Wordless Weekend: Simple Lentils with Chorizo
Simple Lentils with Chorizo adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s Maze (if you’re interested in the original, check this out) 1 c. green lentils 1 tbsp. olive oil 5 oz. dried chorizo 1 tsp. smoked paprika...
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I’m all blocked up. For once, I’m not talking about poop. I mean the words. My mind is all blocked up; I believe they call it “Ye Wordsmithers Obstruction.” I can barely muster the words to tell you...
View ArticleSmackdown: You’re Smothering Me
This is not a bowl of cereal. Nor is it a takeout shawarma platter. Bother of those facts are surprising given that I’m home alone tonight, as Brian is still gallivanting in sexy, exciting suburban...
View ArticleSmackdown: The Leg Bone’s Connected to the Ankle Bone
I? Am deeply satisfied. After all, what’s not satisfying about braised meat? Especially when the recipe for said meat – in this case, lamb shanks – comes from Molly Stevens’ braising bible, All About...
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You’d think that after several years, one would become inured to being crazy. I mean, a person can get used to anything, right? WRONG. Alas, I just can’t get used to being a nutjob, and each day I...
View ArticleSmackdown: Coming Soon!
Kashmiri lamb meatballs: Yum. Writing a post tonight: aargh. For reasons unbeknownst, I am beat tonight, so expect words tomorrow, when I will hopefully be less so. ——- Okay, it’s not so much...
View ArticleRooty Toot Toot
Okay, it’s not the prettiest meal, I admit that. And we’ll be passing a lot of gas later tonight. Then again, around here, we always pass a lot of gas. Even the dogs. As a family, we have issues. But...
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It looks like we’re having a bit of weather. It’s like the Weather Gods knew it was Labor Day, and they flipped the “Autumn” switch without missing a beat. It’s chilly, windy and rainy with no Indian...
View ArticleWe have vast fields and amber waves of marijuana on the moon.
Let me be upfront: I went to the hospital today because I couldn’t take the back and side pain any more. They injected me full of painkillers that really knocked the shit out of me. Between that and...
View ArticleNinety-Nine Smackdowns But a Quiche Ain’t One
This has been a good food week around here. Monday, a fantastic Vietnamese minced pork dish. Tuesday, the killer pho. Last night, a lovely meal at a local bistro to which we’d not yet been. Which...
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