Archive for April, 2008
Things to check out: Pizza deliverers and the Germans that tip them
High-school classmate and American expatriate Conor Schaefer has been spending a significant amount of his time blogging about his experiences as a pizza delivery boy in Germany. Turns out that the purchasers are generous with the sympathy, but absolute stingy a-holes with their money. Here is a video blog recounting a torrential downpour that led [...]
Read More..>>A meat treat?
It’s the most un-food-bloggy thing I’ve said since I started this web site, but the best meat I’ve had since I started eating meat again… Welp. That’s right! A good, old-fashioned McDonald’s Cheeseburger, wrapped in the same yellow wrapper as it was five years ago when I had one last. The sandwich itself is a [...]
Read More..>>Happy Administrative Professionals’ Day…to me!
I went into work today to find a big frigging gift bag smack in the middle of my desk. BLAM. My first thought was that I missed my birthday. Turns out that today is Administrative Professionals’ Day. Take a moment to laugh at the professional spin they gave the old-time “Secretaries’ Day.” Out of your [...]
Read More..>>Recipe: Mike Spoodles’ Super-Healthy Apple Crisp
Here is a recipe that I developed based upon a few recent experiments in the kitchen. The result is a cheap, easy, healthy, fast, and filling dessert. MIKE SPOODLES’ SUPER-HEALTHY “APPLE CRISP” INGREDIENTS 1 Granny Smith apple 1 1/2 Cup Wheaties 3 Tbsp. milk 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. Splenda Microwave the apple much like [...]
Read More..>>Sometimes I forget what I like.
I spend so much time thinking about the things I dislike that I rarely reflect on the things I enjoy. I stole this from Joli, who is currently enjoying her final days in Rome (or, possibly agonizing over her finals in Rome). 14 april 08 likes: Losing myself in my iPod for hours on end [...]
Read More..>>Meat George Jetson
This is not a post discussing the merits of designing a life-sized cartoon character out of animal flesh. This is a post about my falling-out with vegetarianism. When I was dieting, I cut meat out of my diet entirely. It wasn’t out of any particular sociopolitical agenda, nor was it by the design of some [...]
Read More..>>Amazing Black Bean Brownies: good for your heart, make you etc.
My last post was a recipe post, I guess. More, it was just a suggestion post. This here is my first post where I actually experimented with ingredients and made foods that did not taste like crunchy water! I have an ever-increasing backlog of recipes that I kinda-sorta want to try, but will probably never [...]
Read More..>>Mike Spoodles’ Old-Timey Hobo Vegetable Soup
For the past three weeks, I’ve been actually cooking. Homemade vegetable soup, sir. Sure, it’s a meal that requires absolutely no maintenance, but it is fresher than anything you’re going to nuke up in the microwave. In a world drowning in preservatives and sassafrass (the ‘frass is not to be confused with sassafras, which is [...]
Read More..>>Eating out: it’s not ONLY beneficial to your ladyfriend
Just like every other aspect of eating, restaurant-dining and I have had a bit of a tenuous relationship over the past three or four years. Oftentimes, I would accompany my family and friends to restaurants, only to order “just a Diet Coke,” or “decaf coffee, black.” More often, though, I would just avoid the whole [...]
Read More..>>“And it was the best thing I ever done!”
I was perusing my non-food blogroll, I stumbled across Hump Day Stories, which had a wonderful, food-relevant post this morning in regards to the late, apparently-great Williams Smoke House ribs. I swear to God, [the rib] was so good that I dropped it and stared at it. My eyes were wide. I was looking at [...]
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