Suncrest Farms Ham Review
I’m crazy about “real” ham. Earthy, cured, smoked, taste and feels like it came from an actual animal. Meat should taste like it came from […]
Sausage
Johnsonville New Orleans Smoked Sausage Review
The full name of this product is “Johnsonville New Orleans Andouille Recipe Smoked Sausage. In its original form, Andouille is a pure pork sausage that […]
K Chef Uncured Cooked Sausages Review
I am crazy for “little smokies” but it’s one of the few things I have remained a brand snob about. A few years ago, I […]
Mama Cozzis Tavern Style Pizza Review – An Aldi Product
“Mama Cozzi” is Aldi’s brand name for pizzas and related products. They come in a very wide variety of styles, both frozen and take and […]
Buona Beef Grocery Review
I’ve written a lot about Chicago’s Italian Beef sandwich. The easiest way to explain it to those not familiar is to say it’s a highly […]
Odoms Tennessee Pride Hot Sausage Review
I usually “make my own” breakfast sausage, and by that I mean I purchase ground pork, season it to my liking and fry it up. […]
Buona Beef Restaurants Review – Chicago area
About thirty years ago, Chicagoan Joe Buonavolanto Senior had a notion to open a restaurant serving Chicago specialties – Italian beef and sausages, hot dogs, ribs, […]
Navigating the Iowa Tenderloin Trail
The “pork tenderloin” is a sandwich unique to Iowa……and also Indiana. Go figure. You take a boneless pork chop, hammer it thin-like with a mallet, […]
Spartan Brothers Greek Grocery Review, Chicago, IL
One of the joys (for me) of living in Chicago (or any big city and I’ve lived in a raft of them!) is having access […]
Berghoff Restaurant and Bar Review, Chicago, IL
1870 was the year Herman Berghoff immigrated from German. He worked on plantations and at other jobs before opening his own brewery in Indiana. When […]
