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Ask Burt Likko Anything, 2.1

May 26, 2013Burt Likko 6 Comments

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 →

Cooking, Food Ask Burt Likko Anything, big-ass steak dinners, Cooking, Food, meals, rubbery eggs, stale bread, thanks a lot Obama

Not A Sign Of A Confident Culture

February 9, 2011Burt Likko

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 →

Food, International Politics, Iran

Vino Intercontinentale

February 1, 2011Burt Likko 2 Comments

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 →

Food, Friends and Family

What’s In A Taco Anyway?

January 25, 2011Burt Likko 5 Comments

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 →

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The Acne Of Middle Age

January 13, 2011Burt Likko 3 Comments

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 →

Food, Sickness and Health

Wisdom From The Founders

December 14, 2010Burt Likko

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 →

Food, History

Caesar Salad

December 9, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

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 →

Food

Another Suit I’ll Have To Apologize For

November 19, 2010Burt Likko

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 →

Food, Law, Really Bad Ideas

Here’s A Sign That You’ve Become A Grownup

October 20, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

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 →

Food

Produce Identification Failure

October 19, 2010Burt Likko

Persimmons are, like, totally not pineapples. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.3

Food, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

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