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Everyone had an epiphany type moment during the COVID Lockdown of 2020. The slow down made us reorganize our priorities and do a Marie Kondo look at what sparks joy! What I realized is as much as I LOVE to eat and discover restaurants and foodie pleasures. I’ve never actually been fully engaged with the “Tine” (tines of a fork) part of Tinsel and Tine. When I started the site in 2010 it was going to be a place where I go to dinner and a movie and review both in a post. For various reasons that never really worked out; so I thought I could split the difference and write/cover some foodie posts and some movie posts. And perhaps feature a lot of foodie films or food related docs. And I did manage a bit of all that but… READ MORE
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Philly Food Truck: DIA DOCE Gourmet Cupcakes
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Last week at my day gig we got an email announcing when Dia Doce Gourmet Cupcakes would be in the parking lot. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to sample and profile another Food Truck for Tinsel & Tine’s Food Truck Series! Dia Doce is owned by Thais da Silva and her husband Michael. Their gourmet cupcakes are made from scratch every day with 100% natural…
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There are different factors that determine your health in terms of eating. These may include the amount, frequency, nutritive content and the type of foods that you eat. But, there is no definite example on how is eating healthy done. The vital aspects that can make your eating healthy are when you eat highly nutritious foods and when you take foods in moderation.
Philly Food Truck: SURF AND TURF
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Does this lobster roll look delectable? Yes, it does! So you know I am very upset that I still haven’t gotten to sample it yet. Try as we might, Surf and Turf Food Truck owner, Adam Browne and I couldn’t find a good time to meet up, so we did just the online interview and he sent me some great pics! I love that Surf…
Philly Food Truck: Samosa Deb (Gourmet Indian Cuisine)
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor In May (2013) I started a food truck series with Farm Truck and went to New York to feature The Ditch Witch. Then I got rather busy interviewing Lee Daniels, Cuba Gooding, Jr and Yaya Alafia for the movie The Butler, and other great film/movie posts happened, and so, it’s taken me this long to get back to my Food Truck series. Debbie Dasani –…
Food Truck: Ditch Witch (Grant Monahan Montauk NY)
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Tinsel & Tine recently began a series covering Food Trucks. Diane (dianeroka.com) and I continued on from New Haven (See Tasting Tour) because she was invited to Montauk NY for a project to capture the local flavor of the place by drawing portraits, much like a photographer captures a scene. Knowing we were to stay at the East Deck, I decided to try and interview…
Tom Brandt: Thali Too, Oaxaca Kitchen & Thali Tasting Tour – Part 1 of 3
Thomas Brandt Last year I interviewed Film Buff & Foodie Tom Brandt a restaurateur in the New Haven Connecticut area. Life’s little obstacles prevented me from being able to take him up on his offer to actually visit the restaurants until this May, but OMG was it worth the wait!!! Together with his partner James Beard honoree and Iron chef winner Chef Prasad Chirnomula, they run a total of 5…