Category: Food & Drink

By Tom Andersen Did you ever wonder how the soft pretzel made its way into the sports arena — baseball parks in particular? Consider this: Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, soft pretzels, and Lent. What? Turns out there may indeed be a connection — work with me. The soft pretzel was invented by a monk in some obscure European monastery… Read More

By Tom Andersen Are the days of peanuts and pickled eggs at the bar really over? I hope I’m wrong, but have a look around; they’re part of a by-gone era. Didn’t seem that long ago one could have a seat at Joe’s or the Boulder Club in the Rex Hotel, George’s Log Cabin (now Monte’s) or even the old… Read More

By Tom Andersen ‘Round about January when the Hachiya (heart shaped) persimmons begin to ripen on the trees, persimmon lovers, realizing the end is near, snap into action. We’ve done about all we can do with the Fuyu (flat) ones. We’ve eaten our fill fresh from the tree; we’ve made a few – maybe more than a few dozen –… Read More

Crafting a Maui Inspired Kombucha Style Beverage  By Tom Andersen Yes indeed you can make a kombucha style beverage with green tea and honey as the sugar. It’s called “Jun,” possibly derived from the Chinese word for pure, some say Tibetan origins. Unfortunately, as I discovered, honey is a pretty good antiseptic and antimicrobial. Needless to say, it killed one… Read More