"...and they ate with gladness and simplicity of heart"
My husband and I were in food-Mecca a little over a week ago (aka Manhattan), eating our way from Central Park to Battery Park. We embarked on a food safari, flushing out the so-so places in order to get to the big game, the trophy winners. I do this hard work for you. You see, my goal is to selflessly seek out unique experiences and when I order something unique on a menu, it is all for you. Ultimately it is to share what I learn. Okay, let’s call it what it is. It's all about ...
Photo credit: Kelly Stamps Howdy! Pour yourself a nice cool drink and pull up a chair or get comfy on the couch and head on over to the Arkansas Women Bloggers site where I guest posted on the #Bean2Blog event yesterday. You are going to want to hear all of their stories. I guarantee you will find a friend or two in the process. I know I did. Happy Reading! Lyndi ...
And so Tuesday kicked off with those instructions by Mr. P. Allen Smith himself, as I and nineteen other excited Arkansas bloggers looked forward to gaining an education about the humble Arkansas soybean. It’s hard to be humble when you are called “the miracle bean.” It’s hard to be humble when you are one of Arkansas pride and joy bushel crops, bringing in 122 million bushels of soybeans last year valued at $1 billion. It’s hard to be humble when you are just so stinking ...
Bonjour! I am feeling very French today! Did you know that we have a French treasure trove to explore in our very own backyard? French Metro Antiques on Dickson Street in Fayetteville will satisfy your inner Francophile. Put it on your to-do-right-away list. What is the foodie connection, you ask? Tucked throughout the nooks and crannies of this gorgeous antique store are kitchen gadgets and accessories. Believe me, I possess massive spending restraint each time I go in this store. ...
Hello friends. I found something really clever for you. It is a cuppow. On two random occasions over the years I have observed local folks carrying mason jar full of iced coffee and iced tea. Lid on. Ready to sip. I thought it was quirky. Yet… resourceful. Twitter is resourceful, too. Recently BHK Kafe tweeted to a company who makes a product called cuppow. They have designed a lid that turns a canning jar into a traveling mug. I jumped in the conversation and ...
Finally! Your taste buds have an avenue to declare whether or not they think a new food item is disgusting, bland, lacking, so-so, yummy, delishy, earth-shattering, fantasmic, or downright should have it’s own section on the food pyramid! That’s right... your taste buds are cordially invited to interview for a new position as taste taster extraordinaire! Silliker, a food product testing company with an office in our area, is looking for panelists in the Northwest Arkansas area to ...
I’ve been craving soup lately. You? Surely it’s not just because it is raining. That would be too… cliché. Yet, here I am, talking to you about soup. Not just any soup. Brothy, fully satisfying and gorgeously sensual soup. How do you feel about a soup that is one-part soup, one-part casserole, and one-part KA-POW! Yeah, now I’ve got your attention. For some reason I’ve been daydreaming about a thick chicken and rice soup. On the verge of dumplings. And then… I saw it… the ...
Have you heard of the term “tweating” yet? Tweating is tweeting what you eat. The Hartman Group just released an insightful study that says that 32% of us tweet while we eat. Mostly as we are happily eating or drinking at home and occasionally while splurging and dining out. Apparently, according to the study, lunchtime is our top tweating occasion. In the future we may chuckle at this statistic. We may find it, well…. quaint. In the future I predict that we will tweet ...
Today I have a treat for you. If you are new to nwafoodie, you may not have been around last July when I posted my highly recommended list of the Top 10 Northwest Arkansas Food Blogs you should read. If you were around to read that post, surely you checked them out and became fervent followers. Number one on that list was Our Everyday Dinners, the (almost) everyday posting site of Amy James, local Fayetteville recipe blogger. Her tag line is “Every night after I cook, I snap a photo, ...
Hello friends! I have been out-and-about the past few weeks, guest posting here and there. Don’t worry; here is what you may have missed… Connecting with Telepan. Dining with Lincoln and Washington. Blogging with your senses. Eating for pleasure. Miss January, 2012. C’mon back tomorrow and Wednesday, good things are happening. Eat well, my friends. Eat well. Lyndi ...
Beef bacon is back, baby. I am not fickle on this subject. Back in 2010 I said I found the world’s best beef bacon and I meant it. I haven’t wavered. I only quit raving about it to you because Richard’s Meat Market in Fayetteville stopped selling it. So sad, so sad. But wait! There is glorious news for both of us! Bentonville Butcher and Deli carries the Swiss Meat & Sausage Company’s hickory smoked beef bacon! It's about time! "Quality Goes In Before Our Name ...
Recently I was strolling through Barnes & Noble in Rogers, fingers trailing the books, ever so lightly as I passed display after display. Surrounded by a magnitude of books puts me in such a pleasant, wistful, mood. Abruptly, I stopped in my tracks. A tune caught my ear. A happy upbeat tune with a crooner’s drawl. Fingers stopped trailing as my attention was now drawn to the music section and no longer the beckoning books, I made my way towards the section to ...
I happily stumbled across a two-pound bag of rainbow carrots at Allen’s Market this past week. At $1.89, I was pleased with my bargain. The myriad of colors tempted me, teased me, and taunted me with anticipation over the color explosion I knew would occur once I exposed what lay beneath its skin. The mystery unfolded with each stroke from my peeler, brighter, brighter, and BRIGHTER! Oh the beautiful golds, oranges, yellows, and fiery flaming tangerine. The meat is so tight and clean ...
I have a new friend who turns 120 years old this year. Her name is... Bar Keepers Friend. She’s still looking pretty good. She’s a bargain for $1.72 at Walmart. She will clean your stainless steel, copper, brass, glass cooktop, porcelain, tile, and fiberglass. Oh, and according to all the rave reviews on her facebook page, she’s fantastic at cleaning dry eraser boards. She cleaned my copper-bottomed pan. Actually, my husband cleaned them for me. BEFORE Bar ...
Well hellooooo 2012. First off, let’s begin with January… are you ready? Something extra-specially-cool happened to me today. I am featured as January’s “blogger of the month” at the Arkansas Women Bloggers community website. Aka, Miss January. Cool, huh? They asked for a bio. So I gave them one, from my refrigerator’s perspective… it kinda’ made me giggle. I am looking forward to getting to know more of you this year! In fact, I am going to start featuring many of you, my ...
Listen up everybody. You have a little over two days left of 2011 and that means you have a little over two days left before you diet. That means you have a little over two days to make this homemade blue cheese dressing and savor.every.little.bite. If you’re not dieting, well hello there buddy, this recipe was made for you! One of my favorite blogs to browse is David Lebovitz, which is humorous since I don’t have a sweet tooth. His stories about living in Paris are sprinkled ...
Every Thanksgiving my husband and I lovingly prepare the traditional Thanksgiving Turkey together. Wet brined, seasoned, and succulently presented to the family. It was, well, um, okay. Delicious, actually, but lacking in the look-at-me-I-am-a-drop-dead-gorgeous-and-you’ve-never-tasted-anything-like-me-before-I’m-a-center-stage-dish that demands the spotlight. Nope, turkey doesn’t do that for us. We always have a backup center-stage dish. A diva. What about you? Are you like that? We, ...
