Sunday Summary for 11 July 2021, or the links to what I’ve been writing...
Henceforth it is my aim to post a Sunday compendium of links here at the web site, these directing you to recent writings of...
Menu Items: All the food was Greek to me, and gratefully so
Originally published at Food & Dining Magazine on 7 November 2021.
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“Edibles & Potables” is Food & Dining Magazine’s Sunday morning slot for a merry...
Menu Items: Štruklji, Jota and Pelinkovac — or, what I ate and drank on...
Originally published at Food & Dining Magazine on 21 December 2019.
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Your correspondent and his lovely wife spent time before and after Thanksgiving across the...
I got food, but I’m not a foodie
To paraphrase Esquire’s Charles P. Pierce: pertinent musical accompaniment to have and have not, courtesy of The Killers.
Today, a consideration of self-identity that originally appeared at...
Menu Items: A kebab at the steakhouse door? But it’s from the Kebab Kid!
Originally published at Food & Dining Magazine on 24 October 2021.
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In case you missed the news, food prices have gone up.
Furious diner left stunned...
Five Way Vegetarian Cincinnati Chili, because that’s the way I Iike it
This recipe is from my mother’s file, via her next-door-neighbors (the Mulloys), and revised extensively. Kidney beans take the place of the ground beef,...
F&D column: “Tales and cookbooks about Soviet food”
(As published at Food & Dining Magazine on 28 February 2021)
Daniil Kharms (1905-1942) was a Russian writer during Soviet times, and to our eyes...
Think beer globally, drink beer locally, pair beer with food thoughtfully
Every major industrialized nation has A BEER (you can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear...
“Death to Chain Restaurants,” or how one evening at Taco Bell (circa 2005) radicalized...
I've meant to tell this story many times over the years. Earlier this week the topic arose at Facebook in the form of a...
Trust me, salads ARE a vegetable
Last Thanksgiving my wife's employer gifted the department with $25 coupons to be applied against purchases of turkey, ham and vegetables. Trust me when...
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