Menu Rehab

Maybe you did it today but tomorrow is a good day too: remember to support your community and restauranteurs by ordering a dish to go! Make it a
Shop like it's the old world. Know a place with stellar pies? Get dessert from them.Think smaller: get bread from a bakery.
After you have finished the mountain of dishes from your turkey dinner creating, take it easy with a lunch or dinner from a small restaurant that is catering to go orders.

Reach for a non-alcoholic beer (NAB) for your next hydration recharge?! Rehydrates like water but better*! I've been following the research on this trend for a while. Don't just take what you want to here and leave the rest- "okey dokey, beer me"! The NAB has to be 2% ABV for do the trick. The benefits are real! Hydrates like water and some: there are vitamins in the bubbly! The inebriation-less brew has been associated with reduced inflammation and oxidative stress (aka when your body does things it produces a variety of crap). As well as exercise recovery. So, would you make you next cold one NAB, you know for your health?

🤓Peer reviewed research:
Olympians Are Using Nonalcoholic Beer As Recovery Drinks. Here's The Science : The Salt https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/24/588417922/olympians-are-using-non-alcoholic-beer-as-recovery-drinks-heres-the-science

This study suggests NAB could be drank before physical exertion. (Although effects were same as water consumption)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924186/

More specifically NAB that is 2% ABV or less is the magic combo for similar rehydration effects as water.
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.1997.83.4.1152

What it has that water does not: vitamins
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html #/food-details/174863/nutrients
https://www.livestrong.com/article/525051-the-nutrition-of-non-alcoholic-beer/

Olympians Are Using Nonalcoholic Beer As Recovery Drinks. Here's The Science Today's Olympians have been swept up in a new trend largely emerging from Bavaria: nonalcoholic athletic recovery beers. Do they really work? We look at the evidence.

Animal style, please!

"Restaurant is also considering locations in Beaverton, Happy Valley, Hillsboro, Oregon City and Vancouver" (IN-N-OUT Representative)

In-N-Out Burger gives first look at what a Tualatin location might look like A representative for In-N-Out Burger said the restaurant is also considering locations in Beaverton, Happy Valley, Hillsboro, Oregon City and Vancouver.

https://youtu.be/B9D2RHaA68c

Considerations for bars and restaurants Learn how bars and restaurants can protect employees, customers, and their community from COVID-19. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our...

"Countless bars seem to be dressing up basic drinks in nostalgia-inducing accoutrements and putting them on the menu for $2 more than the naked version they couldn’t sell at any price."

I ask, how high can you count sir/ma'am? This is a niche concept, to say the least. But if you are looking to take a risk, set your self apart or inject some light-heartedness into your menu this could be a fun option!

The Booze World’s Latest Obsession Is Letting You Drink Like a Kid Again Between Lucky Charms beer, DrunkenD cocktails, and spiked Capri Suns, apparently adults want alcohol to look and taste a lot less like...alcohol.

It's International Women's Day! Hats off to women in the F&B industry.

Women-Led Food & Beverage Companies To Watch In 2020 This article captures emerging women-led food and beverage companies to watch in 2020

"The coronavirus, which has continued to spread outside China, has nothing to do with Corona beer." (Genovese)

Corona beer buzz dwindles amid Coronavirus outbreak The beer is typically sold in 12-oz bottles and is produced domestically by Grupo Modelo, which is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Magic hour at the market. Blocks of culinary adventure in the raw. With Spring around the corner you can feel the anticipation of local offerings inching out of the ground and on to your plate. Bring on the local harvest! Bring on the regional cornucopia! .


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📸: Self captured

Herbs were you least expect them. One of my favorite ways to add a flavor layer to a food. In this tart berry twisted citrus muffin I pulverized some fresh rosemary with the orange glasé. To the effect of a subtle, whoa (versus a pow of flavor). It was love at first bite. Orange-rosemary everything! I was inspired by a raspberry rosemary edition I had recently. I love tasting an interesting herb cameo. It shows an elevated consideration in taste building when a chef/baker/confectioner doesn't stop at the expected.
I would like to challenge a maker to use pine! Yes the needle! If you give it a nibble it's surprisingly lemony. The trick would be to pair it with something that can balance that iconic aroma.
Other ways I sneak in herbs: cinnamon in chili, fresh mint in fruit salads, fresh basil in iced teas or fruit drinks. Pumpkin pie spice with a lot of foods: Greek yogurt, bananas, peanut butter, cottage cheese, whole grain breakfast cereals...
📸: Yours truly

Ranch seasoning is the ticket to the best bowl of kernels, in my opinion. Liking the guilt-free recommdations in this article 🍿

Is popcorn healthy? This beloved movie-time -- and anytime -- snack is really good for you, except when it isn't.