So last night I had an incident that, at the time I didn’t think much of and I posted about it to more applause than I deserve. I was in the grocery store, there was only one cashier, a kid who looked old enough to still be in High School …
First and foremost, I’m not getting paid to write this, I’d tell you if I was. That said, I feel obligated to tell you how awesome it is. Lodge Cast Iron is a trusted brand so when I saw this on sale for $30, I figured it would at least …
It was natural that I got up this morning before sunrise. Something primal knew it was the first day of Spring and that I needed to pay my respects. It’s been a long cold winter for a lot of us and yet, despite the odds and obstacles, here we are. …
There are certain foods that can evoke memories and take you back to places you had long forgotten. This is the case with the Hams from Edwards Smokehouse in Surry County Virginia. My mom was raised in Surry and my Grandparents owned a general store not too far up the …
Dude, I have every reason to hate your guts and when I woke up and saw the missed calls, all that anger went out the window. All I could do was smoke a joint and shake my head. I honestly thought the whole thing was squashed. You crossed the line, …
At this point I’m used to the constant stream of verbal sewage that’s spewed anytime I post anything of relevance. In a way, it’s a litmus test and I haven’t really hit my mark unless I’ve pissed off a few people along the way. In this day and age, I …
This is one of those holiday traditions that I’ve always heard of, yet never had the chance to try or make myself until an event recently. Turns out that it’s as tasty as it sounds and really isn’t hard to make though I will say, some of the spices can …
I wasn’t there in person, the story was told to me years ago by another cook outside while getting high on cheap weed after a long night in the Kitchen where the stress had almost reached the tipping point. We’ve all seen it, it’s one of those situations that we …
So you can cook? How does that apply to daily life? Well the fact of the matter is that a lot of the skills we develop in the Kitchen are easily transferable. By far the most important is the concept of Mise En Place. It’s Kitchen French for “Have your …
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 …
