Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers
“Self, just order and appetizer as your meal. All you need. All you want.” Did I listen to myself? No. No, I did not.
Category: Food
Recipes and also issues… sometimes both at once…
Tragedy of Steak ‘n Shake French Fries
All this effort to have a new grease to fry them in seems empty and pointless when less of your customers experience the original simple dish America embraced.
Weekend Plans Post: Greek Couscous Salad
It’s good with lamb, it’s good with chicken, it’s good just eating it from the container. AND IT’S SO FREAKIN’ EASY.
Complicated Starbucks Orders Is A Language I Don’t Speak None To Good
I dutifully have memorized the 14-word instruction to get my daughters favorite Starbuck drink juuust right
Weekend Plans Post: The Spiciest Food in the World
“Huh. I thought this would be spicier” And then…moments later…”Oh. There it is.” Soon, it becomes “I have made a terrible mistake.”
Fear and Loathing in Aisle Eight
The following is the harrowing true story of a recent trip to the grocery store. It is a cautionary tale and might be too frightening for some audiences.
Spring Lamb from a Once Noisy Rock
This is a recipe for Springtime. It’s lamb shank in a white wine vegetable braise; rustic osso buco. I’m a sucker for lamb shank
Meatballs with Sausages: Breaking the Code of Silence
This post is about making meatballs, and how grandmothers are duplicitous, self-interested, conniving, and not to be trusted.
Refire A Classic: Deconstructed Salisbury Steak
This is not the comfort food steam table stuff. This Salisbury steak is cleaner and satisfies a different hankering.
Sap to Syrup: A February Tradition in the Cold North
Does this way lie madness? Perhaps, but it also leads to some damn fine maple syrup.
Weekend Plans Post: Beef Stew and a Knife you Need
I got a knife for Christmas. I used it to make beef stew. The beef stew was *GOOD*.
Farrah Fawcett and Grilled Spaghetti Sauce
Given the choice between abandoning an imprinted notion of sexuality and this grilled spaghetti sauce, I chose the sauce.
Rigatoni Capricciosi
Considering the ingredients, that should elicit a “Lé Fresca, Sherlock,” but given the hindsight obviousness of the combination, it was better than expected.
Fumigating with Coq au Vin
Over the last couple of decades I’ve played around with various versions of coq au vin, but I’ve always kept dominance over nature in mind.
Tomato Jam (Extended Jam)
I had a version of this Tomato Jam recently at a boule court and mason jar glasses bistro in Idaho. It was great. Here’s a recipe…
Stroganov’s Expanded Upon Beef Stroganoff
When a dish is as simple as beef Stroganoff it’s hard to sift through the claims of invention. It’s sliced beef in sour sauce.
Getting Fries Right
These fires are so good. Every once in a while, I want them and I’m never disappointed. I have a sixteen year-old to do the messy clean up.
On Being Served A Bad Biscuit and Offensively Bad Bacon
I don’t like just flaming a food place for being bad publicly, but a bad biscuit and offensive bacon is an aggression that cannot stand.
I’m Told It’s Called Lamb Keema Curry
Lamb keema curry reminded me of something when I was a kid. The flavors are different, but we used to have ground meat over rice a lot.
