Tepache – pineapple goodness in a glass.

When I moved to Gulfport, Florida I found that the once a week open air market gave away the pineapple tops left over from slicing them up for purchase.   After a few conversations I was able to not only get the tops (which have subsequently sprouted about the apartment) but the other bits left over from the slicing up.  I had my hopes on making some... [Read more...]

Camping Sandwich

One of those great discoveries that you make from a friend is the Camping Sandwich.  I was introduced to the camping sandwich on my first trip to the Black Rock Desert that was not related to Burning Man.    One of our group asked if I wanted something to eat and then handed me this simple bit of goodness. A Camping Sandwich is easy to assemble requiring... [Read more...]

Bacon Chocolate-Chip cookies

It started with a power outage in the Summer of 2007 in San Francisco’s Financial District.  Some coworkers and I tool a stroll looking around the city and ended up at Fog City News.   Now fog city news is a great little store for exotic chocolate (and magazines, newspapers, etc.)  This is where I fell in love with bacon chocolate. A few months... [Read more...]