baby octopus salad with jalapeno lime vinaigrette

We hear them… sayin’

How you get a rude and a-reckless?

Don’t you be so crude and a feckless

You been drinking brew for breakfast

Rudie can’t fail, no, nooo
“Rudie Can’t Fail” by The Clash

My second informative video!  I went to my fish monger looking for calmari to make a grilled salad.  The fish man told me they were [...]

romanesco gratin

I got a number on me, I got a number

Won’t make it through the high noon sun

I am my father’s son

And I am my father’s son

His bed is made

I was a hero early in the morning

I ain’t no hero in the night

I am my father’s son
“You Are a Runner And I Am My Father’s Son” [...]

at the farmers market: romanesco

I am the hungry wolf and run endlessly with my mate
I see the gutter feed on the foolish outrun and kill the strong
At daybreak I roam awake to who follows me
I roam, I roam
“The Hungry Wolf” by X

Romanesco or romanesco broccoli is more cauliflower than broccoli. Whatever it is, it is just so damn cool [...]

big brother

Country music singers

Have always been a real close family

But lately some of my kin folks

Have disowned a few others and me

I guess its because

I kinda changed my direction

I guess i went and broke the family tradition
“Family Tradition” by Hank Williams Jr.
My brother started a new blog on wine and his experiences as sommelier working with [...]

orange fennel salmon with oven roasted balsamic fennel

There’s a taste so sour I can’t wash from my mouth
Across the lake of vinegar I rowed my boat so far
But never caught her
The night was dark, she was nowhere to be found
“Lake of Vinegar” by The Waco Brothers

I did not start eating fennel until late in life because it had always been described to [...]

strawberry cream cheese pie

Stay out super late tonight

Picking apples, making pies

Put a little something in our lemonade and take it with us

We’re half-awake in a fake empire

We’re half-awake in a fake empire
“Fake Empire” by The National

The cream cheese is optional but it does add a nice richness to the pie.  Also, the cheese cuts down on soggy crust [...]

at the farmers market: strawberries

Day after day
I will walk and I will play
But the day after today
I will stop
And I will start my way
Why can’t I get just one kiss
Why can’t I get just one kiss
“Add It Up” by The Violent Femmes

Elissa and I recently got back from camping in Watsonville, CA, it was an awesome experience.  While we [...]

barbecue pulled pork pizza

Apple in his mouth, maraschino eyes
Party like the butcher boy’s cleaver is alive
I mosey into sixteen hours of smoke in the misty winter
To see the county fair’s blue ribbon winner is dinner
Then dance until the sun has kissed your blisters in the morning
As the misery was dormant indignant in crispy portions
Corporates fund alarm and they [...]

pulled pork sandwich

If Jesus drove a motor home, I wonder would he drive pedal to the metal, or real slow?
Checking out the stereo. Cassette playing Bob Dylan, motivation tapes.
Tricked up Winnebago, with the tie-dye drapes.
If Jesus drove a motor home…
If Jesus drove a motor home, and he come to your town, would you try to talk to [...]

smoked pork butt

Now in darkness world stops turning

Ashes where the bodies burning

No more war pigs have the power

Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling

On their knees the war pig’s crawling

Begging mercy for their sins

Satan laughing spreads his wings

All right now!
“War Pigs” by Black Sabbath

May is National Barbecue Month, so this will be [...]