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  • The Good Stuff

    This page is a list of products I actually use. Not sponsored. Just things that passed my test: select ingredients, correct origin, proper processing, remarkable experience, and sensible value.If I wouldn’t put my name on it, it’s not here.Products I swear byOlive Oil: FrantoiaMost olive oil on American shelves is blended, adulterated, or months past…

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  • Real Sriracha

    Real Sriracha

    Eating chili peppers without flinching was always a fun game growing up. Fearing I was destroying my young gut, my old man would say, “doesn’t that hurt your stomach?” Nope. Fast forward 20 years, and I learn that “small spicy” in Thailand exceeds the legal limit for capsaicin in the U.S. They are serious about…

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