Cheesemakers Showcase Their Products In Delicous Boxes Delivered To Your Door By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger You can tell they takes their cheeses and cheesemaking seriously in Wisconsin before you even have a slice of it. That is, if you get a delivery from WisconsinCheese.com. I did and … [Read more...]
Say Cheese! PubClub Tastes These Special Cheeses From Switzerland
Authentic Swiss Cheeses Emmentaler And Urtyp Provide A True Taste Of Switzerland By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger This cheese is so good it took me a week to write about it because I kept tasting it instead of blogging about it. Then again, what else would one expect with cheeses from Switzerland? I recall one one press trip, being presented a … [Read more...]
National Meatball Day 2021 Is March 9 In The USA
Celebrating America's Love Of This Italian Classic By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger Yes, there is a National Meatball Day in the USA. It's March 9, which in 2021 makes it fall on a Tuesday. And if you think that's a spicy treat early in your week, then you're right. Admit it – just looking at the photo in this post and thinking about it makes you … [Read more...]
How To Tell If A Restaurant Customer Is Going To Dine & Dash – Spotting Key Symptoms
Signs A Person Or Group Is Planning On Leaving A Restaurant Without Paying By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger I was in the Greek Islands on a lazy late afternoon, and my friend and two friends had just plopped down at the first taverna we spotted. We were hot, tired and hungry, having had nothing to eat to that point as we had just arrived by … [Read more...]
Why California Is Not A Great Comfort Food State
Where Are The Southern Standard Foods CA In Restaurants? I Want A Chicken Fried Steak! California restaurants, comfort food, foodie flood blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger I am from the South and have the credentials that mark me as being a true Southerner: I love college football and independent women who also know how to make it seem as if … [Read more...]
Taking The Men Who Blog Frozen Pizza Challenge
Tasting And Rating Super Market Frozen Pizzas With Other Male Bloggers frozen pizza, food, food blog, pizza lovers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger It is the go-to food for lazy bachelors who don't know how – or don't want – to cook. It is a shove-it-in-the-oven meal that is neither a tasty culinary treat nor a tasteless piece of cardboard. It … [Read more...]
How To Win A Heart-Shaped Box Of Wisconsin Cheese
A Tasty Valentine's Day Gift For A Cheeselover Posted Jan. 13, 2020 Cheese, food, food blog, cheese lovers You know them as "cheeseheads" but people from Wisconsin have a heart, too. And the fine folks at Wisconsin Cheese are proving it by giving away a box of heart-shaped cheese. If you win through an on-line entry, you can give it to a friend as a nice early … [Read more...]
KFC’s New Chicken Sandwich Called A ‘Game Changer’
'Best Ever' Sandwich Gets Rave Review From A Test Customer Posted Jan, 9, 2021 KFC Chicken Sandwich, food blog, fast food KFC calls it the company's "best chicken sandwich ever" but a test customer had an even more lively description, referring to it as a "game changer" in the fast food chicken sandwich market. The subject of this adulation is the new new KFC … [Read more...]
How To Make A Great (And Different) Dinner Salad
Tasty Surprise Ingredients Will Make You Say 'Wow!' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger I love a having salad with dinner. In fact, I make one every night I make dinner. What I don't like is a basic salad. I consider it a waste of time. Instead, I want something different and exciting and in this blog post, I will tell you how to make a great (and … [Read more...]
I (Finally) Used A Crockpot For The First Time – And LOVED It!
Bachelor Cook Finds A Useful New Cooking Tool By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger You can laugh, you can snicker, you can ask "what took you so long" and you can even say "duh, dude!" But I finally used a crockpot for the first time. And I LOVED it! I am a pretty decent bachelor cook – my specialties are pasta and omelettes (every single guy should … [Read more...]
Havana Daydreamin’ At Habana Cuban Restaurant In Costa Mesa, CA
Reviewing Cuban Food & Cocktails Located In The Lab 'Anti Mall' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger Who says one can't travel these days? I took a journey from Southern California to Havana, Cuba to do a little Havana Daydreamin' and I did not even have to get on an airplane. Instead, I took a train from San Diego and went to Habana, a Cuban … [Read more...]
This Is Delicious-Looking Food But Here’s What’s Wrong With It
An Example Of How Instagram & Social Media Is Negatively Affecting Restaurants And Customers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger Look at the pictures on this blog post. A thick piece of meat covered in a perfectly-colored crust that is smothered with gravy just begging you to soak up every drop of it. You almost don't know whether to tear into it … [Read more...]
Confessions Of A 5-Star Chef In The Social Media Instagram & Yelp Era
The Inside Story From Inside The Kitchen By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger There was a time when the quality of the food, service and ambiance were the driving factors of being successful in the restaurant business. But with the emergence of social media, that's as out as day-old bread. Today, it's all about presentation and reviews, and … [Read more...]
Why Yelp And Google Star Ratings Should Implement This From Figure Skating
A More Accurate Way To Assess Bars, Restaurants & Businesses By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Star ratings are the stars when it comes to restaurants, bars and businesses. In many cases, they can make or break a place – and more often break it than make it because some people are vindictive and some just like to post negative reviews. That is their … [Read more...]
A Food Guide For Vegans & Vegetarians At An Oscars Viewing Party
Top Tips From An Expert By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger It is difficult to be a vegan and vegetarian during social times, especially at parties. It can be especially challenging at an Oscars viewing party. All your friends are gathered for the show – the red carpet, "oh look at that dress," the failed jokes of the host and the awards themselves – and food is … [Read more...]
Why I Don’t Care For Those Farm To Table ‘Earthy’ Restaurants
Local & Seasonal Food Not Enough To Overcome These Weaknesses By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger I had lunch at one of those “earth” restaurants the other day that are springing up all over America, and in particular here in California. You know the type, those with plants inside the place, tiny tables with uncomfortable chars, a tall and slender … [Read more...]
Foodie Blog: Reviewing The Banquet Chicken Fried Chicken Frozen Dinner
A Cheap Meal Is Better With Pepper By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger It was 10 o'clock after election night, and I had just spent a 14-hour day working one of the voting stations. That in itself is a story – or, rather, a blog post – and I was tired and hungry. So I walked across the street to the Von's grocery store, and for some really I really … [Read more...]
Is Romaine Lettuce Safe To Eat Again? FDA Says Yes, Cautiously
Product Is Back On Grocery Store Shelves By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger Romaine lettuce started returning to grocery store shelves in May after an outbreak of E. coli, but consumers are still wondering "is it safe to eat again?" The U.S. Food & Drug Administration says yes it is, tho warns that this was a serous outbreak and it continues to … [Read more...]
Foodie Lifestyle Blog: I Had Dollar Tree Food For Lunch (And Survived)
Testing The Discount Chain's Culinary, Ahem, Delights By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger Don't hold this against me as a foodie blogger – after all, just a few days earlier I had a great dinner at a restaurant on the water in Newport Beach, CA – but on this day I had my lunch comprised entirely of food from the Dollar Tree. Did you even know Dollar … [Read more...]
How Vegans & Vegetarians Can Still Enjoy Eating At A New Year’s Eve Party
5 Tips For Avoiding Feeling Like A Turkey While Others Feast On NYE By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger It has to be difficult to be a vegan and vegetarian during the holidays, and especially on New Year's Eve. All your friends are gathering for a big bash that includes food, and that often involves ham, meat and all sorts of other sorts of … [Read more...]
Sorry Tostitos, I Don’t Like The Taste Of Your Popular Chips
Excellent Marketing Makes Tostitos The Top Chip For House Parties Whenever anyone walks into our apartment for a house party and they pull out a bag of Tostitos chips as their food contribution, I frown. It's like my team throwing an interception on the goal line – it's a momentum changer. That's because I don't like Tostitos. I don't like the look of them or the … [Read more...]
Why Is It That Dive Bars Have The Best Burgers In America!?
Sit Down Gourmet Burger Restaurants & Chains By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger It is my experience in my traveling and eating adventures that if you want to get a great burger, go to a dive bar. Forgot those upscale places that serve "gourmet burgers" that cost as as much as a good steak. For a really good, thick and juice burger, you want to go … [Read more...]
Where To Find The Best Biscuits & Gravy In California
True Southern Food In The Land Of Salads One thing a Southerner misses about being in the South is some of its awesome food. In California where I now live, it's nearly impossible to get what nearly every restaurant serves in the South as a side dish: pork 'n beans, really good potato salad, cole slaw. And for breakfast, biscuits and gravy. Now I would not be a … [Read more...]
The $45 Free Dinner: A Food Blogger’s Experience
How A Comped Meal Cost Nearly 50 Bucks Here's how I got a free dinner at an outstanding restaurant yet it still wound up costing me $45. And before I start, I'm not complaining. It's common for comped dinners for journalists and food bloggers to cost you some money. That's because unless you are part of a group with a PR person, you're expected to tip. And because … [Read more...]