With Father’s Day just around the corner, I thought I would step up for all the dads out there and give you all some ideas of cool gifts that Dad will really like to get. I know that when he unwraps the tie, or golf socks, or the “landscapes of the world” calendar he says […]
This past weekend I was very excited because I was planning on having a fellow foodie over for dinner, so I was getting ready to pull out all the stops. Unfortunately plans changed at the last minute, as they sometimes do. Luckily for me, my life has no shortage of foodies in it, so I […]
Before I came to Portugal, I’d never even heard of Russian Salad. With that in mind, I kind of figured it was just something people here ate, and I couldn’t figure out what the hell was Russian about it. As it turns out, the Russian Salad I’ve been eating is so far removed from the […]
A while ago I wrote about my Peach upside down cake. I am sure you all tried it and found it to be as good as I said it was. Well, this weekend I made one for my wife and topped it with huckleberry ice cream. I made this for my wife and she did […]
If you ask my dad, he’d tell you that morning is not the time for chocolate. Isn’t it a sad existence to have such innane boundaries? Of course you may eat chocolate in the morning, and if you open your mind, really open it wide, you’ll enjoy it like no other time of day. There’s […]
I could hold off no longer: even though it was poison meat from the grocery store, laden with bovine growth hormone and fed pesticides with a side of grain, I had to buy it. I had to find out what all the fuss was about flat iron steak. Since I know it’s kinda-sorta similar to […]
So I’m at by brother Eric’s place this past weekend for a party. Like everyone else in my family, he humors my beer snobbery by stocking decent beers like Sam Adams. Occasionally, though, he underestimates my thirst and, wouldn’t you know it, that supply he bought three months ago is gone! Now what the hell […]
