jessevalenciana
Jesse Valenciana
jessevalenciana
Food & Beer writer born & raised in Chicago, living in Nashville, working in Louisville and always posting on IG, @jessevalenciana

I think it depends heavily on your situation. I just turn on the outdoor lights in winter when I am grilling. It gives me what I need. Temp tools have lights in them so I can read if I need them. Read more

Real men are ready for a riot at every bbq!

The kind of grilling you do on a Traeger absolutely does not require special gear. You set the temp, put the pork shoulder on, go to sleep, and wake up in the morning to rest it until lunch. Read more

People need charcoal starters because print editions of newspapers are dead. Read more

soft serve and krispy kreme ARE FUCKIN GREAT. You are a savage. Read more

Fried dough with sugar glaze isn't a real donut? Read more

How deep into Indiana are you? There’s a KK just a mile south of the I-294 Halsted exit, which is just a couple miles over the state line. I don’t know if they have the ice cream, though. Read more

Counterpoint: soft serve is good and valid and lots of people like it. If you don't, don't eat it. Read more

God I miss Krispy Kreme. if I want to get those warm delicious donuts I have to drive at a minimum 70 miles. how Indiana of all places became a krispy kreme dead zone I’ll never understand.
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all I know is that I regularly buy a $9 four pack of 16 oz beers isntead of a $9 six pack of 12 oz beers even though its 10 oz less total so theyre making more money off of less beer but then I have to get up less. Read more

I’m curious how this would go. Part of the appeal is all the fat rendered out of the meat, how you replicate that in a vegetarian version is beyond me. A jackfruit version would be interesting though. Read more

I'm totally making this over the weekend but I'll be leaving out the clove. Can't stand cloves any more thanks to a wisdom tooth dry socket stuffed with gauze soaked in clove oil Read more

Hi, this is great, thank you so much for posting - since the IP version won the taste test yesterday, is there any way you could post the recipe you used? Read more

This is one of those recipes where you can just *tell* that it’s gonna be good. Simmering beef? Good! Dried chilies? Good! Spice combo? GOOD. Read more

It must suck to live in a country like Mexico if you have the coriander gene. Read more