"...and they ate with gladness and simplicity of heart"
Disclosure: The #Bean2Blog event was provided by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and P. Allen Smith Garden Home. It was truly an honor to attend at the stunning location of Allen’s Moss Mountain Farm close to Little Rock. I wished I could have taken you with me. “I believe in being good stewards. Farming goes back a long way in my family, and I’ve often felt that it was an art that was dying out.” These simple words by P. Allen Smith kicked-off the second annual ...
Disclosure: Hiland Ice Cream Company sent me a bundle of coupons to try out this ice cream and other Hiland Diary products… which I promptly forgot to use. Oh well, some lucky one will be getting something extra in their giveaway packet. ***UPDATE: Congrats to the six of you who will receive a free coupon for Hiland Ice Cream: #1 Tara Ballowe May, #2 Elizabeth Toll, #4 Larissa May, #6 Gina Knuppenburg, #12 Blueberry Acres Farm, and #13 Vicki! Lucky duckies! *** Memorial Day weekend ...
Today’s foodie finds are pure fun. 1. Reclaimed wood cookbook stand. How many of you have a cookbook stand in your kitchen? Can I see a show of hands? I don’t. Yet. This one is rustic and hand formed from reclaimed wood from Europe. Each on is unique. Just like you. 2. Polar bear ice tray. Sorry for the impracticality yet it is too cute for me to care about being practical and all that. It’s BPA free so there are no worries of breakage as you * SLAM * BANG * it on the ...
Allow me to answer the question you may have rolling around in your head right now: “No, No I am not going to rename this blog as nwafoodiefindsforfriday.com.” While my life lately has been re-prioritized due to job deadlines and jaunting to Mississippi, California, and Ohio these past three weeks, well, a girl can only do what a girl can do. Friday’s foodie finds consist of browsing the Internet, looking for intriguing foodie items to covet. Now THAT I can definitely work into my ...
My favorite campy joke when I was a kid goes like this: “If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?” Hold for the drumroll…….. pilgrims! C’mon. You know that’s cute! Since it is May and the trees are pushing their leaves towards the sun and flowers are ready to burst, today’s five foodie finds celebrate May’s claim to fame. 1. King Arthur perfect pasta flour blend. New to making pasta and confused whether to use all-purpose flour, durum flour, or semolina ...
Good morning, my friends. How are you on this beautiful Friday morning? Today’s five foodie finds are all over the board. You don’t mind, do you? It’s the one-day of the week where I can just go willy-nilly and share completely random foodstuffs with you. It makes me all giddy inside. Enjoy! 1. Rustichella D'Abruzzo Anchovies. There is something alluring about an anchovy. Expand your fish repertoire with these anchovy beauties from the Adriatic Sea. Fleshy pink, these fish ...
This is big. Reallllly big. The second annual #bean2blog event is happening in May at P.Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm near Little Rock. Twenty plus Arkansas bloggers are going to attend and spend a day touring the home, grounds, and gardens and will learn about the Arkansas soybean industry. I am thrilled to return this event and would love to see one of you come join us. Would you like to attend? There is one more open spot for a lucky someone + a ...
All five of today’s foodie finds are all foodstuffs. No gadgets. What can I say, I am hungry! 1. White balsamic vinegar jelly. This vinegar is described as “deliciously light and subtly sweet.” That sounds perfect, thank you. I will have mine atop an olive oil grilled hard bread smeared with mashed avocados. 2. French supreme sauce with tarragon. Hmmm… why wouldn’t you want to try this? Word on the street is that is excellent on poultry and pasta. 3. Black winter truffle ...
Dennis and I went on a road trip to the Biloxi/Gulport this week... this is our snack bag for the road trip! The oddest thing happened to me the other day. Facebook turned on me. I call it #snackattack. It kept repeating one of my posts (thankfully, it was a good one). I wanted to know what your favorite snacks were. Now I know forty of your favorite snacks. Thank you, facebook. I’m inspired to expand my snacking repertoire. Are you? 1. “My kids are ...
Today’s foodie finds are all recommendations from readers, friends, and also family. 1. Spaghetti tower. Store your leftover spaghetti noodles in this rooster topped cylinder storage tower. The cap has a clever twist and snaps open four different ways. Each of the four snap openings delivers a neat and organized serving amount. Thanks to Beth over at The Food Adventuress for sharing this! 2. Karato sharpener and peeler. Immediately after reviewing the spaghetti tower ...
Friday. Friday. Friday. Hello lovely beautiful Friday. Your Friday is going to get even lovelier because you are going to want to buy every single one of today’s foodie finds. It’s okay. You are worth it. 1. French copper bowl for Kitchenaid mixer. This unlined copper bowl is made in France as an exact retrofit for your Kitchenaid mixer. This is for the ultimate foodie who wants a perfectly whipped egg or absolute perfection when candy making. Scratch that, forget perfection… look ...
Helloooo Friday! Are you home from work and kicking back today? Kick up your heels and check out today’s foodie finds. I think they are extra fun because all of them are from etsy. 1. Vintage yellow plates from the 80s. These are like, so totally rad, like, ya know? Like, totally. If you had these plates gracing your family dinner, I guarantee your dinner will never be boring. 2. Gourmet dried figs. These dried figs are produced without sulpher, chemicals, sugar, or the ...
I was trolling around through my photos the other day and realized I had yet to share with you a fantastic little pantry store located here in Northwest Arkansas called the Huntsville Pantry. Have you been to the Huntsville Pantry yet? For those of you new to the area or have yet to venture outside the Bentonville/Rogers/Fayetteville metro area, Huntsville is twenty-nine miles east of Springdale off of Highway 412. Before the new bypass was completed, we had to actually drive through ...
Hellooooooo... it is Friday and you have been holding your breath all day, waiting for today’s five-foodie-finds, right? Your patience paid off… here you go. 1. Mild chili threads. These extremely thin dried strips of chili peppers would make a gorgeous garnish, don’t you think? Lightly toast in a dry skillet to bring out a deep smoky flavor and then pile it on for a show-stopping finish. Wowza. 2. Campfire open-flame popcorn popper. There are many who think that ...
Ready for five more foodie finds this week? 1. Dimension teapot bicycle bell. Spring is in the air and it is time to pull those bikes out of storage and air up the tires! This adorable teapot bell easily attaches to your bike and makes it unique. (pssst, there are also donut shaped and cherry-inspired bells available). Yes, open the doors and take your foodiness outside. 2. Asparagus made of chocolate. Sometimes you just need a little bit of ridiculous in your life. ...
Hello beautiful Friday and you know what that means… it is time to explore five more foodie-finds! Each Friday I share five kitchen gadgets and foodstuffs that I think are interesting enough to crave. 1. Prime cuts dishtowel. This one is for all you carnivores out there who like quoting your cuts of meat. The only downside is that now your guests will know if you are telling the truth or not. 2. Copper hand strainer. Please don’t tell me that you have a cheap plastic ...
Is there anyone else besides me who is sick-and-tired of boring, ugly, and plastic water pitchers? Please tell me why the Brita or Pur people cannot design one made out of glass? It is not like we don’t know how to hand wash or handle glass with care. Rumors are all over the Internet that Brita has a glass pitcher in Europe but, alas, they are not bringing it here to the states. You gotta’ love a foodie-generated rumor. Ever since my lab results two years ago showed high levels of ...
