Food

2024’s corned beef and cabbage! A decent corned beef this year, slightly salty. The extra salt in the broth gave the vegetables delightful, extra-umami flavor overtones.

Quite a haul this year. My son and I made a full, 6-7 cup of flour recipe.

Possibly the worst booze I’ve ever had.

As a kid, there was absolutely nothing better than convincing my mom to buy some Lucky Charms brand frosted toasted oat cereal & marshmallows.

The summer I was 17, 1978, I was the staff cook at Camp Thunderbird, a Boy Scout camp.

This is from a package of “Tostitos” brand corn chips, “Hint of Lime Flavor”.

Every autumn, cheese farmers rise before the sun, and work until well after sunset, to gather in their bounty of cheddar!

Make one box of mac-n-cheese, kids scarf it and clamor for more.

Ate at the Imperial for the first time since well before The Pandemic. It’s still very good, and the scallion pancakes are the very best.

We all know that Meat Loaf (the popular singer) can offer many life, career, and managment lessons.

But so does meatloaf, the iconic midwestern weeknight entré!