Testing The Discount Chain's Culinary, Ahem, DelightsBy Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie BloggerDon'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 PartiesWhenever 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...]
Dive Bars Have The Best Burgers In America
Sit Down Gourmet Burger Restaurants & ChainsBy Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com BloggerIt 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 SaladsOne 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 true … [Read more...]
The $45 Free Dinner: A Food Blogger’s Experience
How A Comped Meal Cost Nearly 50 BucksHere'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...]