Bite of the Best

Nut Recall: Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters, Pecan-Containing One

Bonnie Tandy Leblang — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:30:17 +0000

Nuts are recalled yet again. On July 8 General Mills announced a voluntary recall of some “Nut Lovers” flavor of Nature Valley.

Granola Nut Clusters products containing pecans. This action is being taken as a precaution because pecans received from a…

Pacific Natural Foods Simply Coffee, Simply Tea and Simply Mate

Eric Leblang — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:18 +0000

Pacific Natural Foods Simply Coffee, Simply Tea and Simply Mate have released 12 new ready-to-drink organic beverages served in a one-of-a-kind aseptic prisma package. The new beverages are available as of June 2009.

Get Popping - Kernel Season’s

Bryan Leblang — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:30:41 +0000

Random Popcorn Triva Questions (answers below)
Q: How high can popcorn pop?
Q: Who ate popcorn like breakfast cereal with milk?
Q: How much popcorn will one cup of kernels make?

Popcorn.. Though you might just think about ‘the movies’ when you hear the…

Señor Sangria

Bonnie Tandy Leblang — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:01:23 +0000

Bonnie: People always ask me how we find products to review on Bite of the Best. Some are samples that just find their way into my mailbox, some I trip over at events/conferences and others find us through PR (public relations) pitches.

“Do you ever look at alcoholic beverages?” e-mailed Jeff Davis. “I’m working with a new premium, all-natural sangria. If up your alley, let me know.”

That was the first time I’d heard about this new sangria. What followed next intrigued...

Bryan: Sangria, literally translated, as “bloody,” essentially is a wine punch. The drink originated in southern Europe (Spain, Portugal and Italy) but now can be found as a sweet summer offering all around the world. Sangria is as much a reflection of its locality as any food. There is no actual “recipe” for sangria as much as there is a loose interpretation of the drink, allowing for endless flavors to emerge from a single idea.

Though the rules are loose, the beverage generally consists of a combination (often with vastly... Eric: Ever since my first visit to Spain, sangria has become my quintessential summer drink. It is refreshing, intoxicating and delicious (that is of course dependent on the variety) and even my girlfriend, an avid nondrinker, will usually fill a glass, sit back, and enjoy. The difficulty when it comes to drinking sangria is that if you don’t have the right ingredients at home, you’re usually heading to the nearest restaurant to get a pitcher – and that is not always a sure thing.

In my opinion, the....

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Scoop Up Free Starbucks Ice Cream on Facebook

Bonnie Tandy Leblang — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:19:10 +0000

Starbucks is offering 20,000 coupons for free pints of their new ice creams via Facebook from now through July 19.

Not surprisingly with a name like Starbuck, all the flavors contain coffee. There’s plain Coffee, Mocha Frappuccino (swirled coffee and chocolate ice…

Mirassou Winery : What Your Wine Personality

Bonnie Tandy Leblang — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:21:00 +0000

What’s your wine personality? That’s the question the printed materials from Mirassou Winery posed along with a series of questions to help determine which wine to serve your guests.

For instance, Mirassou purports that if you’re:

Sweet you’d like Riesling
Energetic you’d like…

Grilling: The Reading Essentials

Bryan Leblang — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:30:17 +0000

I recently came across the Barnes & Noble Review, an online publication offering appraisals of current books, music, and films. The site publishes exclusive material from a number of critics, reviewers, and authors while highlighting special topics and collections in…

DiGiorno Flatbread Melts

Eric Leblang — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:59 +0000

New DiGiorno Flatbread Melts are premium, single-serve meals that offer restaurant taste straight from the microwave. The flatbread melts are available nationwide in the supermarket freezer aisle.

Santa Barbara Bay All-natural Greek yogurt dips

Eric Leblang — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:01:11 +0000

Santa Barbara Bay All-natural Greek yogurt dips contain Voskos Greek Yogurt; twice the protein and calcium of traditional yogurt and live and active probiotic cultures promoting digestive health. The yogurt is available in 12-oz containers in supermarkets nationwide

The Ravi: An Instant Wine Chiller

Bonnie Tandy Leblang — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:24:04 +0000

“Are you aware that good wine is more enjoyable when served at a temperature that brings out its real true and unique flavor?”

The publicist promoting the Ravi Instant Wine Refresher posed that query to me when asking whether I’d like…