food. I’ve been thinking about that a lot this week as the United States Department of Agriculture considers lifting a 21-year import ban on haggis .
January 29th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
I have a standard practice here at Accidental Hedonist – I try not to talk about restaurants and restaurant experiences that have played a part in my personal relationships.
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
For me, the Super Bowl represents the true end of a Holiday season that started back in October with Halloween. What makes this season so wondrous to me is the fact that all of them have food play a distinct part in the festivities.
January 25th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
I’ve been avoiding Food Politics of late, because the topic is so massively depressing. But a news story came across my plate that made me smile and hope. The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation of the seed industry, spokeswoman Gina Talamona said on Thursday
January 15th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
Domino’s Pizza : Just thought you should know – Our pizza kinda sucks. General Populace : Yeah, we figured that one out on our own.
January 13th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
Domino’s Pizza : Just thought you should know – Our pizza kinda sucks. General Populace : Yeah, we figured that one out on our own.
January 13th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
Is it just me, or does the title sound like it could be the name of a lounge act?
January 7th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
Something odd happened whilst in Amsterdam. A weird feeling came over me one afternoon whilst I was reading in a local eetcafé, sipping on a drink of bitter lemon and enjoying a light lunch
January 5th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
In the course of trying to figure out the history of candy in the Western world, there are three threads that need to be followed: 1) Medicine 2) Luxury/Royalty 3) Trade Most of the candy we know and recognize today can be traced back to one of these three subjects. However, if you look back further on each of these threads, each of them have on thing in common which is difficult to ignore – the influence of Muslim expansionism into Europe
January 4th, 2010 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments
Being only a few kilometers from Belgium, I have access to lambics that are difficult to find in the U.S.
December 30th, 2009 | Posted in Blogs | No Comments