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Let me hold your Poms: Apron Giveaway!!!

December 20, 2009 by ericriveracooks

( I don’t want to wear these aprons ever again so I’m giving away the two that I received from POM….sorry, it’s just a little too cute for a real kitchen! They’re from the people at POM pomegranate juice. I’m asking two things from you in order to win: #1 Vote for me for the 2010 POM Blogger of the year (click) #2 Retweet, facebook, myspace, or whatever the hell you want to spread the word for this giveaway. Leave […]

Categories: Random Rants • Tags: eric rivera, ericriveracooks.com, Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate

P.B.& J. Of course it’s a little more than that

November 17, 2009 by ericriveracooks

It’s National Pomegranate Month so I’m pulling out all the stops. This is my second post featuring pomegranates for this celebration of the all mighty POM Wonderful Pomegranates. Lynda Resnick (the owner of POM) sent me a copy of her book and it inspired me to just go full bore with my ideas and not worry about what anyone else thinks. She famously “overpaid” for Jackie Kennedy’s pearl necklace. She paid $211,000 for it at auction but then came up […]

Categories: Sandwich • Tags: Cooking Blog, Jam, Lynda Resnick, Nut Butter, Pistachio, Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate, recipe, Wonderful Pistachio

The Adventures of Tom the Pom: Seattle

October 22, 2009 by ericriveracooks

Tom the Pom gave me a great tour of his orchard and processing plant so I decided to give him a tour of Seattle/Bellevue. The first stop was Bellevue because I had to show him where I worked. He thought downtown was nice but was amazed when he saw the fall colors Tom is a fall type of guy (pomegranates are harvested during the fall season) so it was nice for him to see other colors than just green and […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate, Seattle

Day 3 of the POM Experience: TO THE PROCESSING PLANT!

October 22, 2009 by ericriveracooks

I have to be really careful with this post. There is a lot of information and technology that I will not be able to share with you about how POM does their business. It’s all ground breaking stuff so I understand why they don’t want bloggers opening their mouths and blabbing about all their techniques to producing their POM products. When we first arrived we were given a hair net and helmet for safety and sanitation purposes. I was trying […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate Juice, Tour

Day 2 of the POM Experience: Pomegranate Inspired Dinner @ The Vintage Press

October 22, 2009 by ericriveracooks

You have already seen something of the amazing things that were packed into day 2 and to top it off there was a customized pomegranate dinner at The Vintage Press in Visalia. Once I read the menu I knew I was about to be amazed. The cool thing about attending culinary school is that you pick up on terminology and techniques written into menu items. Anglaise, duxelle, ragout, and reductions. To most people these labels may sound “fancy” or intimidating […]

Categories: Events, Restaurants • Tags: California, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food Blog, Pom, POM Wonderful, recipe, The Vintage Press, Visalia

Janel, Registered Dietician, talks about the benefits of antioxidants

October 22, 2009 by ericriveracooks

During our POM tour we had a nice meeting about the benefits on antioxidants hosted by Janel Ovrut. She is a registered dietician residing in Boston. I took a few notes and if I messed up on some facts then blame me What is an antioxidant? (click) What are some benefits of antioxidants? Prostate health, immune system, and eye health. She talked to us a little more about what foods to avoid or keep in check in order to keep […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Antioxidants, Janel Ovrut, Pom, Pomegranate Juice, Registered Dietician

Day 2 of the POM experience: TO THE ORCHARDS!!!!!

October 22, 2009 by ericriveracooks

Before this experience I didn’t know if pomegranates came from trees, shrubs, bushes, or just miraculously fell out of the sky. I did know one thing about pomegranates though, they are f’ing delicious! During the POM tour we had a chance to visit the lovely pomegranates and pick our own pomegranate to take home. I was so excited and when we reached the orchard my quest began to find the perfect pomegranate. While in my search for perfection Brad, from […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate Juice

Day 2 of the Pom Experience: Come Fly With Me, Part Deux (with video goodness)

October 22, 2009 by ericriveracooks

I’m home now so get ready for the good stuff from my trip to the POM pomegranate orchards. While I was there I had to keep pinching myself to make sure I wasn’t in a dream…..after a few bruises I snapped out of it and so I decided I wanted to cover this event the best I could by trying to bring you along with me. How am I going to do this? Well, with a ton of photos, videos […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Cooking Blog, Food Blog, Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate, Tour

Day 2 of the POM Experience: Come fly with me!

October 20, 2009 by ericriveracooks

I have a video that was uploading but the internet service in the hotel does not like 600MB HD uploads…..I wish I could show you how amazing the flyover was. I am working on a rather large post for day two of my POMcation so this is a very short version! Tonight we will be eating at a restaurant that has created a menu featuring pomegranates in each course. I am so excited to see what the Chef has in […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate

Day 1 of the POMtastic Extravaganza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

October 19, 2009 by ericriveracooks

Andrea, from POM, using the HD POM CAM! Jeff, from POM, catching me taking an almost stealthy picture of him. Down in Fresno, internet is working, weather is decent, and I’m having a great time. I finally had a chance to meet another one of my favorite bloggers, Kristy from the Wicked Noodle, we had a challenge a few months ago (click) so i t was nice to finally get to high five her for her awesome work. Jeff and […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Pom, POM Wonderful, Pomegranate Juice

You want to fly me to Fresno to visit your Pomegranate Orchards? That’s POMtastic!!!

October 2, 2009 by ericriveracooks

And you want to send me a few products that aren’t in stores yet?!?!?!? Stop joking….. Pom Wonderful Pomegranate juice is flying me to Fresno to visit their Pomegranate orchards. I still can’t believe it either but I have an itinerary and a box of POM Wonderful pomegranate juice to prove it! I made a recipe with their juice a few months ago (click) so I guess they like me enough to send me straight to the source. I didn’t […]

Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Pom, POM Wonderful, Pom Nectarine, Pom Kiwi

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Let me hold your Poms: Apron Giveaway!!!

P.B.& J. Of course it’s a little more than that

The Adventures of Tom the Pom: Seattle

Day 3 of the POM Experience: TO THE PROCESSING PLANT!

Day 2 of the POM Experience: Pomegranate Inspired Dinner @ The Vintage Press

Janel, Registered Dietician, talks about the benefits of antioxidants

Day 2 of the POM experience: TO THE ORCHARDS!!!!!

Day 2 of the Pom Experience: Come Fly With Me, Part Deux (with video goodness)

Day 2 of the POM Experience: Come fly with me!

Day 1 of the POMtastic Extravaganza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You want to fly me to Fresno to visit your Pomegranate Orchards? That’s POMtastic!!!

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