Category Archives: Food Stuff

Podcast: Marketing Unplugged: Madagascar Vanilla

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Madagascar-Vannilla.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMy menu says the vanilla in the creme brulee comes from Madagascar.  What should I do with this information?  Have I been eating crap vanilla my entire life? Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Marketing Unplugged: Madagascar Vanilla

  Recently we dined at a local bistro, a casual spot falling comfortably between family dining and fine dining.  Very straight forward entrées –  grilled rosemary chicken, grilled salmon, various pasta dishes – but I was confused by the description of the … Continue reading

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Marketing Unplugged: Roasted Black Garlic Potato Chips

On a quick dash through the grocery aisles to pick up last minute items – mascarpone cheese for a lime pie, lemon for the kale salad – I impulsively grabbed a novelty bag of “Kettle Cooked Black Garlic Chips.” When … Continue reading

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Ten Foods That I Have Demonized and Can No Longer Eat

1.  Liver, because as a pathologist I have done too many autopsies where I have had to grapple with slippery, greasy livers ravaged by poor life choices. (I still like ribs though.) 2.  Escargot, because the action of extracting them … Continue reading

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Mouth Feel

I first became besotted with mouth feel sitting to the right of my grandmother at Sunday lunches.  The main course typically consisted of beef tenderloin cooked to a perfect dusty rose hue accompanied by roasted potatoes whose shiny and auburn … Continue reading

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I Love Livers

My introduction to liver was perfectly pleasant.  There was a period in my childhood when liver was a routine dinner entrée.  This was when my mother had 6 children under the age of 10 and was assisted by a mother’s … Continue reading

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Impulse Control

My husband might point out that one of my most economical and endearing traits is that I simply don’t shop.  Almost all of my clothes come from a trusted online catalog; I have a limited roster of clothes that are … Continue reading

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Podcast: Home Style Chunks

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Home-Style-Chunks-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAn exploration of human grade dogfood, culminating in a human taste test. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Raspberries Aplenty

  For the past month, every couple of days I have been able to go outside and pick myself at least a pint of raspberries from the bushes alongside our porch.  Growing up, raspberries, and macadamia nuts, were considered the … Continue reading

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Podcast: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buttery!

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/I-cant-believe-its-not-buttery.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe humane, ethical, economic and nutritional decisions involved in buying a carton of eggs. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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