Real Kato Blog: 2010 November

Home
The Real Kato
About Me
Twitter
Facebook
Frozen Lunches
Links
Kottke
Daring Fireball
Amalah
Secret Agent Josephine
Dooce
Contact

Archives
Most Recent

2024 April
2010 November
2010 October
2010 September
2010 August
2010 July
2010 June
2010 May
2010 April
2010 March
2010 February
2010 January
2009 December

Categories
All Categories

bloggers

books

commentary

dating

food

funnyhaha

interesting

life

movies

music

politics

reviews

science

site-business

sports

style

techwatch

television

theater

travel

Articles: food: 2010 November

<< Previous: 2010 October | Back to Most Recent | Next: 2010 December >>

Page 1

Today's Frozen Meal: Marie Callender's Creamy Chicken and Portobello Risotto

Tuesday, 2010 November 30 - 2:35 pm

"White Meat Chicken with Rice and Portobello Mushrooms in a Creamy Chardonnay Sauce."

Box

Permalink 1 Comment

Posted by Ken in: food

Today's Frozen Meal: Marie Callender's Penne Chicken Piccata

Monday, 2010 November 29 - 2:14 pm

"Penne and White Wine Lemon Butter Sauce with White Meat Chicken, Spinach, Parmesan Cheese and Capers."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

November 23 Frozen Meal: Kashi Tuscan Veggie Bake

Wednesday, 2010 November 24 - 9:41 pm

"Yellow Squash, Eggplant, Red Onion & Sweet Potato; Kashi 7 Whole Grain Noodles; Zesty Basil Tomato Sauce."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

November 22 Frozen Meal: Kashi Chicken Pasta Pomodoro

Tuesday, 2010 November 23 - 11:43 am

"Grilled Chicken Breast with Red Peppers, Yellow Summer Squash & Zucchini; Kashi 7 Whole Grain Penne Pasta; Tomato Garlic & Basil Sauce".

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

November 2 Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Chicken Tuscan

Tuesday, 2010 November 23 - 11:37 am

Chicken Tuscan? Don't they mean Tuscan Chicken? or Chicken Tuscany? "Chicken tenderloins and linguine in a sun dried tomato sauce, served with broccoli and carrots."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

November 1 Frozen Meal: Amy's Indian Mattar Paneer

Tuesday, 2010 November 23 - 11:21 am

"Curried peas & cheese with rice & chana masala; made with organic rice, tomatoes & peas."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

October 22 Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Rosemary Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

Monday, 2010 November 22 - 3:31 pm

"Chicken tenderloins with sweet potatoes, yellow carrots & pearl onions in rosemary garlic sauce."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

October 20 Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Sesame Glazed Chicken

Monday, 2010 November 22 - 3:02 pm

"Chicken tenderloins with whole grain rice, sugar snap peas, red peppers in sweet sesame glaze."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

October 19 Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Creamy Basil Pesto

Monday, 2010 November 22 - 2:57 pm

"9 grain cavatappi pasta, broccoli and tomatoes in a creamy pesto sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese."

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

Cheese

Thursday, 2010 November 18 - 11:40 pm

Question of the day: is $10 cheddar cheese actually five times better than $2 cheddar cheese? I mean, I like cheese, and I like good cheese, but when it comes to cheddar... well, I'm not sure I could distinguish the $10 cheddar in a blind taste test.

I was debating this question today when buying ingredients for the company Thanksgiving potluck tomorrow. The store brand was $2 a pound. The specialty brand was $10 a pound. The store proprietors surely would have frowned upon me taking a sample taste.

I'm mixing this cheese with two other cheeses, along with butter and shiitake mushrooms and onion and bacon. I'm thinking, my co-workers will not notice the extra $8 of cheese quality. And when some of them are bringing a $3 store-brand pumpkin pie, or $2 worth of bag salad... well, perhaps they won't have reason to complain.

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food, life

Only Burger Comes to Raleigh

Wednesday, 2010 November 17 - 11:49 pm

Only Burger, an offshoot of Durham Catering Company, has a pretty straightforward concept: they serve burgers, and only burgers (er, and fries and drinks), from a food truck. There's also a brick-and-mortar location in Durham.

Only Burger Van

As you can see from this line, word got out when the truck came to Raleigh:

Only Burger Line

And that picture doesn't even show the SUV packed with nine people who drove to eat from the lunch truck.

Here's their top-of-the-line burger, the double with cheese and bacon. With fries and a drink, it's a fairly pricey $11.00.

Only Burger Meal

The burger is, on the whole, excellent, with a nicely crusty surface and a juicy interior. I'd recommend the single over the double, though, as there aren't enough condiments to flavor the double all the way through. And the cheese and bacon aren't a necessity either. Going with a plain single $4.25 over the full-blown double with cheese and bacon.

The fries are hand-cut, fresh, and flavorful, but a little bit soggy. They could stand a treatment of blanching in vinegar-water before frying.

All in all... a nice addition to the Raleigh lunch scene. Let me know if you want to meet me on Wednesdays for lunch!

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

October 18 Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Shrimp and Angel Hair Pasta

Thursday, 2010 November 11 - 7:10 pm

"In a creamy seafood sauce." Yes, seafood sauce. Whale? Plankton? Who knows.

Box

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

Haaaay It's Wednesday

Wednesday, 2010 November 10 - 11:59 pm

We had dinner at Jibarra tonight, a hip Mexican restaurant downtown. For those of you who aren't from the Raleigh area, Jibarra is one of those places to which you can confidently bring your out-of-town friends for a tasty and interesting meal. I find it interesting that in a lot of small towns in this country, you'd have to take your VIP guests to a chain restaurant. When the Olive Garden is your best option, you know the local independent restaurants are doing something wrong.

I'm increasingly pleased at the restaurants in the Raleigh area. There's even a great German restaurant here now (J. Betski). I remember when I moved here, there wasn't a German restaurant of any kind for 150 miles. Progress!

Permalink

Posted by Ken in: food

October 14 Frozen Meal: Marie Callender's Rigatoni Marinara Classico

Tuesday, 2010 November 2 - 1:23 pm

"Rigatoni in a Slow-Simmered Marinara Sauce with Meatballs and Italian Sausage." Meatballs and sausage; they're not messing around here.

Box