I’m a relatively recent convert to taco truck cuisine. Now that I dine at least twice a month on tasty meals obtained from taco trucks, I wish I had started eating at them long ago. A story appeared today in the Oakland Tribune hailing some of my new, favorite dining spots. Two, in particular are… Read More »
While I was doing some research before posting about my experience at the House of Chicken and Waffles, I ran across an article in the San Francisco Chronicle titled “Oakland in midst of soul food renaissance”. I’ve now been to 3 of the 4 restaurants mentioned in the article. The Southern Cafe is only a… Read More »
I suspect that many of you are oblivious to the Southern delicacy of fried chicken and waffles. The chicken isn’t actually served inside of the waffle, or even on top of it. And the waffles aren’t deep fried, either. Just the chicken, which rides side saddle on the plate with the waffle. And getting a… Read More »
I spent five wonderful years in Austin, Texas, in the late 80’s and early 90’s. While life there was mighty fine, just imagine if I could have been a contented resident of Austin, Minnesota. Instead, I’m left to dream about a potential vacation to Austin, MN, to see … the Hormel Spam Museum. Wired has… Read More »
Oktoberfest Shop : Bavarian Beer Foamer This is an interesting repurposing of a common European kitchen tool. I use a nearly identical tool (except for the cool Beyerischer flag decal or sticker) to make a pseudo café latte every morning. My morning ritual is to heat about 1/3 of a coffee mug of milk in… Read More »
I posted a photo last month of one my cats sitting at the table about to engage in a full scale assault on an ear of corn. This was an old photo from when he was a kitten. As Alexi has gotten older, he demands access to the corn as soon as it comes out… Read More »
What’s not to like from the list of the World’s 9 Worst Convenience Foods. Clam jerky, anyone? This list seems to have drifted around the Internet for quite some time. Too bad none of the sites added links to where one might order these tasty botañas. Here’s a couple I found: Reindeer pate Corned mutton… Read More »
My cousin’s husband is a part-owner in Tractor Brewing, which has the truly awesome domain name, getplowed.com. Tractor Brewing is a microbrewery (surprise – what, you thought they fermented tractors?) in Los Lunas, NM. A documentary on Tractor Brewing will air this Sunday night, though I’m afraid it’s probably just going to be on local… Read More »
My wife and I joined some relatives for dinner tonight in San Francisco at Crustacean, the alleged birthplace of fusion cuisine in the US. Although the garlic noodles don’t exactly qualify as fusion fare, they were quite possibly the best noodles I’ve ever had. I also had the Asian crab cake, which was a very… Read More »
The largest of my two cats, Alexi, has always been a big fan of human food. His absolute favorite food is boiled corn, but he is more than happy to dine on bread, roasted chicken, ham, or rice. While he will eat most any type of bread, he is especially partial to sourdough baguettes from… Read More »