I’m going to interrupt the sight-seeing with some food porn from down under. I went out Wednesday with Rick, my new boss, for dinner at Pearl, a restaurant more-or-less across the street from the office. And wow, was that some good eating. Easily in the top five meals I’ve had. Here’s quotes from a review: “Awarded three hats in the… Read more →
Category: Food and Drink
The New Ultimate Snack Food
Attention world: as of this moment, the new ultimate snack food is the “Gingered Almond” from Summer Kitchen. Yes, even though they actually call their nut product line “Nutties“, I am still hearilty endorsing this product. Be warned: these things are addictive. There’s a reason the bag shown above is empty (and it’s not just because I couldn’t find any… Read more →
More conspicuous consumption
First, we need to make sure you understand the concept of a ‘bespoke’ item. This is one that I had to go to the dictionary for when I first ran across it in some British fiction a few years back, so I shall arrogantly assume that not everyone is familiar with it, rather than assuming this just another one of… Read more →
Wednesday Linkblogging
OK, let’s clear some tabs. What is up with North America’s unrealistic boob size fascination? Digital enhancements? “…magazine publishers in the US ban stars from appearing on their front covers unless they have at least a C-cup size, or are willing to be digitally enhanced to make it appear as if they have”?!??! Man, we really are all crazy. Does… Read more →
In cheese, there is a line.
I like blue cheese. I love a nice Stilton with deep veins. I have no problem with the concept of cheese where mold is part of the appeal. Hell, ever since I watched that episode of Chef! I’ve had no problem with the idea of unpasteurized cheese. What’s the quote? “Gone off milk and bugs living together in perfect harmony”,… Read more →
Saturday Miscellany
OK, let’s see if we can close a whole bunch of tabs on my desktop, and maybe bring something interesting to you at the same time. Hollywood might have some cool special effects, but Nature can really create a 60km long rift! One that threatens to carve out a new ocean. Damn that’s cool in a “can you imagine the… Read more →
Making zucchini edible.
My wife loves zucchini. I… do not. I no longer even try to agree with her on pizza toppings–who refuses mushrooms and actually wants zucchini??!? However, I have found one way to cook it that makes it palatable for me. Using this recipe will not result in the Vegan Police taking away your powers. Sweet And Sour Zucchini 1 lb.… Read more →
Irish For Awesome.
Heh. Is it wrong to want a pint at 10 minutes before noon on a Monday? (It’s a holiday for the Yanks today, so maybe holiday rules apply to me since I work for an American company? I mean I know I’m working today, but surely they wouldn’t begrudge me a pint? Oh wait: I work at home! Excuse me…) Read more →
Recommended Reading: Man Walks Into A Pub
Well, this will be a dramatically different kind of book recommendation from the last one. (Although I guess there is a tenuous sequitor, since Jeff Ford has been known to enjoy a beer.) I also wanted to take a moment to recommend to everyone the book that is currently my downstairs bathroom book: Pete Brown’s Man Walks Into A Pub:… Read more →
Beer Exploration
Presenting the top five beers I want to try, but as yet have been unable to secure tasting samples of: Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout from North Coast Brewing Goose Island Oatmeal Stout from Goose Island Beer Company (and I wouldn’t turn up my nose at a chance to try their Bourbon County Stout either!) Cadillac Mtn. Stout from the… Read more →
An Open Question To The Universe….
How is it that I can be married to a woman who, even after being married to me for five years, can’t tell a porter from a stout? Read more →
Practical applications of fluid mechanics
We actually learned this important lesson in my undergraduate fluid mechanics class: For those of you who didn’t have the benefit of my exciting engineering education, the full technical explanation is online. Read more →
Bachelor Weekend Over: Final beers
Family is home. All is well. Apparently they are keeping me as husband and father, at least for a while longer. As for the beer sampling: Flying Dog Road Dog Porter turned out to be really rather good, and I’ll probably pick up a case for the poker tournament this weekend. Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale was OK, but… Read more →
Bachelor Weekend continues
Bachelor Saturday kind of disappeared: I stretched out Saturday afternoon for a short nap, and then woke up at 2AM. Apparently I needed an 11 hour nap. I rattled around the house for a bit, watching a couple of decent flicks (The Big Empty which was weird but fun, and Layer Cake which I quite enjoyed) and then went back… Read more →
Bachelor Weekend
Tomorrow at 7AM Trish and Sarah are headed off to Ontario to visit Sarah’s grandparents until Tuesday. That means I’ll be bachelor-man for four days. It is a sign of my advanced adulthood that what I am most excited about is not the potential for sloppy drunkeness, or rowdy behaviour, but rather the notion that I will be able to… Read more →
