“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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]