(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger Proudly, I am a Southerner and now that I live in California there are some standard foods I miss because they are not widely available here. Really good fried chicken, chicken fried steak, biscuits and gravy, cole slaw, pork and beans, cornbread and potato salad ... But … [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...]
Taking The Men Who Blog Frozen Pizza Challenge
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 is frozen pizza, the ideal easy dinner or weekend lunch and a perfect pairing for … [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 to Cuba? I took a journey from Southern California to Havana 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 restaurant in … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Pushkin Restaurant Brings Out The Russian In Me – A Review
Drinking, Eating & Laughing With Owner Ike On The Virtual Happy Hour Food Show By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger I did not know I had any Russian in me but after eating and drinking my way through Pushkin restaurant in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, I am convinced there's something missing in my family heritage. That's because the gregarious owner, … [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...]
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...]
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...]