Sukiyaki At Home

During the cold, winter months, nothing is more comforting than having a homemade Sukiyaki with all the fixings.

Setting up the table for the feast.

Platter is hot and cooking of the Sukiyaki has begun.

Plenty of ingredients and a flavorful broth simmering together.

Topping it off with spinach towards the end. It is time to eat!

It was a delicious and wonderful evening.

Zz.

Riots Over Nutella Sale

There were riots and serious commotion at a French supermarket chain when it slashed the price of Nutella spread by 70%.

In ugly scenes evocative of Black Friday in the U.S., some customers at Intermarché supermarkets brawled in a bid to bag cheap jars of the chocolate-hazelnut spread, according to multiple media reports.

Police were reportedly called to deal with outbreaks of violence after the chain slashed the price of a 950-gram jar by 70 percent, to 1.41 euros (about $1.76) from 4.50 euros (about $5.61).

“They are like animals,” the BBC reported one customer at an unidentified store as saying. “A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady took a box on her head, another had a bloody hand.”

Nutella? Seriously?!

Still, it shows one thing. The more we think that we are different, the more things like this shows that we are not THAT different after all. Things like this happen all over the world. At one point or another, we shake our heads at many things happening in different locations.

Zz.

Somebody Feed Phil

"Somebody Feed Phil" series premiered on Netflix this past weekend. This series is a continuation of the very successful and acclaimed "I'll Have What Phil's Having" on PBS. I had already mentioned in an earlier post that "I'll Have What Phil's Having" is one of my most favorite food shows on TV. This new series follows the same format, including the hilarious Skype with the parents back in NY City.

In this series, Phil Rosenthal goes to Bangkok, Saigon, Tel Aviv, Lisbon, New Orleans, and Mexico City. I thought the episode for Bangkok was the best, while the New Orleans and Tel Aviv were the weakest. I think when the food is a bit too familiar to both the audience and to Phil himself, the episode loses a little of its charm. This happened with his "I'll Have What Phil's Having" series as well, where I thought the LA episode was the weakest. That episode was saved by the visit by his dad and the visit to the bakery. Still, "Somebody Fee Phil" series is way better than most of the crap being shown on the Food Network.

I've only watched each episode twice so far. I plan on seeing all of it many times.

Zz.