There is a real danger in reporting on consumer issues: angry corporate goons with torches. Wait, that’s not it. The danger is that you will tear into some topic so trifling that the only way you’re likely to help the consumer is by giving him a good laugh at how much of a dick you […]
We had roasted stuffed trout for dinner. Iris was very interested in this. Yesterday when I mentioned it, she said, “And will the trout get very, very big when you stuff it?” Today she demanded to help stuff. And help she did, shoveling orange-scented fennel and red onion into the belly of the fish. Then […]
I’ve always had a prejudice against prime rib, and not just the bad hotel buffet version. When the December issue of Fine Cooking landed on my doorstep last week with a juicy slice of roast beef on the cover, I finally figured out what my objection is. Prime rib is the opposite of steak. A steak […]
I’m sitting at Top Pot, the coffeeshop/doughnut shoppe, Capitol Hill location. Top Pot’s decor can be summed up in one word: books. I’m sitting next to a book called The Works of Bacon. It’s not a cookbook. How lame.
Iris picked out a bag of raspberry Milanos at Fred Meyer. Grandma: Iris, what kind of cookies are those? Iris: Raspberry. Grandma: But what are those raspberry cookies called? Iris: Oh. Poblanos.