Search: America!

America! Presents: Steak-Eze Angus Philly Cheese Steak Kit

by Malcolm Bedell April 3, 2013

So far, Philly-style cheesesteaks have had a tough time entering the “convenience food” marketplace. It’s just too easy to microwave a burrito or some other cheap tray of muck. Even White Castle has managed to translate their steamed cheeseburgers into a reasonable flash-frozen version of themselves. For anyone who wants to impulse-eat a Philly cheesesteak, [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: Jack Link’s Buffalo Style Chicken Big Dippers™

by Malcolm Bedell January 10, 2013

On that fabled evening in 1964, in the tiny Anchor Bar in upstate New York, when Teressa Bellissimo first plunged fried chicken wings into a spicy hot sauce, she couldn’t have known the massive culinary impact her dish would create. As a chill crept through a crack in the window of her cramped kitchen, she [...]

10 comments Read the full article →

Pork Marsala Saute

by Malcolm Bedell October 24, 2012

A few weeks ago, Jillian began working a new job that keeps her away from home for most of the evening, most notably during suppertime. I usually work at home all day while she takes care of Violet, and then in the late afternoons, I assume baby duty. My amazing parenting style usually amounts to [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: Humpty Dumpty “Lobster Bisque” Flavored Potato Chips

by Malcolm Bedell September 20, 2012

When I was a Senior in high school, I was pretty broke most of the time. This was, as I think back, mostly by choice; I had a perfectly respectable teenager’s job at the Shaw’s Supermarket in Rockland, which I knew wasn’t going to be a major career move. The four dollars per hour I [...]

30 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: Tony’s™ Macaroni & Cheese Pizza

by Malcolm Bedell July 24, 2012

Unless you are willing to dive into new form factors, such as pizza rolls, pizza cones, or the seemingly limitless possibilities of the Hot Pocket, there’s not a ton to get excited about in the frozen pizza section of the supermarket. You can have a crust that rises, or one that doesn’t. You can have [...]

15 comments Read the full article →

Our Two Year Anniversary

by Malcolm Bedell July 10, 2012

A lot can sure change in two years. We first purchased the “From Away” domain name while still sitting in our house in Mexico, doors and windows all sealed against the elements, air conditioner running ragged, choking to keep up with the blistering sun, while we tried to figure out how to cook pizza dough [...]

26 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: FlatJacks™ Chicken Snacks (Original Flavor)

by Malcolm Bedell March 6, 2012

It’s rare that a product stops me dead in my tracks, when I am taking my near-daily slow stroll down the frozen food aisle of our supermarket. Today, though, tucked away on the bottom shelf, in an area normally reserved for three-for-a-dollar frozen burritos, underneath the chicken nuggets and the pre-packaged buffalo wings, the bright [...]

6 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: Little Caesars® Hot-N-Ready® Pepperoni Pizza

by Malcolm Bedell January 17, 2012

I‘ve never had a pizza from Little Caesars. Not growing up under their regional umbrella, the only thing I understood about the pizza chain was that, in the 1980′s, you could get two pizzas for the price of one as part of their “Pizza! Pizza!” campaign. Though this seemed like an almost unbelievable bargain to [...]

17 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: Betty Crocker® FUN da-middles™ Chocolate Cupcake Mix

by Malcolm Bedell October 18, 2011

Two things immediately sprang to mind, when I spotted Betty Crocker’s new instant cupcake mix on the shelf at the supermarket. The first was what an utterly awful name the product had. I mean, I get it: there’s frosting inside of the cupcake, which is definitely, unquestionably fun. No argument from me there. And there [...]

12 comments Read the full article →

America! Presents: Taco Bell® Home Originals® Cheesy DOUBLE DECKER® Taco Dinner Kit

by Malcolm Bedell July 18, 2011

Jillian and I have radically different memories of “Taco Tuesday,” the one-day-a-month night where our respective mothers felt like having a bit of a break from cooking with a kid-friendly, crowd-pleasing tabletop spread of taco shells, ground beef, and toppings. My mom grew up in Southern California, and thus had a pretty well-developed sense of [...]

11 comments Read the full article →