This post contains affiliate links. Brioche is a French bread that is lighter and fluffier on account of a high butter and egg content. Brioche bread isn’t as popular as a standard bread in the United States, but it has…
Sandwiches are common fare for my family. We pack them in school and work lunches. We eat them on camping trips and road trips. Some of us make them for lunch or a snack at home. We eat a variety…
Granola bars are a common snack staple in my house, along with cheese cubes, string cheese, cheese blocks, peanuts, and trail mix. They’re easy to grab on the go for a picnic or a school or work lunch, or any…
Everything bagels probably emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, and bets are that they came out of New York. No one knows exactly who created them, though, and there more than a few people who claim it was their idea…
Sub sandwiches are a weakness of mine. I don’t know if I can pinpoint an exact time when I took to them — maybe childhood, maybe later — but at a certain point I came to truly appreciate the simple…
This post contains affiliate links. When I need to send a kid to school with snacks to share for a birthday or a holiday party, I have a couple of go-tos. Big boxes of chip bags are always a winner….
For a discount grocer, Aldi has surprisingly good chocolate. Their milk chocolate bar with hazelnut paste is my family’s favorite chocolate bar for making s’mores. We also pick up several of the different chocolate Advent calendars each holiday season, and…
This post contains affiliate links. In 1987, Ken and Linda Rosenthal founded a restaurant. They called it St. Louis Bread Company, and their plan was to create an upscale café experience: serving sandwiches, soups, pastries, coffee, and other artisanal products….
Aldi is, in my experience, an underrated place to get steak. The selection is a little limited on account of Aldi’s size, but the grocer still manages to stock some of the more popular cuts. I’ve bought strip steaks to…
Ramen is a noodle dish most people are familiar with. It’s a great comfort food, with a savory, salty broth and soft noodles. The word ramen is Japanese but comes from the Mandarin Chinese word for “pulled noodles.” Ramen’s first…