You know what the best food in the world is? It’s a free sample of chicken in some kind of sweet sauce, served on a toothpick, found in a food court. Iris and I were at Uwajimaya today, and she asked for a sample of orange chicken at the Thai counter, and she reported that […]
Is it just me, or is “Patagonian Toothfish” a way cooler name for a fish than “Chilean Sea Bass”? Is it just me, or is “Dr. Jekyll” a way creepier name than “Mr. Hyde”? Is it just me, or am I supposed to be working on something else?
Last week on Gourmet.com there was an interview with the author of a book called The Jungle Effect, which is about the value of traditional diets and how we can accrue some of that value without having to actually live in the jungle. The author, Daphne Miller, wisely pitches her book as a companion volume […]
But I did eat the cherries. Today on Gourmet.com: Beyond Pie Filling So around the Fourth of July, my family rolled up to the generous reader’s front yard, armed with buckets. I was worried this would be some kind of scrawny, homegrown cherry tree with inferior fruit, and we’d have to politely pick cherries and […]
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I wanted to point out a couple of recent changes to Roots and Grubs. First, you should be able to edit your own comments for a short time after you post them, in case you write “Thomas Killer” or something. I’ve found that the feature works but it’s a little […]