"Jou donna haff ta eat soup fhrom a bo" It's been almost 20 years to the day since that headline graced the pages of the University of Nevada, Reno Sagebrush newspaper. It was written by me (as Arnold Schwarzenegger would say it) to accompany the HEARTBURN food column by Nancy Louvat, who was also the... Continue Reading →
Friday’s Fast-Food Fishtacular! – The Sea Dog
For the next few Fridays, I'm going to review fish sandwiches from various fast food chains. Seems that everyone loves comparing burgers, fries and shakes. I figure it's time we shed some light on our fishy friends. Just so you know, this isn't a Catholic/Lent thing. It's a "Wha--? They sell fish at Wienerschnitzel?" thing.... Continue Reading →
“I think Bigfoot is blurry, that’s the problem. It’s not the photographer’s fault.”
The advantages of being married to someone whose main job is his comic strip is tagging along to various conventions while he promotes his books. Last year, I tagged along when he exhibited at San Francisco's WonderCon, this year I checked out Seattle and Portland. It was Paul's second year to exhibit at Seattle's Emerald... Continue Reading →
Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays
I was cleaning out our cupboard recently -- as I usually do every spring or after an especially tense episode of Hoarders -- and came across not one package of hot chocolate but four different types. Each with their own story of how it was acquired and each with it's specific purpose. Swiss Miss for... Continue Reading →
Observe the art of seduction. Watch, learn, and don’t eat my cookie.
I think I've determined what kind of cookie person I am. I love cakey cookies usually with some type of frosting or icing in it. Basically a portable cake that isn't a cupcake. The genius behind this cookie is that the filling is in between two cookies! And while it has no chocolate in it,... Continue Reading →
Avocado: It’s whats for lunch
On most days, I bring in food from home lunch. Nothing assembled but things I can easily put together at work. I'm usually rushing around in the morning checking my email, catching up on my blog reading and gulping down some jet fuel while trying to make it to work on time. Instead I toss... Continue Reading →
Just stick with cake
So I don't usually eat yogurt. Frozen yogurt is fine as a treat but yogurt-yogurt? I don't like so much. When I saw a commercial recently for Yoplait's "red velvet cake"-flavored yogurt -- notice the quotes -- I had try it for myself especially with being on a pseudo-diet pre-vacation and all. Verdict? Tastes absolutely... Continue Reading →
When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.
Do you ever have one of those recipes that somehow comes together and you don't exactly what you did to make it come together or how to replicate it? Well it happened with my attempt to make cookies with Cadbury Caramel Eggs -- the cousin to the Cadbury Creme Eggs. There was torrential rain in... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 