Good morning, happy October – or something. The sky outside, to quote my friend N, looks like someone forgot to upload the sky texture file – featureless and gray. The sun no longer really goes very high up in the sky here, so unless it’s bright and sunny, the days are beginning to get pretty dim. We are in the opening act of The Long … Continue reading Sharp Things and an Asian Salad
I ate ostrich with awesome sauce for lunch yesterday. No, I haven’t misspelled oysters – I did actually mean the rather silly, large big-eyed bird that lives over most of the African continent. Why did I eat ostrich? Primarily, because it was there, in my fridge and I needed lunch – and it was there in my fridge because it was available (imported from South Africa as … Continue reading Ostrich Steak and Awesome Sauce (Review of T-BBQ)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all frying pans are created equal…” Wait. Actually, they aren’t. And the magic of heat transfer which transforms limp cold meat into a sweet-smelling, aromatic, browning steak, does not work just because you snapped your fingers at a random frying pand and told it to cook. I am, vainly and happily, quite used to hearing how amazing … Continue reading The Ranks Of The Frying Pans
Eat The Roses 