Blogs: Salivation Army

I love the way food writers get all creative and euphemistic when describing flavors, especially wine or cheese: For instance, “brackish” = salty; “astringent” = sour; “strong” = “It reeks.” “Earthy” or “pungent” means “It reeks to high heaven.” Wine people do it too: leathery, smoky, chalky, grassy … you can wonder if you’re...
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Word comes today that downtown Orlando’s longtime dependable Wall Street Plaza is feeling the pinch: The Globe will be closing down its kitchen (not sure if this means no more sushi from Slingapour’s), and Waitiki Retro Tiki Bar will become a sandwich shop (don’t know what this means for the Monkey Bar). I wasn’t...
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According to Lynn Dornblaser of the market research firm Mintel, the following will be the most popular flavor trends in 2009: 1. lavender2. cactus3. persimmon4. masala 5. chimichurriSo later this year, when you’re sipping your cactus iced tea, munching a chimichurri-flavored potato chip, making a lavender rub for your pork roast, nibbling a masala-infused...
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Despite the fact that (one or two) people I respect have been enthusiastic about it, I’ve always felt somewhat eye-rolly, not to say dismissive, about absinthe. Or to be more specific: the absinthe trend. As with the commoditization of Bukowski, Kerouac, granny bikes, juice fasts, and yoga, it’s not the object of the fad...
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Hmm, how to say? No joke necessary, I guess: Burger King’s selling a body spray called Flame™ — scented with … meat? The website is so hilarious, with cheesy music and a soft-focus lech vibe straight outta the Riunite-on-ice-so-nice, shag-carpet-in-the-bathroom, baby’s-breath-and velvet-jumpsuit era, that you might assume it’s a joke, something in the vein...
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Winter Park’s Ravenous Pig gastropub holds its monthly pig roast 11:30am-2:30pm this Saturday, Jan. 10. Straight from the Pig‘s mouth: “$18 buys you admission and an up-close view of roasting action, a heaping plate of piggy and sides plus a pint of one of our fine microbrews (21+ only) or soda ($13 for plate+soda).”
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Sorry about the long absence! We missed you! (This is the part where you say, “I missed you too, Salivation Army.”) But here we are, back and ready to rock 2009. Some of us are telling ourselves that we’ll eat less this year (unlikely, unless we get laid off, which is not so unlikely....
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… you don’t need any suggestions from me (there’s this thing called the internecks, which is chock-full of recipes and pictures of cats?), but. I ran across this blog, Apple Pie, Patis, & Pâté, earlier this week, and more specifically, a recipe for “chocolate brownie cookies.” Now, this name does not come near to...
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No, no, we’re just kidding about the drunks. (But not the hotness.) Yes, Ethos is now carrying beer and wine (yay!). But no, we don’t foresee it becoming an alcohol-fueled pickup spot for fixed-gear bikers and the alt-kid crochet hookers who love them. That’s what Stardust is for. Ethos Vegan Kitchen  (Note: In keeping...
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Sweet little Adolf Hitler Campbell didn’t do anything wrong. He just wanted to celebrate his third birthday with a personalized cake from the local ShopRite in Greenwich, New Jersey.But those fascist bakers refused to decorate his cake (or even draw an icing swastika)! Not wanting their child to be deprived of his just deserts...
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