If you read last week’s blog, you are all hyped up for barbecue and have a great pork tenderloin recipe to get the season started. This week, something different to toss on the grill: a juicy filet mignon rubbed with jasmine tea leaves and other spices. I highly recommend you try Two Leaves and a…
What do you get when you cross phenomenal tea products and a fierce concern for the treatment of tigers and elephants in the wild? You get award-winning, premium chai and tea company David Rio, of course! Based in San Francisco, David Rio has a solid mission: “to be the global premium chai and tea brand…
Island Rose Gourmet Tea was founded in the 1990s in Nassau, Bahamas. Although they began by selling tea bags to resorts their business quickly evolved to include the tea and lemonade concentrates that have become the mainstay of their company. After just one taste of their delicious lemonade it was easy to understand the…
Nothing screams “SUMMER!” like breaking out the grill for some good down-home barbecue. And there is no better way to spend your Memorial Day weekend than gathered around the patio, surrounded by friends and family, eating some delicious food! To really get your taste buds churning, here is a spicy recipe I found on Demitri’s…
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth…” It is with great sadness that we announce that John Houston passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015. Words cannot describe how much he meant to Houston’s, Inc. John’s honorable career as an Air Force pilot carried over to his work in the foodservice industry. He…
With the third wave of coffee among us consumers are becoming more and more aware of the coffee they are drinking. A quick cup of commercial blend is becoming a thing of the past as we are becoming more and more savvy about the blend of coffee, where it comes from, how it is roasted,…
Have you ever gone into a restaurant and contemplated the menu design and the effect it has on your overall dining experience? I would bet most haven’t; if you are anything like me, you are too busy ascertaining what you would like to eat rather than looking to see how the menu is arranged. But…
We’ve all probably heard of it. Heck, many of us have probably even tried it. Craft sodas are not new, after all, and there are plenty of commercial varieties available in our neighborhood grocery stores. Jones Soda. Dry Soda. Reed’s. Thomas Kemper. They are all out there, and they are all very good. But now,…
Coffee is grown in more than 50 countries around the world, most that lie in the Equatorial zone of latitude 25 north and 30 south, or roughly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Production is best when grown at a high altitude, in rich soil, where the climate is sultry. Although coffee characteristics can…
Cinco de Mayo. A day of festivals, parades, and Mariachi bands, of food, beer, and celebration. It is celebrated in Mexico, especially in the state of Puebla, but has become increasingly popular in parts of the United States with a larger population of people with a Mexican heritage. Many people believe that Cinco de Mayo…