16
February
No way Iron Chefs don’t know the “secret” ingredient
Watching Iron Chef right now as Michael Symon and challenger engage in Battle Basil. Symon said in a radio interview that the chefs don’t know…
An apron with my name
I want an apron with my name on it. I stopped working full time in January. I can’t quite bring myself to call it “retired.”…
Falling out of love with my grill
I never thought I would see this day and I’m even hesitant to write about it, but I’ve had a revelation regarding my gas grill…
The Wedge
Forget grain bowls, coconut-oil based dressings and…please…no more kale. Lately, I’ve been pining away for a good old Wedge. No one knows who invented that…
Make yourself a regular
King Daddy and I adopted a travel plan when we first went overseas. Go to one locale and make yourself a regular. When we went…
Goulash
I seem to be surrounded by goulash these days. Now that Dammit Boy lives in Vienna he makes it or eats it in a restaurant…
The fruit ninja
My son, who many of you know as Dammit Boy, is a 26-year-old research associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. He is…
15
February
What is a casserole?
I was at the library yesterday picking up a book for Children’s Sermon and Mark and I decided to teach the kids how to sing…
15
February
What would Michael Symon do with peppers?
I’m trying to get into the sustainable food movement, one big toe at a time. I listen to The Splendid Table podcast relentlessly (I hope…
13
February
Yo ho ho
I’m not a huge fan of rum. You know that first time you drink too much as a teenager and you never touch whatever that…
13
February
Inspiration and a pork roast recipe
So I just found Orangette and I’m inspired to just write and not worry about fitting into some blog mold that will get me noticed…
26
January
Is there anything new to write about food?
This is a serious question since I want to write another cookbook and I am racking my brain to figure out a topic that hasn’t…
26
January
Nothing exceeds like excess
So I just got done watching the host of Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel try to down a five-pound hamburger after gorging on,…
21
January
Johnny, we hardly knew ye
Watching Chopped tonight on Food Network and it occured to me that we don’t know these chefs long enough to even get attached to them….
19
January
The best spaghetti sauce
I’ve been making spaghetti sauce of one kind or another for the last thirty years. The kind that I’ve come to appreciate the more I…
14
January
Chopped: The “Real” Story
Food Network Executive: Top Chef is killing us on Bravo. It’s making us look like a bunch of uninspired losers. We’ve got to figure out…