Tidbits

I lost my appetite...

2008-12-01T22:24:00.001-05:00

which is why I haven't posted any new Tidbits for a while. But I hope to be back shortly to catch up before the end of the year.

Big basket o' basil

2008-10-20T22:17:00.000-04:00

thanks, Carol!

Best lunch in town is only $1.50

2008-10-19T22:16:00.001-04:00

...and it's kosher, too!

Ham bones at the pet food store

2008-10-18T22:15:00.000-04:00

Lebanese beer. Is too!

2008-10-17T22:13:00.000-04:00

Don't eat this chicken

2008-10-12T17:13:00.000-04:00

Scary food: Part 3: Candy on the brain

2008-10-11T00:12:00.000-04:00

Take your lumps, cowboy

2008-10-10T23:53:00.000-04:00

Trader Joe's is open!

She's my Dairy Queen

2008-10-09T23:48:00.000-04:00

Cocoa cats: "MEOW" =^..^=

2008-10-08T23:50:00.001-04:00

Scary food: Part 2

2008-10-07T23:54:00.000-04:00

Register to vote, check out a Cheesecake Cookbook at the library

2008-10-06T23:40:00.000-04:00

Empty and broken

2008-10-05T23:44:00.000-04:00

Scary food: Part 1

2008-10-04T23:39:00.001-04:00

Trick or treat comes early to Kim's office

2008-10-03T23:42:00.000-04:00

This makes me happy

2008-10-02T23:38:00.000-04:00

Not-so-Happy White Rabbits Day

2008-10-01T23:58:00.003-04:00

from the L.A. Times
U.S., California issue warnings on Chinese candy White Rabbit
Officials urge consumers to discard the candy after the chemical melamine is detected in some pieces.

BEIJING -- The Food and Drug Administration and state health authorities warned consumers Friday not to eat any flavors of White Rabbit candy imported from China because they may be contaminated with the chemical melamine...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china27-2008sep27,0,2911022.story

Looks yucky, tastes YUMMY

2008-09-30T22:19:00.001-04:00

Jenny's homemade chopped chicken liver

Cupcakes for cancer???

2008-09-29T22:26:00.000-04:00

in honor of the breast cancer Race for the Cure

Crab claws at the Pelican Reef

2008-09-28T23:08:00.003-04:00

Drenched in garlic butter

Deep fried and served with lemon and cocktail sauce

Fried oyster salad at Wintzell's

2008-09-27T23:06:00.003-04:00

Don't laugh -- it's fabulous

The real "Cheeseburger in Paradise" at the Dew Drop Inn

2008-09-26T23:01:00.002-04:00

As sung by Jimmy Buffet, here's where it all started -- for real in Mobile, Alabama

What happened to soup no one loves...

2008-09-25T22:59:00.001-04:00

Markdowns! Yes, even Wolfgang Puck.

Time for a little kitchen Fiesta

2008-09-24T22:57:00.001-04:00

Mouse? What mouse?

2008-09-23T22:46:00.002-04:00

That bowl was full late last evening. Now it's almost empty. Ryan and I DID see the mouse, twice!

First day of Autumn

2008-09-22T22:42:00.001-04:00

Time for pumpkin pie!

"Snacks" on a plane

2008-09-21T22:34:00.004-04:00

A guy named Lloyd was complaining on his blog that this was all he got to eat on a recent US Airways flight. (watchwhatyoueat.net)

To which I reply, "I WISH I'd gotten snack mix on my six-hour transcontinental flight today!"

Praise the Lard. Not a typo.

2008-09-20T22:29:00.000-04:00

The "Noodly Appendage" and free spaghetti

2008-09-19T22:20:00.004-04:00

How to explain this? Here goes...it was Take Over a Parking Space Day in San Francisco, so people did, all over town. They rolled out sod and set up lawn chairs, built cars, and as in this case, built a pirate ship called the Noodly Appendage. But these folks were not content to stop there. They brought a crock pot and hollered out to passersby, "Arrrrr! Make like Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Have some of our free spaghetti!"

The Mona Lisa sucks

2008-09-18T22:18:00.001-04:00

We interrupt this blog for a moment

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While I am traveling and getting more cool photos of TIDBITS. Be back at the end of September.

Smoked salmon on flatbread and chocolate chip pie

2008-09-17T22:59:00.000-04:00

...at Bricktop's

Really weird gum from Germany

2008-09-16T23:01:00.001-04:00

tastes just like Nyquil.

Just what are Mayhaw, Moonshine and Corncob?

2008-09-15T15:39:00.000-04:00

Kinds of jelly, of course

File under Frankenfood: marshmallow "sandwich"

2008-09-14T22:39:00.001-04:00

Utopia, White eggplants, Bad Ass Coffee, Spinach Quiche

2008-09-13T16:05:00.004-04:00

Must be utopia, it says so right on the box

White eggplants

Bad Ass Coffee

and spinach quiche

Espresso per due

2008-09-12T23:56:00.003-04:00

"California Dreaming"?

2008-09-11T22:02:00.002-04:00

the restaurant, not the song

A new kind of peanut butter and jelly treat

2008-09-10T23:58:00.002-04:00

in a crunchy bone for dogs!

Do you prefers to eat bears with

2008-09-09T14:42:00.002-04:00

Bees?...

or cheese?

This is "Resurrection"? I am confused

2008-09-08T00:38:00.000-04:00

Coffee makes me smile and I make coffee smile, too

2008-09-07T11:01:00.001-04:00

(thanks, Elle!)

French pastries under glass at Amelie's

2008-09-06T23:20:00.002-04:00

6 bottles of red wine, one slice of chocolate cheesecake

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A balanced meal?

Beef, chicken or Wi-Fi?

2008-09-04T15:55:00.001-04:00

at Zada Jane's

Masa mucho

2008-09-03T13:36:00.000-04:00

need a recipe? Go to google -- there are over 700,000 links!

Life in a box

2008-09-02T13:34:00.001-04:00

Sometimes the bowl is just empty

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and you just don't have any appetite at all

Hot and creamy

2008-08-31T22:16:00.004-04:00

Why, what were you thinking?

A "Fiesta of Pancakes" with Clair

2008-08-30T23:21:00.000-04:00

"Two Hands" wine from Australia

2008-08-29T23:17:00.001-04:00

"Two Hands" is an Australian film starring Heath Ledger.
This Australian wine is a HEATHcote Shiraz from the Two Hands vineyard.
Coincidence?

Some ideas are just wrong

2008-08-28T23:14:00.004-04:00

Krispy Kreme doughnuts in plastic cups -- easier to guzzle

Price's Chicken Coop: Today, tomorrow and always

2008-08-27T23:11:00.001-04:00

Sake on a rainy night at Soho Bistro

2008-08-26T22:37:00.000-04:00

More words to live by: coffee

2008-08-25T14:55:00.001-04:00

Chocolate SHOES?!?!

2008-08-24T22:24:00.000-04:00

Do we eat them? Wear them? (Thanks, Kel, Elle and T!)

A new spot for coffee and chess at Julia's

2008-08-23T14:24:00.003-04:00

Pollo Mario - "Comidas Colombianos"

2008-08-22T22:20:00.001-04:00

As unappetizing as this looks...

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it tasted better than the soggy nachos that followed.

Rocky's new and improved "Happy Meal"

2008-08-20T22:18:00.002-04:00

Smile!

Tomatoes, basil and Parmigiano Reggiano

2008-08-19T22:47:00.001-04:00

"Am I blue (cheese)..."

2008-08-18T22:46:00.000-04:00

Lola, the Lunch Lady

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Movie mania: water costs more than soda

2008-08-16T22:50:00.000-04:00

88 China Bistro

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(found this photo on yelp.com)

Happy Birthday, Diane -- and Happy National Creamsicle Day, too!

2008-08-14T22:27:00.002-04:00

A cruel joke

2008-08-13T11:24:00.001-04:00

This sign was found in storage -- there is NO barbecue at this office tonight

Doughnuts guaranteed NOT to make you fat

2008-08-12T22:33:00.003-04:00

you can find this knitting pattern at craftbits.com

It's National Raspberry Tart Day

2008-08-11T11:33:00.001-04:00

but I could not find any greeting cards for it when I went to the Hallmark store

Country cookin' makes ya good-lookin'

2008-08-10T23:31:00.001-04:00

at Lizard's Thicket in Columbia, S.C.

What's up, Wabbit?

2008-08-09T13:22:00.000-04:00

Check out the ears on this guy.

"Conchas" - delicioso!

2008-08-08T23:44:00.001-04:00

"Olive" you

2008-08-07T11:25:00.000-04:00

Everyone needs an olive dish

You want chicken? Then you pay CASH.

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at Price's Chicken Coop

Wacky waffles

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How ever will we choose?

Diane's sourdough bread -- look fast before it vanishes

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It was a whole loaf just a minute or so ago...

Rocky's "Happy Meal"

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"Never enough..."

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Emptiness.

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A nicely stacked arrangement of cheese

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at EarthFare

Our little city is growing up

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Because we have an actual Sabrett's kosher hot dog cart!

A whole wall of fish sauces at Danang Supermarket

2008-07-29T22:14:00.001-04:00

Intermezzo: pizza and Serbian food

2008-07-28T23:24:00.002-04:00

the Avramovic brothers, owners of Intermezzo

Colin came to a fork in the road suddenly

2008-07-27T21:55:00.002-04:00

thanks to artist Simon Drew

Guacamole: it's not just for dinner anymore...

2008-07-26T21:30:00.003-04:00

it's also the new color of the living room

And now for something completely different: a lesson in fish dressing

2008-07-25T09:27:00.001-04:00

I will never think of a "manicure" in the same way again.
(courtesy of Captain Jim's in North Miami)

"Tequila Mockingbird" - a recipe in honor of National Tequila Day

2008-07-24T15:34:00.002-04:00

"Tequila Mockingbird"

2 ounces tequila
3/4 ounce green or white crème de menthe
1 ounce fresh lime juice
Slice of lime

Shake the tequila, crème de menthe, and lime juice with ice; then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime slice.

Tapas at Las Ramblas

2008-07-23T23:33:00.002-04:00

yucca chips, calamari and pizza with manchego and anchovies

Eating healthy can be really disgusting. Seriously.

2008-07-22T21:08:00.000-04:00

Which costs more: Rib-eye steaks or Fig Newtons?

2008-07-21T23:03:00.003-04:00

Rib-eyes are $8.99 per pound. Fig Newtons are $9.98! ($4.49 x 8 ounces = $9.98 per pound)

2.5 pounds is a LOT of spinach

2008-07-20T19:32:00.003-04:00

Maybe the bag looked normal-sized when I bought it at Costco because everything else they sell is so huge...

Don't ask.

2008-07-19T16:54:00.001-04:00

The Dark Knight -- "Bittersweet"

2008-07-18T23:13:00.001-04:00

Went to see The Dark Knight -- yes, it was amazing! -- and later found this tie-in campaign from Reese's...

check it out at http://www.hersheys.com/reeses/darkknight/

They have "Limited Edition" Reese's pieces
and dark chocolate peanut butter BATS!

Then I found that some creative person out there did a little photoshopping and came up with this:

Hey, it's a JOKE!

The best lunch deal in town

2008-07-17T16:55:00.000-04:00

at Costco, where else?

Buy whiskey, get beef jerky FREE

2008-07-16T19:59:00.002-04:00

Yum...?

Winkler Bakery at Old Salem

2008-07-15T20:21:00.000-04:00

Inside this 18th century building in Salem, N.C....

from this old timey oven...

come these amazing wafer-thin cookies: lemon, ginger, chocolate -- not to mention bread, pound cake, sugar cake...

Soup too watery? Just add a little orzo

2008-07-14T21:08:00.003-04:00

it's that pasta that looks like rice

Celebrating an honored staple of American cuisine

2008-07-13T20:50:00.002-04:00

It's National French Fry Day!

Ice cream at Elizabeth Creamery

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This size cone is not on the menu, however.

the grocery bagging contest

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Laugh if you want -- the winner gets $10,000!