Archive for June, 2008

Things that start with B

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

“There are a lot of stupid products in the world,” you may find yourself muttering. “Has Matthew tried them, so I don’t have to?”

Probably.

Batter Blaster is pancake and waffle batter in an aerosol can. And it’s organic! When I brought it home, I said, “Did anybody order…BATTER BLASTER?”

“No,” said Laurie.

“What is Batter Blaster?” asked Iris.

“It’s […]

Shillers

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

I am guilty of a great many sins, but reprinting press releases verbatim is not one of them. Until now! I just got the following email, and after I stopped laughing, I knew I would have to share it with you.

Hi Matthew, I read over your blog and really enjoyed […]

More nutty observations

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Have you ever wondered whether the people behind the blogs you read are ordinary people like yourselves or Internet people with crazy opinions?

I can’t speak for those other blogs, but as for this one: I just had a conversation with Laurie in which I said that if I were in charge of school lunch reform, […]

Nutty observations

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

For dinner tonight, I made Rick Bayless’s trout with macadamia nuts, which I’ve been meaning to try for a while. It was great. I’ve hardly ever made a Bayless dish that wasn’t at least pretty good. While I ate, I thought about two things:

Is there anything that doesn’t taste better with a ton of lime […]

Fake cakes

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Flaky, oily scallion pancakes are one of the great joys of going out for Chinese food. I like them enough that I’ve been known to make them at home. Occasionally. To distribute the scallions throughout the pancake and get the feathery layers, you have to use a fiddly rolling method: You roll out the wheat-flour […]