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Bougie Food Review: Creamed HoneySomeone—or, more likely, several dozen someones—died so you could enjoy mushrooms. Thousands of years ago, people learned which mushrooms were poisonous after some brave soul got sick or died. This knowledge spread, and now we know that crimini mushrooms are both non-toxic and delicious....

Bougie Food Review: Snapea CrispsEverybody has different wacky opinions on dieting, but most agree on one thing: Dieting at McDonald’s is bad and useless. “What’s even the point of getting a large Diet Coke with a Big Mac and fries?” is probably something you’ve heard before. Until recently, I shared that sentiment as well....

Bougie Food Review: Sipping ChocolateOne of the ongoing subplots of my adulthood is the daily realization that I am simply the product of my parents. Despite living on the opposite coast and not seeing them nearly enough, they are very present in the daily mundanities of my life. My mom used to drive me insane when insisting the dishwa...

Bougie Food Review: Partially Popped Popcorn

Food tastes better when you have to work hard for it—same with drinks. This phenomenon manifests itself in a number of ways. Ice-cold lemonade is never as refreshing as after you’ve spent all day working outside under the baking sun; produce from your own garden is always better than what you buy in...

Bougie Food Review: Beet Hummus

I discovered beets in a southern Brazil churrascaria just when I needed them most. For a nearly lifelong vegetarian, spending an otherwise life-affirming semester studying in Buenos Aires wasn’t exactly culinary nirvana, given that that corner of the world ranks highest in beef consumption. I quickl...

Bougie Food Review: Organic Amaranth Flakes

The concepts of “organic,” “free range,” “shade grown,” “farm-to-table,” “locally grown,” and “GMO-free” food have widened the average grocery-shopper’s lexicon over the past decade. Sure, those phrases all ostensibly describe how food is grown and sourced, but they also offer implicit judgements ab...

Bougie Food Review: Maple Water

Water has gotten too complicated. It’s just two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, clear and basically tasteless. It is nourishing and life-giving. It is perfect....