Food: Hot Dog!

Food: Hot Dog!

by | Aug 11, 2011 | Food + Booze

Like most kids growing up in America, early on I developed a soft spot for the hot dog. While others were balancing their plates with one dog and a cheeseburger, I was going for two dogs. I grew up in the suburbs, so my first introduction to this delicacy was eating...
Late Breaking Pickle News

Late Breaking Pickle News

by | Feb 17, 2011 | Food + Booze

When I interviewed Real Pickles’ Dan Rosenberg last year, he could only taunt me with mouth-watering descriptions of his garlic dill pickle. I’d tried and enjoyed everything else he produced (such as sauerkraut, kimchi, tomatillo hot sauce), but he simply...
Food: Where There's Smoke

Food: Where There's Smoke

by | Aug 4, 2011 | Food + Booze

Have you heard the latest? Turns out, those backyard barbecues we’ve been enjoying so much all summer could be contributing to increased cancer risk. (Doesn’t it sometimes seem as if scientists are just out to ruin all our fun?) Unfortunately, it’s...
The Ploughman's Lunch of Yore

The Ploughman's Lunch of Yore

by | Feb 24, 2011 | Food + Booze

The ploughman’s lunch—the quintessential meal served in British pubs for millennia. You can just picture the rugged gentleman farmer who started it all, sitting high atop his plough rig, parked in the shade of an oak. Morning’s work done, he unpacks...

Food: At Least As Good As Sex

by | Jul 28, 2011 | Food + Booze

Fresh corn is just available and will soon be abundant on farm stands. But don’t buy too much at once. It’s best eaten as soon as you bring it home, because the natural sugar in the kernels begins converting to starch as soon as it is harvested. In fact, I...