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Raw Chocolate
In honor of the Great Omaha Chocolate Festival coming up on September 30th, I’ve decided to tell y’all a little about raw chocolate and why it’s almost as good as a Hershey’s bar (albeit not available in bulk candy form).
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Pickle or Die
Long ago, people ate what they grew, and grew what they ate. If they couldn’t gather or grow it, so it is said, they didn’t eat it. If they didn’t eat, they died, so they stayed busy. If they caught
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Omaha’s Largest Pizza Review Results #4
Food & Spirits Magazine held the 4th Annual ‘Omaha’s Largest Pizza Review’ on June 25th at The Waiting Room Lounge, and once again, the crowd turned out in a big way. Selling out for the fourth consecutive year, participants voted
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The Dumpster: Blow Me Away
The first time I witnessed a real breakthrough in the culinary arts was when a fistful of Pop Rocks exploded in my mouth. Not as in, “exploding with flavor!”; as in, blew up. Taste the Explosion!” the packaging exclaimed. I
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The Dumpster: Condimentary
I was 27 years old when I learned that ketchup doesn’t come with a refrigerator. Every fridge I had ever met had ketchup, mustard and pickles. I never met anyone who bought ketchup. My formative years had been spent living
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Raw Food: More than a Fad Diet
There seems to be a new fad diet every couple of weeks, and one that has recently been growing in popularity is the Raw Food Diet. If you haven’t heard about it, you obviously aren’t very trendy – shame on
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Five Favorite Burger Joints
People have their favorite places to eat for a reason. Some people want to experience Live Music in Katy, TX as they eat whereas others want really quick service. At the end of the day, everyone has their own preferences
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Raw Milk: Fighting for the Right to Choose
The debate over the value, or lack of value, of milk stretches from the dairy farmer to the the parent. Pasteurized and raw milk have been labeled as a glass of liquid poison by one group or the other in
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Five of our Favorite Appetizers
It seems as though everybody has a list these days. Best of this, best of that – but what really makes those lists any different from each other? For the most part, not much because lists have been taken over
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Cheese Romance Comte’
Cheese is culture, is life. This has long been my credo, and when I was asked to share my passion with the readers of Food & Spirits Magazine I was thrilled. My mind raced back through the many Cheese Clubs,
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