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5 days ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
Everywhere you look this year, you collide with Dubai Chocolate. As I told you previously, it’s a combination of chocolate, pistachio and the crunchy pastry called kataifi. You can find it in candy bars, gelato, cupcakes and milkshakes, to name a few version. In Japan, another chocolate flavor shows no signs of fading in popularity. The Black Thunder cho…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to CulinaryWoman to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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6 days ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
Happy June, CulinaryWoman readers! Happy Dragon Boat Festival to Asian friends!This month marks our fifth anniversary and I’m delighted that you’ve joined us. CulinaryWoman, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., looks at topics of interest in the food world, often from a financial point of view. We don’t accept ads or sponsors. We’re entirely funded by you. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber, or you can Buy Me A Coffee in any amount if there’s an article you’ve especially liked.
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1 week ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
Along with high prices, one thing has always bugged me about shopping at Whole Foods. What happens to those big piles of prepared dishes in the deli section if the food doesn’t sell? I recently got an answer to that, and it led me to explore a twist on fighting food waste. Whole Foods, and 175,000 other businesses take part in an app called Too Good To Go.Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to CulinaryWoman to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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2 weeks ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, CulinaryWoman readers! We’re not far from June, which will mark CulinaryWoman’s fifth anniversary. For people who are new to the newsletter, CulinaryWoman was my pandemic project. I’m so pleased to see how much it’s grown since then. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber, since I do not accept ads or have sponsors. You can also Buy Me A Coffee in any amount.
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2 weeks ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
You may be familiar with the Piecaken, the dessert version of the turducken. It was developed in 2015 by chef Zac Young, who has appeared on the Food Network and has two cafes. That original version had pecan pie on the bottom, pumpkin pie in the middle, and spice cake on top, all layered together with cinnamon buttercream and topped with apple pie fill…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to CulinaryWoman to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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2 weeks ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
Welcome to the CulinaryWoman Newsletter! I’m glad to greet our returning subscribers, new subscribers and those of you who are following me on Substack. CulinaryWoman looks at topics in the turbulent food world, and the turbulence just keeps on coming. If you’ve dined out anywhere lately, you know that prices are up. Sometimes, the comparisons can be eye-popping. This week, I’m sharing some data about where things stand.
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3 weeks ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
We know that inflation has hit the food world hard over the past six years, but you don’t always notice it until it affects the things you eat most often. Toast, the reservations and food ordering site, is now tracking prices in real time. Its new Menu Price Monitor summarizes data from more than 100,000 restaurants, and also reflects consumer behavior. …Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to CulinaryWoman to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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3 weeks ago | 
foodandwine.com | Micheline Maynard
Credit: Rena-Marie / Getty ImagesFrozen pizza sales have surged since the pandemic, rising to nearly $7 billion in 2024, as consumers sought convenient, cost-effective meals. Economic uncertainty and rising prices are driving continued growth, with experts predicting a 6.6% increase in sales as more people choose frozen pizza over takeout. Both budget and premium frozen pizzas are thriving, with popular low-cost options like Aldi and upscale offerings from Giordano’s seeing strong demand.
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3 weeks ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
I stopped into Two Songs Bakery in Ann Arbor recently to look at the pastry case and pick out a treat for the weekend. Jenny Song and her mother (the two Songs) always put on a variety of muffins, bars, cookies, buns and more, many with an Asian influence. A bright green coffee cake caught my eye. It was made with pandan, which I always have thought of as Asian vanilla. It turns out that I am a bit off base. Pandan is a plant that is grown widely throughout Southeast Asia.
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3 weeks ago | 
culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard
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