Last week, before my baby decided to snack on dog food, I was having a difficult time coming up with inspiration for my Hold the Meat column. So I took it to our esteemed writers and asked for ideas. Our resident redneck, Jeff, played to my love of zombies and offered this up: The Zombie […]
I love soup. When made well, it’s probably just about as perfect of a food as you can get. There may be a couple of meals out there that I like more, but nothing that I could eat every day for a week and not either get sick of or feel guilty about eating. This […]
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 […]
In spite of my irrational fear and loathing of onions, I love Mexican food. I mean, love it. Especially tacos. For a while, we had them for dinner at least once a week, always with ground beef. When I decided to give up beef, I didn’t really give it up because I would still eat […]
Having been a vegetarian for nearly thirty years, very little in the field of meat-replacement technology surprises me. I grew up on Morningstar Farms, so that’s my go-to company for veggie burgers, veggie hot dogs, and the like. Having never had a hamburger or a sausage patty or whatever, whether or not what I’m eating […]
I recently moved, and while there are many benefits to my new abode (I haven’t heard anyone yell, “GUN!” followed by, “COPS!” once!), one of my favorite things about the new digs is the fact that I have a decent kitchen. My big New House Resolution is to get in the kitchen some more and […]
The great thing about making a Gazpacho Mary is that most of the ingredients in Gazpacho can be found in your Bloody Mary mix or your vodka: hot sauce? In the mix. Pepper? In the vodka, if you choose Absolut PEPPAR. All you have to do is blend a cucumber into the mix and choose […]
