Food and Drink
Worst Halloween treat ever
When I was a kid, a woman living on our street gave out plastic bags of Chex mix on Halloween. Even though we knew that it would be Chex mix, we stopped at the house every year for the same reason that some people slow down when driving by car accidents. Bearing witness to the…
Read MoreUnfair assumption #26: Adults who drink milk are lunatics
There’s nothing wrong with an adult drinking white milk. Nothing at all. Truly. Still, it just seems so wrong to me. Insanity, really.
Read MoreMy son is ready for his next 15 minutes of fame
Earlier in the year, my kids were featured in a TurboTax ad after an advertising agency found a photo of them on this blog. They actually earned enough money from that gig to pay for a two night stay at Great Wolf Lodge, a place they have been wanting to visit for months. If any…
Read More11 Absolutely Essential Rules for Restaurateur and Waitstaff in Child-Friendly Restaurants
After seven years of bringing my kids to restaurants, here is the definitive list of things that we as parents want from restaurateurs, chefs, and servers as they preparing and serve our food. 1. This may seem obvious, but apparently it’s not because it fails to happen more often than you’d think: SERVE THE CHILDREN…
Read MoreThis simple bit of grocery store advice will spare you a lifetime of regret. Give you back hours in your week. Bring sanity back to your everyday life.
I met a woman from Denmark last week. She’s been living in the United States for about a year. I asked her what she liked best about our country. Her response (paraphrased as best as I remember) was immediate: You’re not going to believe it, but it’s Stop & Shop. And all the grocery stores…
Read MoreThe Ground Round still exists. Apparently for the hipster cocktail crowd.
I had no idea that the Ground Round still existed. It does. 30 locations in 13 sates, including Saco, Maine, where I found this one attached to a movie theater. I knew very little about this terribly named restaurant, but based upon what I read, I don’t have much hope for its survival. “Ground Round…
Read MoreThat ice cream shop that you think is “amazing” or the best? It’s not.
I ate some bad ice cream last week. After taking in a show in Brooklyn, Elysha and I went to Milk, the “sister bakery” of the Momofuku restaurants. Milk offers two kinds of soft serve ice cream. Both are designed to taste like the milk left over after you’ve eaten a sugary cereal, and the…
Read MoreThe world’s first decent veggie burger. Not really because it’s still a veggie burger, but better.
I discovered that my school serves a veggie burger with bacon. It may sound counterintuitive, but unless you are eating a veggie burger because you are someone who doesn’t eat meat for ethical reasons, this makes so much sense. A healthier burger option, made more palatable by a slice or two of bacon. It still…
Read MorePerilous Pizza: The Cook’s Cook June/July 2016 edition
I published a piece entitled Perilous Pizza in the June/July edition of The Cook’s Cook. It deals with food insecurity in my childhood and how it influenced many of my choices as a boy and continues to influence my decision-making process today. Hope you enjoy!
Read MoreThe worst name for a food item in all of human history
I’m obsessed with the way foods are named. Chilean sea bass, for example, is really Patagonian tooth fish. Order Patagonian tooth fish the next time you want Chilean sea bass. Please? My list of poorly named foods is extensive. It includes pulled pork, bread pudding, blood oranges, and field greens. But I have discovered the worst name…
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