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From Door County, Wisconsin to Austin, Minnesota (Home of the Spam Museum)
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous Yes, folks, I said Spam Museum. But before I get to that, I want to tell you about Door County. Those of you who read my previous article will have deduced that I...
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Dining on a Narrowboat
I promised I would write about the Anderton Boat Lift, and I will. Just be patient. First I need to catch up a bit about some of the other ‘random items’ I’ve noted in my little book. I’ll start...
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Fun Food For Frog Fanciers
My apologies. I neglected to include this important item in the previous post. In fact, in order to make up for the oversight, I’ll double your pleasure AND double your fun by giving you two for the...
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I Wasn’t Kidding! (only giggling)
Fairy Bread A few of you seem to think I was making up the whole Frog in a Pond recipe thing. Well, it was all true. Just google frog in a pond recipe and see for yourself. It is a legitimate...
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Bugged By Diets
I’m not talking about weight-loss diets here; I’m talking about ‘the food we eat’ diets. I spent far too much of my life dieting, and wouldn’t inflict that on anyone. I won’t even inflict writing about...
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Thanksgiving Fiasco #3
Hasn’t everyone had the occasional disaster happen with the Thanksgiving Dinner? If you haven’t, you obviously haven’t hosted Thanksgiving. I’m no expert — I’ve only hosted maybe four or five big...
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Wok This Way
Dateline Hong Kong Looking for something different to do in Hong Kong, I signed up for a day at the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute. What a day! My knowledge of Chinese cuisine–nevermind being...
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A Unique Springtime Snack From Dongyang, China
Well, I Never! Just when you think you’ve heard everything, something comes along that tops it all. I have before me a news article, Dateline: Dongyang, China (Reuters) titled “Urine-soaked eggs a...
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Pardon Me While I Fard
I’ve learned a new word! I love it when I can add a new word to my day-to-day vocabulary. And this one is a dandy. I learned it on the Word of the Day gadget on my Google home page. The word, of...
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Here’s Some News to Chew Over. . .
Washington Pigs Get the Munchies Did Your Last Pork Ribs Tickle Your Fancy a Little More Than Usual? Did you and your friends ham it up a bit after dinner? Do you get the giggles when you think about...
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Roasted potato frittata with onions and peppers
Reblogged from Angies Grapevine: Roasted potato frittata with onions and peppers 1 large russet potato Olive oil to coat Sprinkle of salt, pepper and cayenne pepper 1 tbsp butter 1 onion, diced 1/4...
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A Recipe for Confusion
When is a review not a review? when it’s a total re-write. I don’t get it. I’ve been reading recipe reviews online, and have yet to find one that didn’t tweak the bejeezus out of the recipe being...
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Sucky Bags Revisited
I’m road-testing a new sous vide machine. So naturally that means I’m also vacuum packing the food. Let me explain: for those of you who haven’t come across the sous vide style of cooking, it is...
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Jumping Dads and Chewing Gum
Well, here’s a thing… Those feisty Japanese trend-setters have started yet another new trend. (You can never have too many trends, I always say.) This one was the dream child of photographer Yuki...
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The Time-Suck Diet
Wait! Don’t let the word diet frighten you off. This isn’t about that kind of diet. I’ve already been down that road plenty — most of my life, in fact — and I’m not taking that path again. No, this is...
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