Review: Lay’s Flamin’ Hot potato chips
For me, the gold standard for hot potato chips is the old Golden Flake Hot variety. They were warm enough to be interesting, and surprisingly sweet (indeed, they had a …
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Political corporate boycotts are silly
This week’s ninth- or tenth-greatest outrage in Western civilization, best I can tell from my feeds, is that Netflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings donated $7 million to a super …
Bo’s habanero meatballs
Fresh, home-grown habaneros have a marvelous, fruity fire about them that enhances all kinds of dishes. A few days ago I got the idea for habanero meatballs and started working …
A visit to Salt Smokehouse
I was beginning to feel targeted. I’ve lost several favorite restaurants over the past few years (and by favorite, I mean places I generally ate no less often than biweekly). …
The illusion of control
The grand tragedy of youth, of course, is that we don’t have the experience and resulting wisdom to fully appreciate it until after we’ve lost it. Then, when the gravity …
Welcome to the second half
This is the first blog post I’ve written since May 3 last year. I didn’t know how long the break would be, but I knew I needed it. (Turned out …