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Virgin America- DeliBreak Lunch Box

26 Nov

I am not a fan of plane food.  I can’t think of anything grosser than pre-packaged, shelf stable, mass quantity food.  It reminds me of my highschool cafeteria… without the pizza and tots.  And now they make you PAY for it? ARE YOU KIDDING?!

So when I noticed that Virgin America really takes on a new look at in-flight meals (along with everything else), I figured it would be interesting to blog about their “GoPicnic DeliBreak Lunch Box.”  I like that you order it when you want it, and the cost isn’t awful seeing as though you are literally entirely trapped with their menu.  I think this was $6 and it was plenty to fill me for lunch and leave me with some snacks for hour 4 on the trip to LA.

This was the box front, which varied slightly from the description on the menu that I remember reading.

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And the list on the box even varied from the actual food that was inside.  I found this slightly concerning, since picky people may not be pleased by trading out potato chips for pop chips.  Luckily… I love pop chips!

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Thought I was kind of curious what sweet maui onino potato chips might taste like.

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They packaged it well, with a lot of options within one compact box.

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And like I said… it was plenty of food.

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A very good snack/meal option.  Thanks Virgin America!  You remain my favorite airline (even if you INSIST on flying out of JFK).

Happy Thanksgiving!

25 Nov

Since today is the best day of the year, Thanksgiving, NYC Nom Nom will be on break until tomorrow.

But I’m sure you are DYING to know what I’m bringing to our epic feast… Here is my list:

  • Meringue Kisses
  • Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
  • English Toffee with Sea Salt
  • Apple Pie
  • Butternut Squash Souffle (this is Mike’s awesome contribution)

Happy Turkey Day everyone!

Tortuga Rum Cake

4 Nov

Today I realized that I have over double the amount of drafted blog posts than I have Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays left this year.  I guess I will start posting every day that I have a post to go live!

I’ll try to keep Tuesdays and Thursdays short so you don’t come back to a pile of reading each day.

For today, we have the one, the only Tortuga Rum Cake.

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They were giving these away at the Food & Wine Grand Tasting and Mike noted that he loves them.  I thought the back was comical:

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Though we didn’t take advantage of any of the serving suggestions.  We just cut it up and ate it plain.

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And it was absolutely fantastic!

If only rum cake had no calories. 🙁