What. The. Hell. I check the news before leaving the office to have some drinks with some of the other lawyers and our friends. The big story is all about how Tom Ridge isn’t going to run for Senate in… Continue Reading
I’ve not had the pleasure of a Ray’s Hell Burger but it seems that in the D.C. metro area, that’s the place for a good burger. It sounds like a good deal, when one of their “basic” cheeses is gruyere… Continue Reading
It’s all in the sauce, baby. That powdered orange crap is for kids. This savory, smoky and only slightly hot mac-and-cheese is comfort food for grownups. 2 pounds macaroni4 cups milk (maybe swap out some of that with half-and-half)1 pound… Continue Reading
Wendy’s Baconator is really bad for you. It contains more sodium than two tubes of Pringles’ potato chips, as much fat as ten Dolly Madison Zingers, and as many calories as four Dodger Dogs (!). And the guy is right,… Continue Reading
I am more than a little bit aghast at reading about the caloric and financial excesses chronicled at the New Yankee Stadium. Yet the author is right — this is somehow the very essence of what New York is about.… Continue Reading
Made with a custom blend of three cuts of beef, pure beef fat, added umami in the form of dehydrated miso, and pressure-broiled (and insta-salamandered to give color), it’ll set you back eighteen bucks before tax and tip. Now, it’s… Continue Reading
The “high country” to which I refer in the title to this recipe is the high-water areas of the Rhine and Rhone valleys in western Europe, in reference to the use of ham and bleu cheese. 4 oz. ham4 oz.… Continue Reading
The Wife is hopefully not too modest to brag about her creamsicle cupcakes. I grated up some orange zest for her, and suggested using Grand Marinier in the frosting. But she did all the work. Filled with vanilla pudding, the… Continue Reading
“Dude. TL, where have you been? No posts since Thursday!” Staying at a hotel that has no internet access, that’s what. Yes, there are still such places out there. I couldn’t even get the phone to work right the one… Continue Reading
In a bid to increase revenues, the State Board of Equalization took a look at ultra-sweet “malt liquor beverages” like Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice, and any remaining bottles of the clear, oddly-sweet-yet-undelicious alcholoic soda known amongst my law school… Continue Reading