Hey y’all. Some mid-morning entertainment here. I’m home today with a pair of bum knees (bursitis flying out of control) and — as I’ve compensated for my bad wheels — spasms around a bulging disk around L4 or L5. I feel like a water heater with a ten year guarantee staring glumly at my eleventh …
Food
Excellent Read: “Farm to Fable”
When “we” go out to eat, we want freshly sourced, local, pesticide- and GMO-free food. We also want asparagus in September, oranges in New England, and a menu that reliably includes our favorites. And keep in mind that we’re using McDonalds — well, maybe Applebee’s — as a cost yardstick. (The economists’ Golden Triangle, reduced …
Speaking of Chicken…
ETA: Not sure I’ve ever big-footed anyone so thoroughly, but consider this a thread for everyone who doesn’t care about hockey, of whom I am one. Hey all. You may recall that roast chicken is an object of obsession in the Levenson household. It is the one true votive food, as far as I’m concerned, comfort and …
Late Night Oddities Open Thread: Rainbow Bagel and the End of Days
Via commentor NotMax; once he’d violated my eyeballs with the Washington Post link, I had to try and dilute the horror by sharing it with you all. Per Roberto A. Ferdman, “The most controversial bagel in Brooklyn”; It’s mid-afternoon, but the line still spills out the front door, snaking around the block, eating up the …
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Open Thread: There’s Always A Market for Food Faddism
$120 million for "juice as a platform" https://t.co/y2ntS2bTFp — Christopher Mims (@mims) March 31, 2016 When the ancient appetite for hummingbird-tongue pie and pearls dissolved in vinegar filters through childhood memories of Captain Picard demanding “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.”… From the NYTimes article: … Is it a juice-ordering app? Is it just another kitchen-counter contraption? …
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Sort of Maybe a Bit Like Friday Recipe Exchange on Monday: Do NOT Try This at Home Edition!!!!!
Alton Brown has been tinkering again. He’s invented a way to make ice cream in under 10 seconds. The video is below. Whatever you do, do not try this at home! Bon appetit! And open thread.
Steeple Sheeple (Open Thread)
Nailed it again: (Explanation here for anyone who is thinking, “WTF?”) My only other contribution to tomorrow’s Easter feast is asparagus, which I will cook in the morning before we make the trip to the in-laws’ for dinner. I plan to trim up the stalks, toss them in olive oil, salt and pepper, and then …