I love bacon. So do you. Yes, you do. Yeah, even you Kona, though they call that “faken.” Alright, now I just lost my appetite. But not for bacon. One of the problems with at least traditional bacon is the big mess it makes. It’s messy taking it out of the package. It’s messy cooking […]
Kona has pointed out numerous times that the Zombie Apocalypse is coming. So that got me thinking about how to cook a good meal while the Zombies are terrorizing the neighborhood. For what ever reason the zombies always take out the power. I guess they figure people faced with the choices of eating a cold […]
Spring is here and that means turkey hunting, fishing, Morel mushroom hunting and grilling. Steaks, chicken, burgers, sausages, corn on the cob — it all tastes better when cooked on a grill. I don’t care if it is a gas grill or a charcoal briquette grill — I have and use both. I am always […]
As I was preparing to write this week’s Maki Clack, I realized that I’ve done you wrong, and for that, I apologize. How, oh how, could I have harassed you into embracing maki, making it at home, the easy way, with delightful and daring combinations, and not ever discussed how to serve it? My bad. […]
Scott Shulman, our Guest-clacker today, is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles until he can retire to San Diego. I was watching an episode of Barefoot Contessa the other day, marveling at the venerable Ina Garten, and something suddenly occurred to me — she is Superman. Not in the sense that she’s going to leap […]
I have fond memories of my mom’s old shaker-top pressure cooker. She would use it to cook fresh corn from the farm stand or from our backyard garden, when the rhythm of the pressure regulator shushing and rocking along would presage the sweet, steamy aroma of corn blossoming through the kitchen. Photo Credit: Amazon.com