I love coffee. I love the smell of it brewing, and its bold flavor. For many, coffee was an acquired taste, but I remember sneaking sips of my mother’s when I was quite young, and I simply fell in love. American film director David Lynch once said, “Even bad coffee is better than no coffee

I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a single theater memory that doesn’t include popcorn. The fondest? All include those enormous popcorn buckets, not the bags that have (in many theaters) replaced them. I can’t tell you how much popcorn one of those buckets holds, but my wife and I own four of

I didn’t think anything of it when I clicked on #Velveeta–a trending topic on Twitter today. Needless to say, imagine my surprise when I learned that Kraft Foods has announced that there’s an honest-to-goodness Velveeta shortage. Me? I didn’t think such a thing was possible. I mean, not that I’m questioning the amount of actual

Eggs. Sure, they’re a food staple and a fave for many worldwide. Me? I’m not one of those people. For yours truly, when it comes to eggs, they’d better be cooked into brownies or a cake, because that’s about the extent of my yolking around. That said, however, I recall a Christmas gathering my parents threw, circa 1975 or

October is National Popcorn Popping Month! Discovered thousands of years ago, popcorn dates back to before 3600 B.C. in what is now Peru. Some believe popcorn was developed by American Indians, but researchers have found no evidence to support that. It wasn’t until the 1840s that popped corn garnered the title of “snack food,” when it was

Although this is a Halloween post, its roots go back to December 2012 – specifically December 12. Chances are 12/12/12 was just a normal Wednesday for you, but it also was: the last sequential date we’ll see for 88 years; the day most people expected the Mayan apocalypse to occur (technically 12/21/12, but why quibble

In honor of National Pizza Month, Joe confesses he’s a pizza snob, and takes us for a taste around the country. If you’re a fan of fine dining and a connoisseur of gourmet cuisine, you understand that there’s one universal truth: Nothing beats good pizza. Unfortunately for anyone who was raised outside of New York

It’s not like coffee drinkers (which counts for about 85% of Americans) need a special day to celebrate. But we sure wouldn’t mind getting a free cup of joe while we reminisce about the past. September 29th is National Coffee Day, and that means lots of coffee shops are giving us freebies, including Dunkin’ Donuts,

I’m a sucker for trying just about anything new, even if it sounds kind of gross. When my husband and I heard about the Guinness Shake at Red Robin, we both went, “What???” Now, Joe is also a taster of all kinds of weird things (he had to try all the Harry Potter Jelly Bellies

Created by Chef Auguste Escoffier in honor of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebration, this dessert was created sometime between 1887 and 1897. There’s some conflict over whether it was the Queen’s Golden Jubilee or Diamond Jubilee for which this sweet cherries concoction was made, but there’s no argument that it was presented because cherries were her