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Jul 20

The Thought Of Deep Fried Butter Is Perplexing, But It’s Quite Lame.

The Deep Fried Butter at the Orange County Fair is kinda like the giant horse you pay $5.75 to see, but viewing the horse is more satisfying.  It’s at the Heart Attack Cafe, the Butter, not the horse (yet) — Who knows, maybe next year. (read full article)

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Jun 24

Ever Consider Making Your Own Pop-Tarts?

I never considered making my own Pop-Tarts until contacted with the idea, then thought it’d be fun to give it a try.  The pictured Pop-Tart was indeed good, but questionably worth the work.  With respect to Pop-Tarts, I’d rather grab (read full article)

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May 21

So This Is The Pizza New Yorkers Love So Much?

In AAA’s Westways Magazine, Al’s New York Cafe in Costa Mesa was recently named one of the “Best Cheap Eats”  in Southern California, and most on Yelp rave about it too.  We tried their Pepperoni Pizza and unfortunatel (read full article)

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May 13

Banana Split Three Layer Cake Challenge.

Our Banana Split Cake started out as a fun idea, but unfortunately it didn’t quite cross the finish line.  Good thing we’re testing out recipes before entering ‘em into the 2010 Orange County Fair Culinary Arts Competition ̵ (read full article)

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May 12

Is It Possible To Be Too Frugal? Yes, It’s Called Cheap.

My Brother-in-Law just told me a funny story.  One of his co-workers learned that purchasing a maximum of (5) Green Beans at one time doesn’t weigh anything, thus he’s usually not charged for them at the checkout stand.  After fine tu (read full article)

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Apr 28

Rustica To Debut At Fashion Island In June.

Extraneous PRELUDE of Importance: Still working on technical issues in relation to the upload of new photos associated with our latest reports, thus opt to recite a Press Release we received.  By posting this we hope NOT to encourage the dumping of (read full article)

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Apr 24

Beware Of (Hidden) Dwindling Packages.

Not sure if you can tell from this photo, but a big chunk is taken out of the bottom of this package.  It inverts about an inch and a half.  We already know that we’re paying more for less these days — But to me, this type of shrinking (read full article)

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Apr 18

Preliminary Testing For An Upcoming Cheese Tasting Par-tay.

Inspired by the Cheese & Charcuterie we saw at SideDoor in Corona Del Mar, we’re testing Cheese to select the best for a Cheese Tasting Party I’ll be hosting.  The goal is to make our platter as special as theirs.  We learned the (read full article)

Appetizers (Tapas), Charcuterie, cheese, cheese platter, Comparisons of Food & Drink, Corona Del Mar, Entertainment & Food, Food Expose, Food Pictures & More, Party & Event Food

Mar 28

Phony Food To Go With Our Favorite Twilight Zone Episode.

Would you believe ALL the food pictured in this post is fake?  It’s true – It’s all phony baloney!  Some of it looks close to real and some obviously counterfeit.  Nonetheless, it’s the best forged food we’ve seen (read full article)

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Mar 14

Bertolli’s Taste & Tweet Sunday Night — Tune In Everywhere.

Stay tuned tomorrow on ABC starting at 9PM (Pacific) and on Twitter for Bertolli’s Taste & Tweet Sunday Night Dinner Party.  Nibbles of Tidbits will be virtually dining with other VIP Bloggers via #BertolliItaly — We’re (read full article)

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Mar 13

Important Women’s Health Issue Regarding Margaritas.

Important Women’s Health Issue: * Are you feeling tired? * Are you stressed? * Do you have feelings of inadequacy? * Do you suffer from shyness? * Do you sometimes wish you were more assertive? * Do you feel overwhelmed at times, as if there is (read full article)

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Jan 31

‘It Ain’t Pretty’ Goat Cheese Terrine From Williams-Sonoma Starters.

You can probably skip this Cookbook — It’s Williams-Sonoma New Healthy Kitchen: Starters (2006).  I’ve finally gotten around to utilizing it.  The colorful recipe photos are beautiful and offer so much promise, but when gettin (read full article)

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Jan 13

Trans Fat Is Now Banned In California Restaurants.

A new law went into effect on January 1, 2010.  California became the first state to ban Trans Fat in restaurants.  I certainly don’t need Trans Fat, also known as Partially Hydrogenated Oils, but have a big problem with the government telli (read full article)

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Jan 05

Stimulate The Economy — Dine Out More In 2010.

Nibbles of Tidbits will be making an effort to dine out even more in 2010.  There’s a lot of deals happening and we’d like to take advantage of them.  As the Orange County Food Examiner, I previously reported about several unfortunate (read full article)

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Dec 29

Do These Hangover Remedies Actually Work? We Post Them Just In case.

I’m not sure if the following hangover remedies actually work, but thought the information was interesting and may be helpful to some.  Hopefully I won’t need ‘em this year, but it’s handy just in case. COFFEE:  While Coffe (read full article)

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Dec 07

Reading This Will Make You Want A Banana.

I haven’t verified the following, but found it very interesting.  It was forwarded to me by a friend, and since it’s food related it qualifies to be shared here.  I’ll be buying some Bananas tomorrow.  Read on to learn about the (read full article)

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Dec 04

Traffic Lights Soon Needed Inside Grocery Stores.

Who has the right of way when trying to navigate around the excess displays in a grocery store?  It’s getting a little ridiculous.  Why does every aisle have to be loaded such that only one cart can pass at a time?  It causes too much conge (read full article)

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Oct 19

Will Drinking Warm Water After A Meal Help To Avoid A Heart Attack?

A friend sent me this article a couple weeks ago and I found it very interesting.  It kind of makes sense to a layman.  I learned that it’s best to drink warm water after certain meals, instead of a cold beverage.  After reading the article (read full article)

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Aug 07

Thai Tasty Corner Is Now Thai Tastee Nearby.

Thai Tasty Corner Restaurant closed, then moved down the street renamed Thai Tastee.  The rent is better they say.  Although I never ate at Thai Tasty Corner, I gave them a try as Thai Tastee.  I had their Thai Fried rice with Shrimp and regret (read full article)

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Jul 30

An Unnecessary Ingredient In This Baja Fish Taco.

There’s an unnecessary ingredient in Long John Silver’s New Baja Fish Taco.  They call them “crumblies” — Cute, but they’re basically just fried pieces of batter.  The addition doesn’t make sense on thi (read full article)

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