Or more accurately comfort food.

notdefined  and I have been going back and forth about ways and whys of pork barbecue and such and it got me to thinking about the food I grew up with and the type memories those thoughts elicit. I love food - always have. There is not much that I will at least try at least once. One only has to look at me to tell that food ( Read more... )

If anyone is trying to figure out the mysteries surrounding dark matter, I think I have the answer. It is all coming out of my chest.

Yes, I am still sick as shit. No fever through all this, but the sinuses continue to drain like crazy and the coughing is near out of control and at this point is near spasmodic level. I at least was able to sleep a ( Read more... )

My mother gave me several kitchen items when I moved into my first apartment over 20 years ago. Among them were several items that she had possessed a long time prior. I have a pizza pan that is probably 30 years old at least, black as tar, cracked around the edges and I would not give it up for the world.

Well, tonight, I was using one of these ( Read more... )

I do not know what it is with me and parties lately, but I have met another guy at one that seems interested in me.

I went to a Super Bowl Party hosted by my friends Marc and Brian up in Carrollton that was listed as an event for Denton County Bears. This is one of the counties north of Dallas for those of you outside Texas and is a good 30 mile ( Read more... )

Well, I did the cooking, the ice is clinging to trees, grass and highway overpasses and I am hoping I can get to work at an ok time in the morning commuting 30 miles on probably lots of ice ( Read more... )

Have a North Carolina style barbecue pork shoulder in the crock pot overnight tonight that I will pull apart tomorrow for sandwiches and such. Also going to make a chicken korma tomorrow along with roasted butternut squash. Not sure what I will do with the squash yet - leave as is and eat with other roasted veggies, or make some soup? All this ( Read more... )

Got the daily swim done fairly late today so decided to just go straight to the gayborhood for dinner and such. Leslie Jordan was in town doing a book/DVD signing (Sordid Lives and his book) and I just had to go.

I had the pleasure of meeting Leslie several years ago when he brought his first show to Fort Worth Circle Theater, Hysterical Blindness ( Read more... )

Since I have been working 11 days in a row until yesterday, I used up most of today cooking a variety of food to eat over the next few weeks.


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God I love Greek food...


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Well, it is cooking day here. I stumbled on a sale for buy one/get one free packs of chicken breasts at the supermarket yesterday and wound up with 4 packs (12 breasts total) for about $14. The frugal Scotsman in me was in total joy over that one ( Read more... )