I’ve recently been reading several articles about the changing nature of the restaurant world – you know, all that molecular food stuff, and all – and I sense that every year that passes finds me falling further and further away from the mainstream of the world of food. On one hand, [...]
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Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Posted in American Food Culture, Opinion, Philosophy, and Assorted BS, tagged The Food Network, Good Eats, Reality TV, Portland, molecular food, American Food Culture, Alton Brown, Alice Waters, Gordon Ramsey, street food, food carts, celebrity chefs on December 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Stuck in the Post Thanksgiving Funk
Posted in Fav Kitchen Tools, Food, Opinion, Philosophy, and Assorted BS, tagged baker's parchment, FoodSaver, oven baking tiles, Sinbo, Sorbent Systems, Tilia, vacuum sealers on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d be willing to bet that I’m not alone with many of you who are getting over the hectic craziness of the Thanksgiving holidays – I use the plural because any holiday that begins on a Thursday in America, is certainly not a singular holiday – and this is a celebration that stretches on for [...]
And How Old Is Your Sourdough Starter?
Posted in Opinion, Philosophy, and Assorted BS, tagged Dr Raul Cano, Fossil Fuel Brewing Co., Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Second Life, sourdough, Wired Magazine on August 22, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I think as a species, we tend to take ourselves too seriously! A characteristic we’ve developed, over a rather long time, I’ll admit, is to think that mankind is the most important life form in existence in this world – if not the universe as well. And this is true, even in the [...]
It’s a Date!
Posted in Opinion, Philosophy, and Assorted BS, Oregon, restaurants, tagged blogging, dinner date, Julia Child, Julie and Julia, movie review, Porta restaurant, salumi, Spiegelau on August 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My honey took me out on a date yesterday, for a movie and dinner – I think she’s reporting that I took her out – but, what does it matter? We don’t do much of that kind of stuff now, since we entered into our forced austerity phase – actually, all our austerity has [...]
