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Eat Bugs: They’re Good For You!

So the UN wants us to replace our current protein sources with insect and other invertebrate protein. Okay, but oh, about 30 years ago, I tried, and it was a resounding failure. In my student housing lived a grad student in entomology named Doug Whitman. He was of the opinion

Water, Water Everywhere!

Harold McGee is no slouch when it comes to the science of cooking and the chemistry of food. He wrote what many consider to be the source for accessible information on the science behind cooking and food, unsurprisingly called On Food And Cooking. He also writes

Boston, Barbara Lynch And The Red Sox (Part 2)

Read part 1 here.
…I saw the plan clearly. She lures people from across the street by carefully leaving open a door to her very interesting prep kitchen, and when they wander in, she immobilizes them with cheerful banter about food. When they are relaxed and unable to defend themselves, she pounces! We [...]

Boston, Barbara Lynch and The Red Sox (Part 1)

I am a New York Yankees fan and have been since 1970. And I don’t have a next favorite team; it’s all or nothing with me. However, I do have a few teams upon which I wish catastrophes, or at least a demotion to AAA baseball, and one of those teams is

Riverside Pizza: The Best Crab Cakes Anywhere!

It’s a pizzeria. Nothing special. There are about 1,000,000 of these all over the country. And, to be honest, I have no idea if their pizza is even edible. It doesn’t matter, because I will never order it. But…their crab cakes are the best I have ever eaten, and I eat a lot of crab [...]

Rillettes: Not Just For Breakfast!

Wander into a charcuterie anywhere in France and you will see a dizzying variety of meat concoctions of various consistencies, generally known as pâté, made from an equally confusing selection of animal parts. Some are elegant, expensive, and intended for special occasions. A few are great looking but vile,

A New Restaurant For Ho-Ho-Kus

The restaurant scene in my neck of the woods can’t even be described as bad; it’s more like a wasteland, reminiscent of The Road Warrior. We aren’t served dog food from a can when we go out to eat, but most local restaurants’ output is just semantically different

As Simple As It Gets: Burgers!

My life has recently been hectic in a way that kept me out of the kitchen; in part because there were occasionally no other diners besides me (and I have awful manners and wouldn’t want to eat with myself. Pace, Lucullus), and in part because I haven’t

Smoked Pork Butt

There isn’t much to say about this topic that hasn’t been said thousands of times by amateur and professional smokers across the country. But that never stopped me; I am nothing if not a pontificator.

Cold Weather Cocktails

Everyone knows what’s on the list of summer drinks. Beer, G&Ts, rum punch, the classic margarita, even an ice-cold martini on a hot night is appropriately included on that list. But what to do when the days grow short and there is a nip in the air,



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