By Mike Thayer OK Advertising, I’ll “Bite” I’ve been wanting to try the Dunkin’ Bacon & Cheddar Omelette Bites since they launched the new menu item back in January. It looks fun, a sous vide egg with cheddar cheese and bacon bits shaped into a mini donut looking thing.  Of course what you get doesn’t […]

By Mike Thayer When you don’t want or need to cook up a big bird or perhaps you prefer to carve bone-free meat, buying a boneless turkey breast has many advantages. Plenty of bird for two people plus leftovers, I picked up a 3 pound Kirkwood turkey breast at Aldi for $8.99.   Found in the […]

By Mike Thayer I love pie, I’ll take pie over any other kind of dessert offering, but I hate making them, namely the pie crust.  Making the dough is a labor intensive project if you want a flaky, golden brown and delicious final product.  It entails using chilled water and really cold butter with the […]

By Mike Thayer When you don’t want or need to cook up a big bird or perhaps you prefer to carve bone-free meat, buying a boneless turkey breast has many advantages. Plenty of bird for two people plus leftovers, I picked up a 3 pound Kirkwood turkey breast at Aldi for $8.99.   Found in the […]

By Mike Thayer When you don’t want or need to cook up a big bird or perhaps you prefer to carve bone-free meat, buying a boneless turkey breast has many advantages. Plenty of bird for two people plus leftovers, I picked up a 3 pound Kirkwood turkey breast at Aldi for $8.99.   Found in the […]

By Mike Thayer I love pie, I’ll take pie over any other kind of dessert offering, but I hate making them, namely the pie crust.  Making the dough is a labor intensive project if you want a flaky, golden brown and delicious final product.  It entails using chilled water and really cold butter with the […]

By Mike Thayer When you don’t want or need to cook up a big bird or perhaps you prefer to carve bone-free meat, buying a boneless turkey breast has many advantages. Plenty of bird for two people plus leftovers, I picked up a 3 pound Kirkwood turkey breast at Aldi for $8.99.   Found in the […]

By Mike Thayer It can be kind of tough while on a road trip trying to find something a little bit different from the typical burger, slice of pizza or deli sandwich to have for lunch. Having a little vacation time and spending that on a private lake in Missouri, I stopped in a Hardees […]

By Mike Thayer Back in June, I wrote about the Chicken Sandwich War going on in fast food and who makes the best chicken sandwich. That sandwich war is still happening and Hardee’s has re-grouped on the battlefront with a new weapon. Introducing the Hardee’s Hot Honey Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich It’s looking mouthwatering good! Hardee’s […]

By Mike Thayer Blended and flavored whiskeys are red hot right now, consumer demand for brown spirits continues to rise with American Whiskey in particular seeing some phenomenal sales growth. Regular readers know that I am a fan of flavored whiskey, I’ve always got a bottle of something in my freezer for a chilled shot […]

By Mike Thayer Thinking about wings for the Super Bowl?  A Buffalo Shrimp appetizer perhaps? If you don’t have your own tried and true Buffalo Sauce recipe, have you tried Sweet Baby Ray’s Buffalo Sauce? Here’s the description from the website:  A full-flavored sauce with the perfect blend of cayenne pepper and garlic, with a […]

By Mike Thayer Some people are coffee drinkers.  Some people are tea drinkers.  Some people are both.  I fall into the latter category.  I’ll have two cups of hazelnut coffee to get me jump started in the morning before work.  Then come mid-morning, I make the switch to tea. I’ve been a coffee drinker for […]

By Mike Thayer Burgers, chicken nuggets, pizza, tacos…… What are you supposed to eat when none of the above sounds good? A crispy fish sandwich of course! But which fast food joint makes the best fish sandwich?  In the name of ‘food science’ (a’hem, cough), I have sampled fish sandwiches from all the national fast […]

The flavor pops in your mouth By Mike Thayer In a continued effort to get away from eating too many chip snacks, I recently picked up an 11 ounce bag of pistachios at Walmart.  Nuts are a nice alternative to chips because not only do they deliver some nice texture and a bit of crunch, […]