Season's Greetings!
Cookies are a sometime food
I don't like cookies very much. Eating them is fine and dandy. But making them is a whole other thing.First there's too much handling of the product. Often times it's very sticky and the dough seems to get everywhere. And if it involves rolling and cutting out shapes -- fuggaguddaboutit. Too much effin' work. I... Continue Reading →
Secret Origin Revealed
I've gotten a few emails over the past few years asking why my blog is entitled "My burning kitchen." Usually it's some public relations person emailing me for kitchen horror stories that I might want to share. Well I have one story to tell and it took place in college.It was my first year away... Continue Reading →
Team Holiday Weight Gain
Forget about Team Edward or Team Jacob. I'm trying to avoid Team Weight Gain this holiday season.
Second helpings
For the past few years, Darlene and I have been celebrating Thanksgiving on days that aren't the fourth Thursday of November. Why? Many reasons. First, we don't want to succumb to traditions. This is why we always have lobster for Thanksgiving. Second, we want to get it out of the way so when that Thursday... Continue Reading →
Just in time for the holidays, y’awl!
Paul here, giving Darlene a break today while she preps for the Thanksgiving feast we're planning for tomorrow. HA! No, that's a joke -- we did Thanksgiving last weekend. A recap to come.Some comedian made a joke once that being in a relationship with a vegetarian essentially means he's a vegetarian. Well, the sames holds... Continue Reading →
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Fellow local food bloggers, Alice Q. Foodie and Caron Golden are spearheading San Diego Food Bank's "Food 4 Kids" backpack program this season. Please take a moment to read about this cause and what you can do to help hungry children in San Diego County.The San Diego Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program was... Continue Reading →
This post was brought to you by Hello Kitty
When JustJenn emailed me a few days ago asking if I was free to go to lunch at Royal/T, I jumped at the chance. I didn't care that it was in Culver City, over an hour away or that I had visited Royal/T last year. I was going to hang out with her and a... Continue Reading →
Food Faux Pas #1
Eating Count Chocula after Halloween is the equivalent of wearing white after Labor Day.
Kids have better toys than when I was growing up
I'm so jealous of kids nowadays. They have the internet, MP3s, YouTube and apparently more money than I did when I was growing up. Walking down the toy aisle at Target always fuels my envy. With Paul and I being trapped in the bodies of adults, we always spend lot of time looking at toys... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 