Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I must say it’s a nice view from the top of the food chain. Instead of searching the forest for a patch of grass to gnaw on, we kings of the animal kingdom can prepare our food, and we get to enjoy it. Name one other animal in the world who gets to enjoy its [...]
As any seasoned NFL fan knows, the home opener requires special preparation -- dusting off of the stadiums seats, freshening the game-day togs, preparing a tailgate menu, shopping, cooking, loading the car, the traditional screeching U-turn and return to the house for the tickets. You know the drill. We lucked into a tailgaters dream a [...]
For the longest time, Thanksgiving has ruled like a proud peacock at the top of any chef's holiday menu. The big bird has gone unchallenged for centuries, by avoiding the nostalgia of Christmas or the spirituality of Easter, but purely sustaining itself as one gigantic meal. Well that's all about to change, because there's a [...]
This is an apology letter to our kitchen torch, you know the one I gave as a birthday present for my mom two years ago? Remember the one way at the back of the cupboard? No? Neither did I, I swear. At the time it seemed like a good idea, my mom is a sucker [...]
What do you do when you're handed a bag filled with tomatoes, a block a cheese, and a carton of mushrooms, all with only a short time left until spoilage claws them in his sour clutches? Well if you're me and my mom you have no choice but snap into action like the Batman and [...]