Cannabis is becoming a cooking ingredient in its own right – like a grown-up pot brownie – and chefs are creating elaborate cannabis tasting menus at private dinners. For most Americans, eating marijuana has long been about function over flavor. Think of the dish that inevitably comes to mind: pot brownies. Less a delicious dessert than a discreet delivery mechanism for THC (the drug’s primary psychoactive ingredient), brownies can be smuggled to Read entire story
THC-Infused Sriracha Has Arrived
Washington State-based cannabis company Fairwinds launched a THC-infused sriracha tincture in April—realizing the dreams of stoners nationwide. Marijuana. Sriracha. ‘Nuff said. The product, which isn’t officially affiliated with the popular Sriracha sauce brand, has taken off in recent months. It contains a variety of spices, including ingredients made in-house, and 100mg of THC per package. “Bring the heat to a new high,” the label reads. Read entire story
Pb & Mj: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Edibles
We could pretend like this recipe is only the result of clumsy stumbling around – hey, you got weed in my chocolate and my peanut butter! – but it's better just to state the obvious: Peanut butter and chocolate are a match made in heaven. It seems like a logical step to add a little something special to the time-tested combination. If you use full-size muffin tin liners, this recipe will net you about a… (c) Cannabis Culture - Read entire Read entire story
Marijuana Edibles Make the List of Top 10 Food Trends This Year
Cannabis edibles cracked the list of top 10 food trends predicted for this year by a panel of experts writing for the Specialty Food Association. Marijuana edibles sits at eight on the list, amid other predicted trends such as: Plant-based food, including algae as a meat substitute Filipino cuisine Goth food, such as activated charcoal (heating coconut shells until they are carbonized) Shakshuka, grilled haloumi and other Middle Eastern foods Read entire story
Say Goodbye to Plain Old Cheese Puffs | Cannabis Recipe
A cloud made of cheese is good already, but kick it up a notch. The idea of eating a cloud made of cheese sounds like a stoner’s ultimate dream. Happily, there is in fact a recipe that makes this dream a reality: cannabis cheese puffs! This simple recipe combines a little French culinary technique with plenty of cannabis goodness. A traditional gougère recipe (a type of cheesy savory French pastry) is augmented with cannabutter for… (c) Read entire story
Bonbons Best When Baked | Cannabis Recipe
Bite-sized morsels sure to be a hit at your next brunch. If you’re looking for a sweet little morsel with nostalgic appeal, look no further than the bonbon cookie. According to the “Betty Crocker Cooky Book,” where I discovered the recipe, this cookie was simply all the rage between 1955-1960. These bite-sized cookies have the visual appeal of bonbons, but a pleasant, buttery, shortbread-like flavor. I’m fairly certain that bonbon cookies were Read entire story
You Can Now Buy Marijuana-Infused Pizza (Massachusetts)
A Massachusetts-based medical marijuana dispensary that specializes in flavorful edibles will now serve up weed-infused pizzas. Ermont Inc., a medical marijuana dispensary located in Quincy, Mass., sells cannabis-infused personal pizzas in the style of the small, thin crust pies that are popular throughout the local bar scene. At $38, the 6-inch cheese pizza carries 125 milligrams of THC in its tomato sauce, a medium-size dosage of marijuana, Read entire story
A Dinner Date With Cannabis
Whether you’re ready or not, cannabis is coming to the neighbhourhood – and across Canada. As debate over the legalization of marijuana continues, there are plenty of companies waiting in the wings to get in on the ground floor of this rapidly evolving industry. And why not? Consumers will need help to make enlightened choices, and just figure out the green landscape. One such company is the Toronto-based Hempster, which bills itself as a Read entire story
Bend Company Whips Up Cannabis-Infused Nut Butter
Mix a money guy, a cannabis dispensary owner, an inventor and a diet writer and the result is a recipe for a marijuana-infused nut butter that claims to have healthful properties — and that packs a longer, smoother high. For the past six months, Bend-based Lux Edibles has been selling a cinnamon bun-flavored almond nut butter infused with a cannabis distillate in 150 dispensaries around the state and has hopes for expanding that to Read entire story
There’s a Right and a Wrong Way to Cook with Cannabis
Green smoothies are not what they used to be now that recreational marijuana is legal in California. More and more, cannabis is being added to foods, from salads to pasta dishes. "People think stale brownies," says Scott Peabody, a chef who created recipes for the Sous Vide cookbook. "We love doing everything we normally cook, from salads to soups. It's really super versatile." But there is a right way and a wrong way to add… (c) Cannabis Read entire story
How to Make Marijuana Milk
Many great dishes and recipes call for one of my favorite things, dairy, specifically milk. Hot chocolate, béchamel sauce, country gravy, are just the first few things that come to my mind that have a milk or cream base. If you have not learned by now, anything that can be medicated will get medicated around here, and this time we will tackle marijuana milk. This is another simple recipe to medicate and add to your… (c) Cannabis Culture - Read entire story
Cannabis Cocktails for Beginners
Now that Prop. 64 has begotten a recreational marketplace for marijuana, many are rolling their eyes at advertisements for cannabis-infused tea, chocolate and barbecue sauce. To many, these products are shiny new packages wrapped around the same old ritual of getting high. But while legalization opens the gate for long overdue research on the medical efficacy of cannabis for addiction, pain and a host of chronic conditions and life-threatening Read entire story
Try Jenny WakeAndBake’s Cannabis Infused Super Smoothie Recipe
Wake and bake just got better! After graduating from photography school, professional lifestyle photographer Jenny Wakeandbake worked in a variety of photographic fields but never felt like one really stuck that made her satisfied and happy. It wasn’t until she started a simple Instagram account to connect with fellow medical marijuana (MMJ) patients when Jenny realized her skills could become something more tangible. Soon she added a Youtube Read entire story
Ready to Snack on Cannabis-InfusedEdibles? Try These.
Rick Marino reveals the best-tasting cannabis-infused edibles available at dispensaries in the coachella valley. While searching for the coolest medical marijuana dispensaries in the Coachella Valley, I wanted to find the best tasting edibles out there. There are many varieties, from sweet to savory, and they come in different dosages. A 10-milligram serving is the “average” amount but, take it from me, the average dose is something that each Read entire story
A Handy Guide to Weed-Friendly Restaurants, Pop-ups, and Bars in Los Angeles
Here are all the places in LA that serve cannabis-infused drinks or food. Before January 1, 2018, recreational cannabis consumption was only reserved for Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, Washington State, and Nevada. In California, medical cannabis was restricted to dispensaries where a “recommendation,” or prescription was required. California voters overwhelmingly approved legal recreational use, and the law went into effect on New Year’s Day. The Read entire story