This is either too funny or too sad. I can’t figure out which. An article in the paper this morning caught my eye. (Yes, I’m one of six people left in the nation that still reads the news the old-fashioned way — with a print newspaper.)
The headline said “Tokyo fish market takes licking from silly [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 27, 2009
Raw Tuna…
January 25, 2009
Will the real guac please stand up?
The Super Bowl (go Cards!) brings out snack fiends. Just look at the food coupons in Sunday papers to see what I mean. Every coupon is for some type of snack, dip or chip. Pam Anderson has an article in this week’s USA Weekend magazine about “super-yummy” Super Bowl snack food, and to be completely [...]
January 24, 2009
Making Beer out of Lemons…
Not everyone is letting the economy get them down. In fact, when we ran across this sign in Austin, Texas recently, we thought, “huh, isn’t that clever?” Little Woodrow’s is known for offering 100 beers, 30 of them on tap.
I never drank beer until college, and even then, I never took a liking to it. [...]
January 19, 2009
Pull up a chair…
Other than browsing cooking stores and grocery stores, moseying around a bookstore is one of my favorite pastimes. I don’t mind hanging out in the major chain bookstores (Borders or Barnes & Noble) but I prefer independent bookstores.
Knowing what I do about the publishing world, I have a keen sense of appreciation for what it [...]
January 18, 2009
Mark Your Calendar!
April 14-19. Put it on your calendar. The 31st Scottsdale Culinary Festival is shaping up to be a week of culinary fun. The festival kicks off with a Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner at the Westin Kierland, featuring local and national chefs. The new W Scottsdale hotel will host Bubbles and Bliss, with bubbly [...]
January 9, 2009
It’s Gold!
Salt used to be good as gold. Or at least it was traded as currency in ancient civilizations. Now it’s cheap and plentiful. We couldn’t survive without salt in our diet. Like most things that are good for us, too much can be deadly…even sodium.
Recently, I picked up a spice mix at a swanky Texas [...]
January 7, 2009
Check Please!
Did you know that there are 27 steps to fine dining? I didn’t either, until I went to culinary school. One of my classes was restaurant management, and as part of the class, we waited tables in the school’s fine dining restaurant, while our sister class played chefs in the kitchen.
Now, 27 steps might seem [...]
January 6, 2009
Smart Vegetable…
“Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” Mark Twain
I rank cauliflower only slightly ahead of brussels sprouts, which is probably the cruelest joke of a vegetable ever. I know people who love, no…adore brussels sprouts. My sister-in-law is one, and she keeps trying to convert me with different BS dishes — some with [...]
January 4, 2009
Pet Peeve # 2
He saunters over to our table like he owns the place, but he’s just our server. “Cheers,” he says (about 30 times before the evening is over.) He tells us his name, something trendy like “Dillon,” (I changed his name because I’m really not picking on him, too much) and ceremoniously announces he’ll be taking [...]
