Archive | March, 2012

The One Cheese You Will EVER Need

I have found it. Carefully hidden in a local cheese shop. It was packed away in a corner, neglected by pretty much everyone, including myself. Compared to the huge wheels of parmesan reggiano or the bright hues of the blues, this little gem look boring. Just a big, pale, square. Nothing to make it stand out. Apparently […]

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Decent Grub in an Airport?

I got stuck in George Bush International Airport in Houston a month or so ago. Generally my rule is AVOID any sit-down restaurants in airports because they have a dumbed down menu, crappy service, pre-cooked food, and crazy prices. But we were hungry and had time to kill so we decided to take the chance and check […]

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WHAT THE TRUCK!

What happened to the day when food trucks were a novelty. My childhood is filled with memories of racing to catch up to the tune of an ice cream truck.  And when I was a kid, a van shoveling out crappy pizza, old hot dogs, and stale cotton candy at local fairs and events was […]

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Damn, That Hurts

Whenever I watch a cooking competition like Chopped or Iron Chef, or Top Chef, or Master Chef, or any of the  various other “chef shows;” I always yell at the dumbasses who manage to injure themselved while cooking. They may nick their finger while dicing up an onion. Or they ram their knee into the […]

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Muesli: Not Just For Tree Huggers and Europeans

When we walk down the grocery store aisle, we tend to get in a routine where we focus on picking up the same old foods each week. For years as I walked down the ceral aisle (the BEST aisle in the whole store), I would pretty much just grab the  same stuff every week. Cornflakes is […]

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American Colonization

I am lucky enough to be sitting in the business lounge of United Airlines in Korea. All business lounges usually have some type of free food, so I always take the opportunity to stock up. After dropping my bags in a chair, I hunt down the buffet table, and check out the “first class” delicacies […]

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Get Your Own Sous-Chef (or at least a kitchen sidekick)

Here at the Fed Up HQ, we cook. We cook ALOT. With all that cooking comes a kitchen that is constantly a mess. When I make beautiful pizzas,  seasoning goes flying all over the place. When it comes to chopping up vegetables for random egg creations, scraps of produce layer the floor at my feet. […]

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Captain Obvious

Often, the simplest products are simply the coolest… I stumbled across this the other day and thought it MUST be shared. This Mug would make a great gift for many people I know.  But more importantly, it got me thinking about how I wish more products helped to “clear-the-room” of any awkwardness and just allow for open […]

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Save the Cliantro

Every week I go through the same process of trying to save my cilantro, thyme, basil or whatever other fresh herb made it into my grocery basket. Fresh herbs, being located in the produce section at the front of every supermarket, are therefore one of the first few things to get picked up when my […]

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Going Nowhere Fast

Sam’s … we have such a love-hate relationship. You gift us with amazing deals on industrial strength toilet paper and 100 pound bags of doggie treats; But you deceptively trick us into spending far more then we originally planned on… leaving us unable to pay the electric bill to keep the fridge running and our mountain of recently purchased groceries […]

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