Hands down, other than a good knife, the best investment you can make in your Kitchen is a small window herb garden. It takes about an hour to plan, purchase and set up and pays for itself pretty fast if you cook at home on a regular basis. Instead of …
Recently a fan asked me to contribute a story for a Kitchen Holiday special he was doing. It took me a while since most of my Holiday tales are tragic/traumatic and not quite “funny” or “uplifting” yet one came to mind. It was in rural Kentucky. I clearly remember it …
Here we are again, that awkward time of year where it seems like everyone is in a jolly mood and feeling festive and, if you’re anything like me, you’re simply hate the fucking holidaze. I’m here to tell you, there’s nothing wrong with it and anyone who takes an issue …
Well this, even by my standards has been a fucked up year. Now, it’s one thing when shit’s hitting in my world but it’s a whole other beast when just about everyone of you has been impacted by this madness. Never could I have imagined our industry being in this …
My brain operates with about 30 to 40 tabs open at a single time. One of the most valuable things that I have learned to do in order to be able to sleep at night, is to put together a prep list for myself for the next day similar to …
I was only around 5 at the time and I remember the situation but not really knowing what was going on at the time. My mother and I had just picked up my grandfather from the hospital after having heart surgery. At the time he was probably around 70 I’d …
Sadly this is not a joke, things have literally gotten this point. I say this in utmost sincerity, my crackhead neighbor is better suited for president than Donald Trump. This woman is not without her flaws. In the six months that I’ve lived in East Oakland she’s threatened to kill …
Expectations and limitations….They’re the root of stress and resentment the Old Man used to remind me any time I’d get pissed off about something and, when looking at things objectively, the man had a point. It was always because I didn’t get the phone call or the job, that my …
Brown Beard was working at this big shit golf resort years ago when he was still earning his stripes. The owner of the place, a guy who was worth millions happened to walk through the Kitchen one afternoon. Brown Beard had, as he describes it, a tray of vegetable scraps …
I know that this is going to piss off a whole lot of people and well, good…. The simple fact is that you can’t be both a racist and an American, you need to pick a side. I’ve briefly mentioned this before and caught a world of shit on both …
