Corn Dog: The Beef Wellington of Common Folks, On a Stick
So is it really foodie sacrilege to compare the vaunted Beef Wellington to the humble corn dog? Not historically, at least.
Tagged: food
Weekend Plans Post: Learning to Cook
I’m going back and trying to figure out when I learned to cook.
American Sandwich Project: French Dips, Drips, and Glops
French Dips, like most things that claim to be French, aren’t French at all. And like most things that claim to be sandwiches, their origin story is shrouded
Weekend Plans Post: My Little College Diner Is Closing
My special little diner that I enjoyed from the mid-90’s to now is going away. Sigh.
Weekend Plans Post: Spicy Chicken Sandwich Taste Test
We sat down with a Popeye’s Spicy in one hand and a Chik-fil-A Spicy in the other and did some comparing.
A Bottle of Red, A Half Gallon of White
Billy Joel, a Nebraskan plumber in Alaska, and why you should never joke about ranch dressing at an Italian restaurant
I Feel It In the Air, the Summer’s Out of Reach…
I just got back from a late summer vacation. It was a great trip. My wife and I are creatures of habit. We go to the same beach once or twice a year. Occasionally...
Abomination: The Desolation of the KFC Biscuit
How, in the year of our Lord 2019, can Kentucky Fried Chicken’s biscuits be so god-awful horrible.For shame. What would Harland think?
Eating Pizza Outside In The Snow
Symposium: We ate the pizza with “Ooohs!” and “Aaaahs!” as we took bites that burned our mouth, all while snow hit us in the face, blowing sideways.
Chef Boyardee: The Sine Qua Non of Homemade Pizza
Chef Boyardee meant home and mom’s cooking and family being together. It WAS one of the Good Things, in a childhood that had a number of Bad Things in it for me.
Little Cups of Grease and Other Reasons to Love This Pizza
Symposium: The pepperoni was in small round slices, maybe slightly larger than a quarter. You know, the kind that, when cooked, curls up at the edges and makes a crispy little cup of grease.
The Case For Detroit Pizza
Forget about New York or Chicago. Detroit-style pizza is best. It’s nearly impossible to mess up, and it’s very good if done well.
On Memory, Pizza, Time and Gyro Meat
Our life is an 80-year long game of telephone we play with ourselves.
Pineapple Pizza is an abomination in the Eyes of The Lord.
Symposium: Pineapple on pizza isn’t just wrong, it’s an Abomination in The Eyes of The Lord. It says so in the Bible. Right there in Two Corinthians.
Tuna Pizza, the Spice of Social Media
Symposium: Hmm. I like tuna. I like pizza. I’m already experimenting – so why not?
That’s Amore!
So, why was I standing in a gas station convenience store next to the hot pizza slices promising never to eat pizza again?
