The Taste Test

We Ranked 5 of Jeni’s Ice Cream’s 2024 Holiday Flavors

POSTED: October 30, 2024 AT 2:13 pm   /   Dessert, Food Finds, Holidays, The Taste Test

What to do when you’re gifted five pints of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream’s 2024 holiday flavors? Have an ice cream party, of course! The Splendid Holiday Collection — available in stores and online — includes Lemon Crinkle, Pistachio Macaron, Seven-Layer Bar, Iced Molasses Gingerbread and White Chocolate Peppermint. The cost is $58 plus shipping. (I plugged […]

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The Kroger-Owned Home Chef Meal Subscription Has Been Great — Except For One Big Issue

POSTED: October 7, 2024 AT 1:41 pm   /   Cooking, Food Finds, The Taste Test

Until I subscribed to Home Chef, I’d not been someone who relied on meal subscriptions. I briefly tried Sun Basket a few years ago, and quickly canceled because the produce was often past its prime. I also tried Daily Harvest, and while it wasn’t bad, the meals weren’t compelling enough for me to stick with […]

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This Unconventional Pasta Sauce Can Thwart the Weeknight Dinner Doldrums

POSTED: September 2, 2024 AT 7:00 am   /   Fast & Easy, Food Finds, Pasta, The Taste Test

Initially, Sauz pasta sauce flavors sound a little crazy. Hot Honey Marinara?? Rosemary Marinara? I was asked to give them a try, and soon all four Sauz flavors landed on my doorstep: the aforementioned Hot Honey Marinara and Rosemary Marinara as well as the Summer Lemon Marinara and Creamy Calabrian Vodka.   View this post […]

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Making Great Fried Chicken Sandwiches at Home is Easy With This Product

POSTED: August 21, 2024 AT 11:19 am   /   Chicken, Cooking, Food Finds, Grocery Stores, The Taste Test

Louisiana Fish Fry Products, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is on the verge of wrapping up a cross-country competition to find the best fried chicken sandwich. It recently hosted one of its competitions in Houston. The local winner, Rashad Jiles, will compete for the national title in New York with his Thai Fried Chicken Sandwich.  […]

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Review: Three Pros of the Factor Meals Subscription — & Three Cons — Updated

POSTED: May 9, 2024 AT 3:10 pm   /   Food Finds, Meals Delivered, The Taste Test

Update, 10/7/24, 9:56 a.m.: I’ve added a fourth issue we’ve experienced below — but one of the original issues is fixed, so I’ve updated that, too. We are still overall happy subscribers. My husband and I have been subscribed to the Factor meal service for a couple of months. Thanks to a sign-up special, which […]

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