People. We’ve been duped. Seriously. We have all just taken it as a given that to make popcorn at home in your microwave, you are at the mercy of the microwave popcorn food industry. We’ve been forced into buying those special little bags (what’s so special about them anyway?) with a portion size too large [...]
Cookbooks are great resources. But I tend to use them backwards. You know, index first. Like, “Man, I’ve got way too much cabbage, what can I make.” Rather than the traditional method of looking through the book, deciding upon a recipe, and buying the ingredients. I buy the same list of ingredients each week at [...]
Black Eyed Peas remind me that I was born in the south. To me, they kind of taste like dirt. Creamy dirt. And I love it. You’ll never find them on a menu north of the Mason Dixon line and it is certainly hard to find them cooked sans pork fat south of the Mason [...]
The Omnivore: “So what’s the main dish?” Me: “Beans.” The Omnivore: “Beans are the main dish? What are we having with the beans?” Me: “You’re having a baked potato. I’m having a sweet potato.” The Omnivore: “You know, beans as a main dish are really your thing and not exactly my thing. I’ll just have [...]
I blame this stomach ache on three things. My kid-like nature and the natural tendency to “test” things. My scientific background and need to officially test the results and weigh them against the controls This article, most notably, the part about introducing suspect food sensitivities back into your diet and seeing how you respond. Have [...]
