This Beef Jerky Flower Bouquet Might Be the Perfect Gift for Men

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How many times have you received a boring gift? You smile and politely say “thanks”, wishing you received something better. Well, don’t be a bore when it comes to gifting. I guarantee that this is a present that (almost) anyone will love. What if I told you I’d found the most unique, and delicious, edible bouquet?

The Product

I recently received a Beef Jerky Flower Bouquet from Manly Man Co, and it was fantastic. I don’t know many men that get too excited about getting flowers, or even one of those edible fruit displays. But want about jerky?

The jerky bouquet comes pre-arranged in a sealed package that ensures freshness. The “stems” are made from a blend of beef, pork and spices, while the “petals” are made with 100% beef. For flavors, your options are original, teriyaki, hot or mixed. I went with the mixed so I could try all of them. As far as the vase goes, the bouquet comes in a pint glass.

The day it arrived at our house, we had company over. Let me tell you, it made quite an impression. I promptly took it out of the package, and set the arrangement on the counter. Everyone broke out their phones to snap a few pictures. Then, like locusts, the feeding began. It didn’t take long for our group to devour a good portion of the arrangement.

beef jerky from manly man co

The Company

Manly Man Co seems to know who their target audience is. Besides their jerky bouquet, they also offer gifts like stemless maple candied bacon roses dipped in dark chocolate, Bloody Mary kits, and bacon scented gift wrapping paper. They even have fun kits like Beer, Bacon, and Whiskey MANcakes.

Of course, men aren’t the only ones who like these types of gifts. That’s why they recently launched Awesome Gifts Co. You can find many of the same gifts, but with the Awesome Gifts Co branding, as opposed to Manly Man Co.

bloody mary kit from awesome gifts co

Final Thoughts

I thought this was a really unique gift. I’ve loved jerky for a long time, and have never seen anything like this. The actual meat was a high-quality product. Plus, long after the jerky’s gone, you’ll still have the pint glass.

I enjoyed all the flavors, with hot being my favorite. Don’t worry, it’s not that hot (my 9-year old was fine). Currently, the Beef Jerky Bouquet is available for $59 on the Manly Man Co website. If you’d like more gift ideas, you can find some recommendations on our podcast Chefs Without Restaurants.

Somdip Dey on Using Artificial Intelligence to Combat Food Waste

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About Somdip Dey

This week’s podcast guest is Somdip Dey. He’s an embedded artificial intelligence scientist and engineer, turned entrepreneur, fighting a war against food waste. He’s the CEO of Nosh Technologies which provides mobile solutions to optimize consumers’ food consumption, and reduces food waste in their households.  He’s also a TEDx speaker.

On This Week’s Podcast

We talk about food waste and some of the technologies helping to combat it. Somdip’s parents we in a horrible car accident, and he was sending them all his money to help with their medical bills. With no money left to buy groceries, he resorted to dumpster diving to survive. This was the seed that started his crusade. You don’t need to be a scientist to follow our conversation. Somdip does get a little bit nerdy about tech, but he breaks it down so it’s easy to understand. So, will AI take over and kill us like in The Terminator? Probably not. But it has helped him create some unique art, like the photo of him I’m using to promote this episode. He’s also begun creating music aided by AI.

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Comedian and Actor Dan Ahdoot on Restaurants, Persian Cooking, His Food Podcast and Cobra Kai

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About Dan Ahdoot

For Episode 100 of the podcast, my guest is Dan Ahdoot. He’s a standup comic, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host. He’s a national headliner who’s a frequent guest on The Tonight Show, and is currently acting on Netflix’s Cobra Kai. He’s garnered fans as a character actor on the shows Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Shameless, Workaholics, and Disney Channel’s Kickin’ It. 

On his podcast Green Eggs and Dan, he takes a new look at “you are what you eat,” and brings listeners in on conversations about food, life, and more, with some of his most entertaining friends. Not your typical food show, Green Eggs and Dan is the type of food podcast you’d make with your friends around the table, roasting more than just food.

Dan’s show has hit #1 on the podcast charts, and his guests have included Jacques Pepin, Ruth Reichl, Padma Lakshmi, Henry Winkler, Paul F Tompkins, and Iliza Schlesinger. Starting in August, you can see him in a brand new Food Network cooking competition show called Raid the Fridge, and he’ll have a food memoir coming out soon called Lost Sole.

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On the show, we talk about Persian food and cooking, luxury food ingredients, and the dining scene in general. You’ll hear how he went from pre-med to stand-up and acting, and now podcasting. And as a fan of Cobra Kai, I had to know if he was Team Daniel or Team Johnny.

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The Uncertainty Mindset with Author and Professor Vaughn Tan

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The Uncertainty Mindset with Vaughn Tan

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About Vaughn Tan

This week on the Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast, we have Vaughn Tan. Vaughn is a strategy consultant, professor at University College London, and author of The Uncertainty Mindset: Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food. He specializes in designing organizations that are innovative and adaptable, and which thrive in uncertainty. He’s spent over a decade working with the food and beverage industry and is on the board of Rethink Food in New York.

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We discuss some of the similarities he found while working with these culinary R&D teams, and we reflect a bit on the past year, which has provided quite a bit of uncertainty. We also talk about goal-setting, challenging yourself, and his new project called IDK. Because this is a food-related podcast, we also get into pizza-making, and eating meat, meat substitutes and vegetables.

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Learn About Koji and Miso with Jeremy Umansky and Rich Shih

learn about koji and miso like this Koji-Rubbed Bresaola with Curry
learn about koji and miso like this Koji-Rubbed Bresaola with Curry
Koji-Rubbed Bresaola with Curry

This week on the Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast, we have chef Jeremy Umansky of Larder delicatessen and bakery in Cleveland, Ohio, and Rich Shih, the man behind the website and social media accounts ourcookquest. If you’ve wanted to learn about koji and miso, this is the episode for you. Together, they’re the co authors of the book Koji Alchemy, which came out last year.

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Rich and I  have been talking all things food and cooking for 11 years now. I’ve taken hands-on workshops with both Rich and Jeremy. We start with a little backstory about how they got into food and cooking, and how they started using koji and miso. We talked about some of the innovative uses of koji, and they even tease a couple of upcoming projects they have in the works. They also want to turn the tables and asked me a bunch of questions. So we talked a little bit about some of my favorite things to make.

Mandarin Kosho with Shishito & Bird Chili Peppers from rich shih and jeremy umansky of koji alchemy
Mandarin Kosho with Shishito & Bird Chili Peppers
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We’ll be doing a giveaway of their book Koji Alchemy. So if you head over to our Instagram, which is @ChefsWithoutRestaurants, you’ll find all the info on how to enter and win a copy of this fantastic book. If you’re ready to learn about koji and miso, you’re going to want to win this book.

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