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Nummy Nibbles Kohlapuri sauce

September 12, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Nummy Nibbles Kohlapuri sauce

Quick review: Amongst all those jars of tikka masala and korma – it’s surprising to see anything markedly different. That’s why this Kohlapuri sauce leapt off the shelf and into …

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Me’s Way Chili Sauce – a blast of funk and flavor

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Me's Way Chili Sauce

It’s not often that a condiment whizzes across my kitchen counter and really makes me stop and pause. But that’s what happened with this delightful jar from Me’s Way. This …

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Hot N Saucy – deeply flavored hot sauces

September 4, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Hot N Saucy sauce line up

All too often hot sauces become obsessed with scovilles, flame and fire; they can be the muscle cars of the condiment world, all brawn and brash style. That’s not the …

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Fury Hot Sauce – impressive global flavors

August 30, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Fury Hot Sauce

My not so secret weakness? Hot sauce. Honestly, a whole shelf of my fridge is devoted to things bursting at the seems with fire and fury. Speaking of Fury – …

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Masseria Mirogallo Tomato And Sweet Peppers

September 23, 2020August 19, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Masseria Mirogallo Tomato And Sweet Peppers

Stuart MellingHi, I’m Stuart, nice to meet you!  I’m the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC – Utah’s biggest and oldest online food magazine; I’m also a former restaurant …

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Lay’s Taste Of America review

August 6, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Lay's Nashville Hot Chicken

If you’ve spent a couple of minutes in the chip aisle of late you’ll probably have seen Lay’s new Taste Of American line. Five new products, each celebrating a classic …

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House Foods Chinese Mabo Tofu Sauce

June 26, 2020 by Stuart Melling
House Foods Chinese Mabo Tofu Sauce

Sichuan cuisine has to rank up there with my most favorite of foods from around the world. There’s the spicy punch, the sizzling and numbing Sichuan peppercorn bite, and the …

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Patak’s Rogan Josh Curry Simmer Sauce

June 20, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Pataks Rogan Josh Curry Simmer Sauce

When it comes to cooking sauces in jars, I am like a moth to the flame. Time and again I dive in, maybe this is the one, one of them …

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Izzio Demi Baguette review

June 9, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sprouts Demi Baguette

I love freshly baked bread from the store. Sadly freshly baked doesn’t love sitting there unused. Eat it the same day or the next day you’re faced with This baguette …

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Aussie Bites

June 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Aussie Bites

We found these on the aisles of our local Sprouts. For as much junk as we love buying it’s all balanced out by plenty of healthy eating believe it or …

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