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Due to the efforts of my friend John, I am now back in the blogging business. This software is a bit more complicated than blogger, but it also seems a lot more flexible. My intent for this site is to...
View ArticleTurducken etc.
The New York Times dining section this week had a feature on “turducken.” I’ve always read that this particular dish was invented in New Iberia, or some other part of cajun country, but the article...
View ArticleDuck and Whole Foods
Today, after the farmer’s market, I went to Whole Foods. I suppose that the recent LA Times article about duck had something to do with it, but I decided to buy an extremely expensive duck. What I used...
View ArticleSlowly…
…but surely I’m catching on to Moveable Type. I’m going to be adding links to the right column in the next few days. Ironically, they’ll be placed under the “links” title. (Shut up, that’s at least as...
View ArticleAround and About
You might expect the New York Times Dining Section today to focus on Thanksgiving. Mark Bittman’s the Minimalist column has a recipe for braised lamb (really a lamb stew) that looks pretty good. And...
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What I Got for Christmas
Was this knife: It’s the Shun 8 inch chef’s knife, and I’m very much enjoying it. It’s very well balanced, and sharp as hell. It is, in other words, just biding its time until I mess up and lose a...
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Cake Bake-Off
My son’s cub scout troop held a father-son cake bake-off today to raise money for charity. The rule specified one of four categories: tallest cake, sports-related, insect, or scouting-related. I am not...
View ArticleThe Saints
You may be aware that the New Orleans Saints are playing in the Superbowl this evening. You may also be aware that I am from New Orleans. You might surmise from these two facts that I am a fan of the...
View ArticleHoly Shit
Holy Shit. What a game. What a night. What an incredible thing to experience after 35 years as a fan of the Saints. I really didn’t know how the city would react if we lost. I think we’d have been...
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