Category: Food Business

Gloriosos Fresh Italian Sausage Review – Milwaukee, WI

Today I used some of their fresh Italian sausages for a home-made pizza. I only picked up two, of the “hot” not “sweet” variety, and they run about four ounces apiece at about a buck twenty per. I have this quirk which there is no rhyme nor reason for. When I’m making a sausage pizza, I… Continue reading Gloriosos Fresh Italian Sausage Review – Milwaukee, WI

Gloriosos Italian Market Review – Milwaukee, WI

Seventy-year-old Glorioso’s in Milwaukee is one of several fine Italian deli/groceries the city has to offer. If it’s even remotely Italian, Glorioso’s has it on the shelf, in the counter or in the cooler. It’s a wonderland for foodies and cooks alike.  Naturally, I stocked up.  Sausages. Cheese. A muffaletta sandwich. So let’s talk about that. … Continue reading Gloriosos Italian Market Review – Milwaukee, WI

All About Cheese Curds

If you’re not from the Upper Midwest of the US or Eastern Canada, it’s possible you’ve never heard of “cheese curds.” What are they? In short, bits of fresh, unaged, cheese, snatched from the cheese making at the earliest stage possible. They are eaten fresh, fried, atop the national Canadian snack “poutine,” and in the… Continue reading All About Cheese Curds

7-Eleven Frozen Pizza Review – Nationwide

7-Eleven Frozen Pizza Review A few years back, 7-Eleven made some rather dramatic decisions – to go into the hot, ready to eat food business and to replace many of the standard shelf offerings with house brand merchandise ( 7-Select). Both moves appear to have been very successful. With a history that dates back to the 1920s, and originally… Continue reading 7-Eleven Frozen Pizza Review – Nationwide

Impossible Burger Review

So there’s this Stanford professor, Patrick Brown, B.S., M.D., PHD, who decides in 2009 to take an 18-month sabbatical in 2009 to study “eliminating industrial animal agriculture” (fancy words that basically mean big time animal raising for food). He is of the school that believes the industry is doing major damage to the planet. He… Continue reading Impossible Burger Review

Quijote Brand Chorizo Review

Quijote Brand Chorizo There are many varieties of chorizo sausage in the world.  I prefer the Spanish version, which is an ‘eating’ sausage, fermented, dried, smoked, ready for slicing. It’s made from pork, fat, and a heavy dose of smoky paprika, along with a few other spices. It’s much milder than “Mexican chorizo” which incorporates… Continue reading Quijote Brand Chorizo Review

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 originated in France.  It is comprised of organ meat in a natural casing, with seasonings and wine, and then smoked. It is gray. The first time I ordered it in… Continue reading Johnsonville New Orleans Smoked Sausage Review

Pizza Sauces Compared – Home Cooking

It literally took me decades to figure out how to make a great pizza at home. Now I prefer my own to nearly any pizzeria. You have to pick and choose your ingredients, there are so many options in a standard pie, flour, sauce, cheese, meats, veggies.  I’m really picky about Italian sausage and pepperoni… Continue reading Pizza Sauces Compared – Home Cooking