Stuff about books or articles I’ve read, shows or movies I’ve watched – usually food or wine related, but not always.
“Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.” – Ted Allen, writer and food show host Did I ever tell you the story of how I was almost Ted Allen? No, I know I didn’t, though once before I promised to. So here’s the story. I was living and… Read More Supper Club, The Book
“Cooking Light is America’s recipe for healthy living, dedicated to helping readers eat better, feel better and look their best. Each issue celebrates light cuisine via more than 75 kitchen tested, beautifully photographed recipes. Our editorial focus is to provide fitness from a common sense angle as well as a reachable/user friendly exploration of delicious… Read More Some “Light” Reading?
“Eating is one of the only socially acceptable ways we can share vulnerabilities. We would never get together with strangers and use the bathroom together, but it might have the same affect. No sense putting on airs, we’re just human.” Donald Miller, author No question I’m late to the party on this one, but then,… Read More Au Revoir to Not Much of Anything
There’s just nothing right about this, other than perhaps being a cute play on word pronunciation in Spanish… …and the ads are inane. Just sayin’.
“I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all, but remark all these roughness, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me; otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.” – Oliver Cromwell I’ve reached the point in living overseas where I… Read More Best Chef in the World?
“The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.” – Boutros Boutros-Ghali It’s always tough to wrap-up a year, but it’s also kind of fun to just look… Read More The 2010 Wrap-Up
I was mucking about in one of our local English language bookstores, just looking for something casual to read (why, I don’t know – I have more books piled up and also loaded on my e-reader than I’ll likely ever get to) when I stumbled across a few books from Diane Mott Davidson. She has… Read More Where Everything is Just Write
I disliked Kitchen Confidential. Let’s just get that out of the way with. Let the hate mail begin. Anthony Bourdain’s hate fueled rage against the restaurant industry machine that ground him up and spit him out (with his admitted acquiescence… no, active participation) was, for me, nothing more than misdirected venom spewing about his days… Read More Medium Raw, or Half Baked?