Sep 9, 2007
I guess this comes under the category of you should be careful
what you absurdly joke about, lest it become true...
Ever since I was a kid, if I saw a fly land in someone's soup,
or on a friend or family member's sandwich, I'd say "hey, a little
extra protein, no charge"...
I seldom got much appreciation for the...
Sep 3, 2007
Well, my wife and I just had our first tomatoes from that straggly
plant that I told you about last week. It's a "Better
Boy" variety, and I have been hovering near it and taking care of
it like a baby boy since we brought it home, or the verge of
extinction at the end of August. It's lost almost all of its
original...
Sep 2, 2007
Mmm.... Having sushi in Manhattan with the family tonight... my
favorite.
Or tied for first place in my favorite cuisine with Italian food -
vongole (clams) or calamari (squid) to be exact...
But sushi is a cold, sweet, salty protein rush. Not everyone
likes it - I once heard someone say if she wanted raw fish...
Aug 28, 2007
I picked up a tall, straggly tomato plant at the local nursery last
week. In its better days, the plant would have sold for $45 -
the pot still had the sticker with that price. That
would have been at least a month or more ago. As it was, the
clerk let me have the plant for $7, plus a 20-percent discount.
The plant...
Jul 31, 2007
I used to drink coffee, a long time
ago. I still love the taste.
My favorite gelato is
coffee. But the brew itself developed the
strange effect of turning me into a real grouch the next day. Some
people said this was a complete reversal for me.
I can't recall just when I switched to tea.
Tea's a touchy thing. It's...
