A Zissn Danksgebn

The Fly Fishing Rabbi and The Forward offer some Jewish perspective on Thanksgiving. I was thinking about this myself, after hearing an NPR story this morning about a Greek-American family whose Thanksgiving dinner consisted mostly of traditional Greek foods. I don’t recall any distinctively Jewish foods at my family’s Thanksgiving table when I was growing [...]

Fresh Entertainment

A recent issue of Field & Stream offers this charming Reader Tip: For a really convenient waxworm dispenser when I’m ice fishing, I keep them in a Tic Tac container. The case probably holds about 30 waxworms. Plus, it’s easy to open and shake out one worm at a time without having to take off [...]

Intact Brain

Southern Inn Restaurant

I had a very delicious dinner — trout with roasted pepper polenta and deep fried carrots — at this restaurant during my recent visit to Lexington, Virginia. But I didn’t park in the rear.

Tuberiffic!

I don’t know how I managed to get this far into 2008 without knowing that this is, by UN declaration, the International Year of the Potato. Mrs. Debris, who, true to her Polish heritage, is a potato fanatic, will be delighted. In honor of this important celebration, I hereby pledge to dedicate myself during the [...]

Adieu, Florent

Yogurt

Like Salon’s Kate Hardin, I love full-fat yogurt, and I hate yogurt ads. This InfoMania report is simply delicious. from current.com posted with vodpod

I has canned cheezeburger

Gross!

Huckabee is a laughing-stock, but not because he likes squirrel

Look, I’m no fan of Mike Huckabee. He’s a yahoo religious fanatic wolf in populist sheep’s clothing. But making fun of him for admitting to eating squirrel is nothing more than effete urban middle-class liberal prejudice. Even a Yankee transplant like me knows enough to appreciate Piedmont delicacies like Brunswick Stew. Of course, as the [...]

Food for thought

Yet another academic book about a staple food item and how it changed or explains the World. Beans: A History is undoubtedly a fascinating read, deserving a place on the shelf alongside such other classics of the genre as Salt: A World History, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Spice: The [...]