There’s just something about slow cooked stews…and mashed potatoes. Rich, heady flavors all commingling under cover in the pot… getting to know each other… getting all cozy… trading secrets… At least that’s how I like to think of it. It’s the regular covert operations of food. Digging around in the freezer this morning I came […]
Sleepless in Sweet Rolls
It was a sleepless night. I’m obviously still battling the remnants of whatever lung crud I got into 3 weeks ago. Along with the recent rash of rejection emails, it has destroyed my regular sleep cycle, making me irritable, cranky and down right mean. I’ve taken to lobbing insults at wrong numbers, stopping in at […]
And in this Corner… Rubbed Pork Rib Eye
Round 2 of the Marx Foods Ridiculously Delicious Challenge As excited as I was to make it past the preliminary “easy” round of the Marx Foods challenge, I have to say getting ready for Round 2 was proving a little “hinky”. The instructions were to – Pick 2 of the provided pantry ingredients and create […]
Good Intentions
The Road to Hell is paved with Oranges…. I always mean well. Doing my shopping, I make the usual rounds through the produce section… Cabbage… check! Romaine.. Check! Fruit …. “Yeah – I really need to start eating more fruit… I can eat a bag of oranges in a week…” Oranges… Check, check, checky,…. Check! […]
100 (Shouldn’t there be fireworks…. or something?)
Yes, one hundred posts. Regardless of what some people think, for me it’s a milestone. In the past, writing has always been a suffocating effort… the unfinished novels, the labored articles, even professional correspondences have left me drained and gasping. My inner dialogue, eloquent as it may be, never really seemed to make the successful […]
A Winter Surprise
I was thumbing through an old copy of the Farmers & Consumers Market Bulletin the other day, looking for heirloom seeds, root stock, or anything exciting to put in this year’s Straw Bale Garden, when I stumbled on a recipe for Okra Patties. You know how I feel about okra. And, with this past winter […]
All That Lemony Goodness – 五 (that’s 5)
(If you’re keeping count) I have a sweet-ish tooth. And, when I’m stressed – I want something sweet. Not the eat a bag of Ghirardelli Chocolates in one sitting kind of thing, but something to take the edge off. Being on the job hunt this past entire year… I’ve been stressed…. a lot. In order […]
The Marx Foods’ Ridiculously Delicious Challenge
So… I’ve been selected to compete in the Marx Foods Ridiculously Delicious Challenge. (You can clap… It’s kind of a big deal for me). It’s a 4-stage – “winner gets all the good stuff” kind of event – and it’s going to be tricky. If (or when) I win, the “good stuff” will be […]
Simple Dinner Sunday – Chicken & Dumplings
Oh, I know… It’s Super Bowl Sunday. I suppose I should have been a good food guy spending the week assembling piles of game day noshes and snack foods, lining up the craft beers, loading the coolers, getting the large flat screen out of storage and relishing in the general excitement and glory of the […]
All That Lemony Goodness – “Number 4”
One of the last big vacations we took as a family hurtled us up the eastern edge of the Southern States. We spent some time in Charleston, soaking up the southern coastal vibe. We then headed to North Carolina, spending some time in the Outer Banks at Kittykawk and being petrified in the car – […]