By Nick • March 9, 2010
I think the first installment of Guess the “Food” was pretty easy. Too easy actually. So I’ve kicked it up a notch for this post. The packaging is pretty bland and there aren’t a lot of hints here. This one should be tricky.
I subbed out the actual serving unit for widgets as it would completely [...]
Posted in Guess The Food, musings | Tagged cooking oils, cottonseed oil, flour, Food Links, food science, guess, health, Ingredients, nutrition, polyunsaturated fats, saturated fat, trans fat, vegetable fats and oils
By Nick • March 2, 2010
Many months ago I did a post detailing the different kinds of flour available to most consumers. Of course, I didn’t outline every different kind of flour, but I went over some of the most common kinds that you’ll probably find in the store today.
After the last Guess The “Food” post, a reader emailed me [...]
Posted in musings | Tagged acesulfame potassium, artificial sweeteners, brown sugar, demerara sugar, diet coke, equal, Food Links, musings, natural sugar, saccharin, sucralose, sucrose, sugar, sugar beets, sugar cane, sugar substitute, sweeteners
By Nick • February 23, 2010
When was the last time you had a really fantastic shopping experience? Do you even remember? I actually do.
A few months ago I was in the market for some new jeans. I had a sneaking suspicion that I’d been wearing the wrong size jeans for, well, my entire life. I find [...]
Posted in musings, website | Tagged musings, OpenSky, website
By Nick • February 16, 2010
I had a lot of fun a few weeks ago writing the post where I actually worked through the nutritional label on the back of some granola bars. I decided to do another one and maybe start doing this on a semi-regular basis. Maybe once a month or something. I think it’s really interesting to [...]
Posted in Guess The Food, musings | Tagged Guess The Food, musings, nutrition
By Nick • February 9, 2010
Over the last weekend, DC got plastered with snow. I think it was one of the largest blizzards in the last 90 years or so. The final tally was something like 20 inches and some areas out in Virginia and Maryland got up to 30 inches. Now I know that in some areas of the [...]
Posted in musings | Tagged DC, musings, photos, snowmageddon
By Nick • February 2, 2010
As I cook more and read more about food and cooking, one statement that I come across a lot is the following:
I’m trying to eat less processed foods.
I’ve said it, I’ve read it, and I’ve heard people talk about it. But when it comes down to it almost all the foods we eat are processed [...]
Posted in musings | Tagged Facts and ingredients, musings
