Tag Archives: Food

Cheez Balls!

Cheez Balls!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Wow. Just…wow! I’ve written before of my love-affair as a kid with Planters Cheez Balls. Those things were wonderful, just wonderful…and they’re gone. Made no longer. They live now only in Valhalla, where only … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and AWESOME!

Oddities and Awesome abound! I actually don’t have a lot this week, as I’ve been busier with other pursuits than nosing about my usual haunts on Teh Interweb. But I’ve got to share this: I am so boiling some eggs … Continue reading

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Drain. Very important.

I’m stealing this from MeFi, but it’s awfully funny. First, read Paula Dean’s recipe for English Peas. Then, click through at the bottom and read the comments. That is all.

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Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. For years I’ve generally been a breakfast cereal person, but over the last month or so I’ve started indulging heavily in a heartier breakfast, in the form of a breakfast sandwich. I toast … Continue reading

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A tale of two meals

It was a moderately healthy meal… …and it was a freakishly unhealthy meal. The first up there is a pizza I made using a crust of Na’an bread. I spread it with a bit of extra-virgin olive oil, onto which … Continue reading

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It’s a bowl of weeds

From The West Wing, Toby Ziegler on the merits of salads: As much as I love Toby Ziegler, I gotta disagree with him here. I love salads, and I eat them frequently. Here’s one I had for dinner just the … Continue reading

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All things sweet and foamy!

I just learned via a friend on Facebook that today is Whipped Cream Day. I love whipped cream a whole lot — it’s wonderful on coffee drinks and hot chocolate; it’s awesome on sundaes and pumpkin pie and it’s magnificent … Continue reading

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Cutting the meat for her? Why not just eat it, too?!

Photo958, originally uploaded by All Things Jennifer. Jennifer Smith posted this photo, and I remember seeing the article in the paper. It cracked me up. Someone wrote in to Miss Manners to ask if the man should cut the lady’s … Continue reading

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Runaway trains! Antiques! Food! Pies! What a weekend!

(UPDATED below.) I spent a muchly-deserved, muchly-anticipated long weekend over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a great time. Details and photos and such after the break. This is a “daily life” type of post, with a bunch of photos. But … Continue reading

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All prophecies come true if you wait long enough….

Fifteen years ago, I was in Year Two of what would be a four-year stint working at Pizza Hut in Olean, NY as a shift manager. One thing I remember from back then was the way upper management was constantly … Continue reading

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