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3 min read 2022-02-28 21:00:00

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A beautiful yellow herbal liqueur was developed in 1860 by father-son team Carmine and Giuseppe Alberti. Their town of Benevento was a legendary

6 min read 2022-02-22 06:05:00

My brother is somewhat difficult to buy for, so when the holidays roll around, I resort to edible gifts. (Honestly, they are the best.) For the past

4 min read 2022-02-07 20:30:00

Who's going out for Valentine's Day? Yeah...we're not. We don't usually go out on V-day anyway, so this year will be no different. It's so much nicer

1 min read 2021-11-12 00:43:00

I'm a huge fan of cauliflower and have enjoyed it since I was a kid. I can eat it boiled into mush with butter and salt, no problem, but my husband

1 min read 2021-11-03 23:02:00

Another of my favorite products from the 2021 Fancy Food Show is Nova Crisp Cassava Crisps. I have been eating (almost entirely but not quite)

1 min read 2021-11-02 18:00:00

Moroccan Oomame on Oatmeal with fetaOne of my favorite products discovered at the 2021 Fancy Food Show was Oomame's line of globally-influenced chile

1 min read 2021-10-12 20:00:00

One of the most important things in my kitchen is my collection of herbs and spices. Without them, food would be bland and uninteresting. I have

3 min read 2021-07-06 01:06:00

Did anyone watch Top Chef Portland? I think it was one of the best seasons ever. I didn't do a recap, and I'm not sorry. It was nice to actually

2 min read 2020-08-14 19:00:00

It's hard to believe that Minxeats has been around for 15 years already! I actually started blogging in 2014; my first blog was knitting-related and

4 min read 2020-07-27 02:05:00

While Whole30 has been largely successful for me, I have definitely modified it to my tastes. One of the big no-nos is using a legal food, eggs for

4 min read 2020-07-08 19:00:00

Who doesn't appreciate some cheesy goodness now and again? I'm not just talking a slice of cheese on a sandwich or sprinkled on a taco. I mean real,

8 min read 2020-07-02 22:56:00

Happy Thursday, Readers!Now that I'm not doing Top Chef recaps, I have no idea what week this is. I'm guessing Week 16? It's July, which is a long

6 min read 2020-06-20 01:48:00

Greetings, Readers! Writing this week's recap has got me a bit verklempt. Not only is this the last Top Chef recap that I'll write for a while (maybe

8 min read 2020-06-12 23:57:00

I went to the office yesterday for the first time in 12+ weeks. It was strange. Only my supervisor was there, plus a guy from another department. The

7 min read 2020-06-06 01:29:00

I'm not sure what I'm going to do when Top Chef is done and I'll have to remember what week it is on my own. Six weeks ago I made steak for dinner in