Another Jax Food Blog

Have you ever heard of Taste Memory? It's a food blog I discovered a while back but haven't had a chance to scour until recently. I'm glad I rediscovered it and wanted to share it with you. It's quite a smorgasbord of a blog, with restaurant reviews, smatterings of personal history, interesting recipes, delicious pictures, and links to other fantastic food blogs.

The best part of this blog is that there is a link to a collection of TM Girl's favorite restaurants in Jacksonville. She is quite the foodie, and you might appreciate her persnickety taste. Now that I've had a chance to read through some of these reviews I must say I'm excited for our next dinner out!

A Great Way to Eat Vegetables

This is a good dish to get all the goodness of vegetables you can't stand the taste of. The sauce masks the taste of the bell peppers, which I don't like but are so good for you.

Asian Coleslaw

6 T Rice Wine Vinegar
6 T Vegetable Oil
3-5 T Creamy Peanut Butter (depending on how much you like peanut butter)
3 T Soy Sauce
3 T Brown Sugar
2 T powdered Ginger
1 ½ T powdered Garlic

Mix sauce and then add to:

1 bag Coleslaw from the store
2 Red Bell Peppers (may substitute any combination of colors of peppers)
2 Carrots (shredded)
6 Green Onions
½ c. Cilantro
and any other vegetables you can think of

Let sit for 15-20 minutes, it gets better as it sits.

Love Affair With Pietro

Ryan introduced me to Pietro.  It was love at first taste.  I admit I was hesitant, eating pasta on top of lettuce, topped with this foreign dressing, but reluctance gave way to indulgence. Honestly, an addiction will form if you try this.  You can also just serve it as a regular salad dressing, but, somehow, I love it the way I was first introduced to it.  We had a constant source in Dallas (Central Market), but haven't been able to find it here in Jacksonville...until now.  I'm sorry I don't have an exact address for the place, it's a new little Japanese grocery store that just opened up in a strip mall on Beach Blvd, on the south side of the street called Japanese Circle.  Served here, I used whole wheat pasta, cooled before serving on a bed of romaine lettuce.  Even the kids love it.  What more can I say?

p.s. the Shoyu flavor is the best, but please don't create a shortage, 

or I'll have no choice but to stop sharing my favorite discoveries!

Picnic Pretzels

I got this recipe from a food storage recipe book I have. They turned out great and it was a fun, quick and easy activity to do with Kylie - Ashlyn just liked playing with the flour.


1 T. dry yeast
1 1/2 T. sugar
1 1/2 c. warm water
1 t. salt
4-5 c. flour
1 egg, beaten
coarse salt

1. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm water; let sit about 5 min. Stir in the salt and 2-3 c. of flour to make a soft batter. Knead in enough flour to make a stiff flour to roll out.
2. Take a lump of dough about the size of a peach and roll in between to make a 8-12 inch rope about as thick as your finger.
3. Twist the rope into a pretzel shape, place on a greased cookie sheet, bruch with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse salt.
4. Repeat the last two steps until dough is used up.
5. Bake at 425 for 12-15 minutes, until the pretzels are golden brown. Remove from sheet and cool.
6. If you want to add flavor, add 1/2 t. caraway seeds, very coarsely ground.