Category Archives: Recipes

Literary Cravings Part The Second: Oxtail and Barley Soup

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

As I have mentioned before on these electronic pages, I have no defense against a well written description of food. I want what the characters in the book I’m reading are eating and I want it regardless of season, availability, … Continue reading →

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Lenten Friday Recipe: Marcella Hazan’s Fish In Crazy Water

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

This is an interesting take on sous vide done with out the wrap in a process called “poaching.” The practice of poaching began in the Late Middle Ages when peasants were banned from hunting wild animals, such pursuits being reserved … Continue reading →

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Freaking Awesome Turkey Sandwiches with Kale Chips

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

The simple pleasures are almost always the best, especially when you can wreak unholy havoc on them by increasing the complexity of each and every step of assembly with the clear and certain goal of making an amazing mess of … Continue reading →

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Hey Hipsters! You Get No Stroganoff! With Recipe, Of Course.

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

You are not alone in walking by my house every day after work. Bikers by the thousands, joggers, walkers young and old, and more and more lately, strollers. We all wave and say hello. You don’t seem to notice. You … Continue reading →

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Wednesday (Late) Recipe: Panzanella If You Have Never Had Traditional Panzanella, Otherwise, Bread Salad

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Traditional Panzanella suffers from unfortunate maladies. A) despite looking like a perfectly good Scrabble word you only get seven tiles. At the very best you might find “PAN” hovering near a triple word score but ppppfffft! “LLA” is never going … Continue reading →

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Some Things of Interest: 9/3/12

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

Even the casual reader of this blog should know that my love of food would fizzle and die were I not allowed to make my own tomato sauces. In the arena of life, cutting vegetables. browning meats, adding herbs and … Continue reading →

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College Football and the Once a Month Steak Sandwich

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

It’s been a long journey through the desert, but kickoff is less than twenty-four hours away and college football will bless us once again. Although TCU made a fine accounting this year, on the backs of four players allegedly involved … Continue reading →

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Just Chop Some S*%t Up and Add Vinaigrette

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

Words to live by if I may say so myself. Breaking things down to their tiniest component bits and recombining them in odd and unexpected ways is as Universarian as apple pie. “Three quarks make a muster mark.” In Finnegan’s … Continue reading →

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Tacos, Meta-Humor, and a Questionable Quest for Authenticity

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

There is just not much about a taco that is funny. Sure there are some vague vaginal references, but that type of humor isn’t really my milieu. I’m more of a dick joke guy. Ba-dum-dum. That might come across as … Continue reading →

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Strippers, Steak Sandwiches, and The Remarkable Power of a Pizza Bag

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

I am not a fan of strip clubs. That’s where quitters dwell. Hapless tongue tied miscreants with not a whit of wit about them infected with the need for company but lacking the confidence to cast themselves out and risk … Continue reading →

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