Do You Like Island Drinks?

I was at a gathering a few weeks ago when someone offered me an “island drink”. Up until that moment, I hadn’t considered that there was such a category of drink, even though I’ve had had plenty of them. Among these drinks–which could also be called “tropical drinks”–are pina coladas, mojitos, margaritas, daquiris, mai tais, … Read more

Which Sandwich Would You Name After Yourself?

I was listening to the “Life Is Short with Justin Long” podcast the other day, and he had an interesting question for the guest: If someone were to name a sandwich after you, what would be composition of the sandwich? Basically, imagine someone going to a deli or restaurant and asking for the “Jamey Stegmaier” … Read more

I Finally Learned How to Make Queso Dip

I love a good queso dip. It’s something I eat whenever I order from a Mexican restaurant, and Megan feels the same way. The only problem, as I recently discovered, is that queso dip is often made from American cheese or Velveeta. I’m sure I’ve had made queso dips with those cheeses and I didn’t … Read more

I Tried Crio Bru (Coffee Alternative)

A few weeks ago I wrote about how I want to pay better attention to how coffee impacts me (I typically drink 1 small cup each day). As an experiment, I bought a bag of Crio Bru, a cacao-based alternative to coffee that brews in a French press exactly like coffee, and today I’ll share … Read more

How Do You Eat Berries?

Over the last few years, my fruit intake has been steady but also relatively static: I eat some pineapple at lunch, a small orange at dinner, and some dried raisins and cherries with my nuts. It’s pretty rare that I eat berries, yet I often read articles about the value of incorporating berries into your … Read more

Would You Eat a Woolly Mammoth Meatball?

This is actually a preamble to a bigger question: Would you eat lab-grown meat? As vegetarian/pescatarian who enjoys Beyond and Impossible “meat”, I hardly ever crave actual meat anymore, but there are circumstances in which I would dabble in lab-grown meat, especially if it had a significantly smaller environmental footprint than farm-raised animals. But back … Read more

What Is Your Spice Tolerance?

On Saturday night, I embarked on an epic journey of endurance, pain, and survival with 8 friends: The Hot Ones Challenge. Hot Ones, as you may know, is the primary show on the First We Feast YouTube channel in which host Sean Evans eats (and encourages the guest to eat) hot wings with an escalating … Read more