Why you need to lay off Paula Deen and her diabetes… right now.
So Paula Deen has diabetes. Had it for a while, I am told. But once the news leaked to the press (and by “leaked” I mean she signed a freaking contract to be a highly paid spokesperson for a diabetes drug), the “foodie” world went into [...]
Numbers
One last weepy meta-post, after that I promise a nice hands-on for kitchen hackery tomorrow.

In the process of starting the book a year ago I sent out about sixty emails to people I’d had contact with and considered at least acquaintances at [...]
Touch
“He REALLY loves that side of meat”. One snickers, the other one makes motions indicating his sucking on something long and stiff. That’s why I hate foodies. I am standing at a booth at the local cooking and restaurant fair, trying hard to ignore the gawking masses, preparing a 26 lbs brisket for its cure. I didn’t notice it until then, but yes, my left hand is gliding over the side, feeling the muscle, learning its ways, and telling my right hand where to cut and where to pass.
How about Soup, Sandwich, and Salad?
Since the first iteration of Cooking on Hangouts kind of fizzled when the (admittedly much better looking) ladies did it, too, I figured I’ll throw out another topic, see if it’s of any interest, and we’ll go from here. Since that stuff’s my dinner anyways I don’t care how [...]
Maken’ Bacon
It is no secret that I am a lover of bacon. A representative and shining example of all three culinary baselines, fat, sugar, and salt, bacon is to food what Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World” is to a first date.
Going about adding more bacon to one’s diet offers a number of different venues. At the [...]

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