Food/Wine Archive

John Dvorak is a proponent of French wine rating stickers. These are particular to French Bordeaux. Another popular wine rating system for buyers to consider are Parker scores from wine expert, Robert Parker. “When you’re buying wine, particularly Bordeaux, you’ll often see wines with little stickers on them that say things like 91 or 92

If you’ve ever encountered a bright orange, tomato-like fruit on a grocery store shelf and wondered, What is that?, you’re likely looking at a persimmon. A culinary gem with deep roots in global history, persimmons are as mysterious as they are delicious. Whether you’re a seasoned foodie or a curious newbie, the No Agenda Show’s Shopping

Another tip from Mimi Dvorak! Resuable food storage bags. These are thick ziplock-style reusable food storage bags that are thick and sturdy. Made out of silicone and are dishwasher safe. Preferred brands are IdeaTek or Lerine. According to John Dvorak, they freeze well and don’t get weird when they get frozen. Shop for these bags

Apparently people like to blend Chia seeds to their smoothies to thicken them up, but they can have difficulty have them blend into their beverage. John C. Dvorak suggests blending for a bit, then letting them soak for five minutes, then blend again. It’ll thicken your drink up into a nice goo! Shop for Chia

One of John C. Dvorak’s pastimes is visiting the Hmong Farmer’s market. There’s much better deals than the bougie farm-to-table type. I’d often visit the farmer’s market in Oakland’s Old Town. Many Hmong farmers were represented and I’d bag terrific bargains during the last hour the market was open. Most of the food is organically

JCD has just discovered another terrific Costco buy, the French made Kirkland Vodka. He revealed that it’s probably a white-labeled Grey Goose product. It comes in an elegant tall bottle. There’s also an American made vodka that ‘s super cheap, but he recommends the imported version. [No Agenda #1696]

John Dvorak loves his PG Tips tea, but sometimes he desires a green tea. His No Agenda Tip of the Day is Tian Hu Shan’s green tea. Not only is tasty and robust (you can reuse the tea twice!) but it’s only $14 a lb. at Amazon. Get some today! [Episode 1695]

Dvorak recommends Goya Sazonador Total! It’s a general purpose seasoning that’s used religiously in the Dvorak household. John adds, “it’s so good, get the big giant one – just mix with sour cream, best buttermilk style ranch dressing you’ll ever have! The reasons the seasoning was mentioned was that they played a clip of CEO

Oh no! Looks like Palmetto cheese got the Noodle Gun and has been cancelled! Costco has removed the from their shelves to support the boycott and to prevent themselves from being boycotted.

Adam and Tina-the-Keeper visited Chicago this week and and were stymied in their attempts to get into a JCD recommended restaurant. They ended up at Beatrix where Adam sampled some Wagu beef. [1063 :07]