Teavana – A Place for the Senses
My beautiful bride and I were celebrating our first weekend without kids in almost three months by taking Saturday and doing some leisurely shopping. We strolled around looking for a new fireplace, some clothes, and other odds and ends, but what we had not anticipated buying was a new way to make tea. That all changed when we saw a new shop, Teavana, in the Rockingham Mall in Salem, New Hampshire.
The nouveau looking shop drew us in with some free samples and an extremely friendly staff. But what turned us…
Restaurant Review: Petunia's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA
Everything has a history in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Every building has been around since the 1800’s, and the narrow streets that now teem with tourists allow you to be transported back to the antebellum port city. Today most of the buildings are home to restaurants, hotels, bars, and art galleries. One of these on St. Louis Street is an exceptional place to grab breakfast, Petunia’s Restaurant. 
Petunias is in the former home of Barthelemy Bacas, who was a cabinet maker…
The Oregon Brewers' Festival: A Review
While I am not a beer drinker myself, I do live in one of the country’s “beer lovingest” regions: The Pacific Northwest…specifically, Portland, Oregon. People in Portland love their beer, and they are incredibly proud of all of the local microbrews that are available here. Sometimes it seems like you can’t walk more than a block without finding yet another restaurant, bar or club that brews its own brand of beer.
Portlanders (and Oregonians) love their local beers so much they have created an annual event called The Oregon Brewers’ Festival (or Brewfest to the locals). This event took…
Peaches, A Taste of Summer
Ah, summertime. The farmer’s markets are full of fresh produce, and it’s a foodie’s paradise.
Peaches are a taste of sunshine, happily plentiful and cheap during the hottest days of the year. Here are four ways to enjoy summer’s best fruit.
- Eat out of hand. This is the most popular way to eat fresh peaches, and it’s portable, too. Wash carefully and chomp away!
- Slap ‘em on the grill. Use freestone or cling free peaches,…
Summer Cooking
When the weather heats up, two things happen. The person normally in charge of preparing dinner declares that it is too hot to stand over a blazing oven and stove. The person not normally in charge of preparing dinner runs toward his or her grill at lightning speed and decides to see if it really is possible to grill lettuce.
Cooking tasty (but healthy) meals in the summer can prove to be quite the challenge, but it is possible! Remember, you don’t have to stand in a sweltering kitchen to make a good dinner. There are plenty of…
Rock'n Ribfest 2008
Last weekend I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Anheuser Busch plant in Merrimack, NH, to attend the 6th annual Rock’n Ribfest. Hosted by the Nashua West Rotary, the Ribfest has grown into a huge festival. It is also the home of the New Hampshire BBQ Competition! With tons of things to do such as eat, drink, listen to music, and more, the Ribfest is a ton of fun! Even big bounce houses were available for the children and DCU and Re/max had tethered hot air balloon rides. There was a main stage that featured a…
Vegetarian Grilling Possibilities
When we think of barbecuing, we usually imagine steaks, burgers, and hotdogs lining the barbecue grill, but what if you’re a vegetarian? Even if meat is not part of your diet, you can enjoy many tasty foods hot off the grill.
Veggie Burgers: You can find veggie burgers in the freezer section of your supermarket or health food store, but the best ones are usually the ones you make from scratch. There are many recipes for veggie burgers on the web or in vegetarian…
Voodoo Doughnuts – Portland, Oregon
If you are ever in Portland, you must visit Voodoo Doughnuts.
Located downtown just off the corner of 3rd and Burnside (on the southwest corner of the intersection), Voodoo Doughnuts is a Portland landmark! More than that, Voodoo Doughnuts is a Portland tradition—you must stop in and have a doughnut if you are in the Portland area.
What makes Voodoo Doughnuts so special? Is it the voodoo juice the owners claim to have shipped when they began their business? Maybe. Maybe it is their…
Salads
At school, I sit in the Student Activities Room with our student activities advisor and about six other people because the cafeteria is overcrowded and filled with a lot of freshmen and sophomores–not that I have anything against them. One day, I had to eat during the lunch before mine, or “second lunch”, and I decided that I would sit in there anyway. Apparently, there were a group of people who ate in that room just as I did during my regularly scheduled “third lunch,” so that was good; I wasn’t going to have to eat lunch all by myself!
Top 10 Sodas in The U.S.
I was sitting with one of my sons (they are both named Jacob), and he found a list of the Top 10 sodas in the U.S in Beverage World Magazine. While he quizzed me on the rankings, I figured I would share the rankings with TT readers:
- Coke
- Pepsi
- Diet Coke
- Mountain Dew
- Dr. Pepper
- Diet Pepsi
- Sprite
- Diet Mountain Dew
- Fanta
- Diet Dr. Pepper
I must admit that I was completely shocked that Dr. Pepper had two drinks in the Top 10. We are not a big soda-drinking household, but the list surprised me.
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