FOOD
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.”
—Virginia Woolfe
Fighting Food Inflation
Inflation is real. Prices went up. A lot. Here's how you can win... My grandfather used to tell me about the size of the Hershey bar he could get for a nickel. Today, a nickel won't pay the tax on a candy bar so tiny it won't even ruin a diet. We measure the...
Don’t Say Old. Say “Vintage” (How to get top dollar on Marketplace)
I've been looking at Facebook Marketplace lately. "MSM" and "Vintage" are the new key words. Not only that, but people charge top dollar for it. A ton looks like junk to me. Listen up, guy... if you built that table yourself, it's not really "mid century." It's "in...
Be Your Own Barista Series: Introduction to Good Coffee
Schools don't have baristas. I made this abundantly clear in Don't Sniff the Glue, A Teacher's Misadventures in Education Reform. Since the writing of that book, we got things like Postmates, Uber Eats, and other companies that'll specifically bring you coffee. They...
Be Your Own Barista Series: The French Press
Need a simple, fast, high-quality cup of coffee or tea? Get a French Press. The French press is easy. Unlike its regional cousins the Vietnamese coffee and the Japanese-style pour over coffee you can get a great cup of coffee in six minutes or less. [recipe...
Be Your Own Barista Series: Pour Over Coffee
Working on enlightenment? Try pour-over style coffee. If you want to reach enlightenment and drink coffee at the same time, Japanese pour over coffee is the way get there. You could spend a lifetime trying to master the perfect cup of coffee and it'd bring you here....
Be Your Own Barista Series: Vietnamese Coffee
Ready for a new go-to coffee drink? Try this... Vietnamese coffee is an amazing, strong and sweet drink with a healthy dose of cinnamon. Vietnam is a major coffee exporter today. It was brought by the French in 1857 during colonization. Coffee became a major product...
Stir Fried Rice for Pennies (without the MSG)
Stir fried rice is Chinese takeout for pennies. Take out is expensive and takes time to pick up. You don't need it. You can have this stir fried rice instantly. Rice is freezer friendly, so you can freeze any leftovers for this quick meal. I call this "recycled...
Low Carb & Lazy: One-Pot “Egg Rolls”
Who doesn't love an egg roll? Home cooks, that's who. I started making this recipe when I went keto for a year to test for health reasons. I had to be strict about it because it wasn't a weight loss diet (though that's a side benefit!) it was medical. So, I started...
Beef and Barley Soup
Beef, Barley, and Mushroom soup is a very simple soup for a cold day. I love to make beef and barley soup in the Instant Pot. This is an "I forgot to make dinner" meal or for one of those days when I've been doing my thing (I'm the vegetarian) and I really don't care...