Peace Tree Brewing – Root Beer
A beautifully bottled and rich root beer from Knoxville, Iowa
View ArticleTamarind Soda – Urban Putt SF
There are a couple of things that I don’t have enough of in my life. One of those things is tamarind. Another of those things is mini golf. On a serendipitous visit to San Francisco this past week I...
View ArticleIcelandic Sodas – Appelsin & Maltextrakt
Come for the good, stay for the bad. Then mix.
View ArticleRoot Beer Gingerbread Recipe
This weekend I spent an inordinate amount of time doing something unrelated to my day job and unrelated to this blog. I’d love to tell you that it was visiting orphaned puppies in a leper colony, but...
View ArticleSpicy Beef Bulgogi Fries – Bar Dojo
Bar Dojo is a gem. Over the course of our year in quarantine we’ve made a point of patronizing the restaurants/chefs that we want to make sure survive this difficult time. Bar Dojo (and the rest of...
View ArticleBoise Fry Company
After 9 hours of driving, Boise Fry Company (one of the Meridian locations) was my family’s stop for dinner. I had heard about this place for a long time, but up until now I hadn’t had a chance to...
View ArticleHot Cheetos Carne Asada Fries Burrito
On the second day of our 9 day road trip from Seattle to the Grand Canyon (and back) my family grabbed lunch at a Mexican restaurant in a rural town in central Nevada. We knew that pit stops and food...
View ArticleGrand Canyon – Part 1 (how we got there)
I realized that a lot of this blog is a travel blog, but I wanted to take advantage of the platform in include some additional details about my travel outside of french fry and soda exploration. This...
View ArticleGrand Canyon – Part 2 (what we did there)
If this is the first entry you’re reading, you need to back to Part 1. I broke up the blog entries into three parts, plus bonus content for a couple of french fry related adventures. Day 3 – Arriving...
View ArticleGrand Canyon – Part 3 (Zion; how we returned)
Day 6 – Drive to Zion Time to leave. I haven’t mentioned the weather yet, but for most of the trip it was lows just above freezing with highs in the 50’s. There was still a little snow on the ground...
View ArticleOlde Rhode Island Molasses Root Beer
Consistent with my annual tradition of getting older, I recently had a birthday. I’m not super keen on drawing attention to myself (at least not on my birthday), so when my wife wanted ideas about...
View ArticlePolenta Fries – Fire & the Feast
Edmonds is home to a lot of my current favorite restaurants. The pandemic helped me discover some terrific food because 1) I was forced to find take-out from places that were closer to my house and 2)...
View ArticleLoaded Taco Fries – Taco Bell
The 5pm Saturday crew at my local Taco Bell is not the A Team. Every trip is a gamble, but that’s part of the charm. On this trip I planned ahead and submitted my order through the Taco Bell app so...
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