DRY RUB AND (maybe) SAUCE STORE COMING SOON!
Yes, I have been a slug, or maybe just so boring that I deleted a few posts lest my many few readers fall over and smash their noses into their keyboards in boredom — and then sue me for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The problem is that I had a few things that I [...]
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Not really. I love hamburgers, and unlike most restaurants, I understand that making a good one is a difficult proposition. I’m not going to bore you with my list of the best hamburgers, and I’m not going to irritate you with my opinion of the best way to cook them. What I am going to [...]
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Here is an amusing little article from the Wall Street Journal, comparing a restaurant kitchen to an investment bank. It’s worth a read if you are bored and need a few minutes of entertainment.
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Yes, I’m a bit too much like a broken record, but at least I’m not the only one who thinks that Alice Waters is a twit. Skip to the last question, unless you want to read a typical interview.
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As many of you can attest, this evening is amateur night. Don’t get me wrong; I am a big fan of pub crawls, blowout restaurant meals with too many bottles of wine, and of course the obligatory cocktails before dinner, hopefully at a bar that has a real bartender.
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Shrimp are great. They taste good, they are easy to cook (unless you are a moron and overcook them), they’re not terribly expensive — especially considering that the little buggers are mostly meat — and how many food joints don’t have shrimp? Ah, the perfect food. Not so fast!
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I’m not sure when it became reasonable for utter ignoramuses to pontificate about subjects that are normally reserved for experts. And I have no particular affinity for “experts.” I am not impressed by the pedigrees of most “experts,” and I am more than willing to point at them and laugh like a hyena. In fact, [...]
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By the President of the United States of America– A Proclamation Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor–and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their Joint Committee requested [...]
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I use my barbecue dry rub on pretty much everything, although until recently I had never tried it on seafood. But that changed when my lovely and previously cooking-challenged wife suggested that I try it on shrimp. What the hell — how bad could it be? Needless to say it was a resounding success, and [...]
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That word irritates me more than it should, because it’s just a typical pompous foodie buzzword that will go out of fashion as soon as people understand that “local” doesn’t necessarily mean good quality, inexpensive, carbon neutral, kind to animals, or any of the other ideas that people have when they see it emblazoned across [...]
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