A Nice Cuppa

I wouldn???t consider myself a foodie just yet, but I can???t promise anything. I love to eat, think, and write about food and nutrition. A NY/NJ native, I spent my college years in Rhode Island and then attended graduate school in Boston. In June 2006, I headed back to NYC as […]

More than 100 Starbucks dot Seattle’s map, but these days the city’s coffee fame lies in the lesser known independent coffee houses. It seems that several of Seattle’s independents have found big success by making their selling point that they are small.
It’s not unusual for small businesses to feel threatened or to […]

With last weekend???s holiday, I felt a yin for a summery coffee treat. Having only recently discovered that I do in fact enjoy good espresso (as opposed to the BAD espresso I???ve tried in the past), I was tempted by a pint of Ciao Bella Espresso Gelato.
Always a sucker for web research, I […]

There???s little in the food and beverage world that has not been revitalized in recent years with an ???artisan??? approach. Perhaps this is because revisiting inspired homemade cooking or brewing conjures nostalgia, quality, authenticity, and a certain kind of emotion. We can eat ???artisan??? pizza and imagine little old ladies kneading dough in […]

Downtown Chicago has no shortage of places to get coffee or tea for your morning pick-me-up. Like Seattle, there’s a Starbucks on just about every corner downtown, with signs for new stores going in all over the place. But, if you are looking for a better than average cup, you’ll have to do […]

Have you ever broken the carafe to your coffee maker while washing it and wished to yourself that you didn’t have to deal with that stupid pot in order to have your daily coffee? Or if you’re a klutz like me, maybe you’ve repeatedly burned your hand on the heating plate. Well I’ve […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Interior - Motel - West Sumatra
PRAMANA: You seem to know people.
GUNTER: Mm.
Gunter still hiccuped bubbles of stomach bile to his throat. The taste was forgettable but he couldn’t retain it while his head spun. John was the man he’d heard in the cafe, no question. […]

Not that I’m complaining because I love the stuff, but they really do put coffee in everything don’t they? I was browsing the Caribou Coffee website to see if they have any tasty new drinks I haven’t heard about yet. No new drinks to report about. But get this, they’ve got a […]

Want to learn more about coffee? Starbucks is offering you the chance this month.
Each Tuesday in the month of September you can join Starbucks for Coffee Conversations, a series of podcasts hosted by Scott McMartin and Aileen Carrell. With the help of special guests, the hosts will take you to “Coffee […]

I have heard many times that Hyssop tea is the way to go for a sore throat, no matter what the cause. Being a firm believer in “doctoring”, as my grandmother would say, I was a doubter. How could a simple herbal tea compete with the technology of modern chemistry? I’m not […]