Patrick asks: Let’s say you’re stuck preparing only one set of meals for the rest of your life. I’ll let Tod construct the fanciful description of why. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Wrinkle: the other two are prepared by two wretchedly… Continue Reading
Just a short little blurb on NPR this morning got me thinking that a thriving culture has little to fear from other cultures around the world. Nations with strong cultures are readily willing to allow their major cities to attain… Continue Reading
So The Wife and I had another blind wine-tasting party. We invited three other couples, to limit seating, and limited wine to six bottles. I found a California Tempranillo, a Bordeau, a Barbera d’Asti, an Argentinian Malbec, a South African… Continue Reading
In a maneuver clearly calculated to engender massive respect for the legal profession, an Alabama law firm has taken advantage of that state’s surprisingly liberal class action laws to sue Taco Bell for claiming that the mild, grainy substance they… Continue Reading
I’ve been coming home for lunches instead of eating at restaurants for about a week and a half. Part of it is that my usual lunch buddies are busy elsewhere, part is a desire to conserve financial resources. I didn’t… Continue Reading
Thanks to American Creation, we can credit a holiday recipe for eggnog to George Washington himself: One quart cream, one quart milk, one dozen tablespoons sugar, one pint brandy, 1/2 pint rye whiskey, 1/2 pint Jamaica rum, 1/4 pint sherry—mix… Continue Reading
When you really want your umami, there’s no substitute for this. 2 heads romaine lettuce, limp outer leaves removed1/3 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese1/3 virgin olive oil (or extra virgin olive oil)1 egg1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce3 tbsp. lemon juice1 large clove garlic½… Continue Reading
Dr. Arturo Carvajal ate an artichoke at Houston’s. An entire artichoke. Stem, spiky leaves, and all. That turned out to have what I’m sure were decidedly uncomfortable gastrointestinal consequences and consequently he sued Houston’s for not warning him that there… Continue Reading
When I was a kid, I turned up my nose at Brussels sprouts as thoroughly as if my mother had asked me to eat poached dog snot. But the other day, I saw a bag of Brussels sprouts at the… Continue Reading
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