Ever since Hooch showed me how to make smoothies to address my munchies back in the day, I’ve been fond of throwing fruit and other stuff into a mechanical mixing device and eating or drinking what came out. As Kathy and I traveled to Southern California – La Jolla specifically – we were introduced toContinue reading “ah-sah-hee”
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paste for 12
Blue LLama!
Ann Arbor has had a couple of great jazz clubs over the past 30-40 years. Ron Brooks’ Bird of Paradise on Main Street gave a venue for many local jazz artists to perform, giving birth to the Bird of Paradise Orchestra – basically Paul Keller’s big band – which has lived on as the PaulContinue reading “Blue LLama!”
one meatball
Did you ever pick a restaurant for its fireplace(s)? That’s how we ended up at Martell’s in Kalamazoo last night (1), where I’ve dragged Kathy for basketball homecoming at Vicksburg tonight. This month’s Encore conveniently just arrived and featured an article on the 5 best fireplaces in the Kalamazoo area (2). Readers of this blogContinue reading “one meatball”
stuff ’em, Danno
Tonight’s going to be lamb stuffed peppers. Meijer’s had a nice sale on those colorful out-of-season Mexican imports so I said what the hell. Kathy swoons whenever I say stuffed peppers will be on the menu, but I sometimes forget how good they can be. I haven’t come up with a new way to stuffContinue reading “stuff ’em, Danno”
stew!
The sleet and ice falling on us Saturday morning sure didn’t get us dreaming of a white Christmas, but it did that magical Michigan thing of helping us enjoy the great indoors all the more. With the fireplace roaring and the lights on our 11’ tree twinkling, the hygge was like a scented oil engulfingContinue reading “stew!”
buckeyes!
Kathy’s classes today will be special. Not just because her students haven’t seen her in person since she fell ill with influenza A Sunday before last, and not just because this will be her last class of the term. But today she’s bringing ‘em a treat, something she whipped up yesterday. No, it’s not aContinue reading “buckeyes!”
eat Harold’s
Harold Pierce makes the finest fried chicken in the Midwest, maybe the best on earth https://www.seriouseats.com/harolds-fried-chicken-chicago. He deserves his self-appointed title as “Fried chicken king”. He started in ’51, catering mainly to south side black neighborhoods, with his first restaurant at 47th and Kenwood, right at the border of the ghetto and Hyde Park. TheContinue reading “eat Harold’s”
tallow, ho!
Blame it on the Rockies. We were at a Colorado Springs bar munching away at some delicious fries, moved to take a second glance at the menu which indicted they’d been fried in beef tallow. Of course! I’d realized just recently that frying is better done in animal fat. Much maligned lard has fewer caloriesContinue reading “tallow, ho!”
meat!
I love shopping at Meijer’s. None of the three stores in our area is very close, maybe 5 miles or so, but the trip down Platt passes by Bombay Grocers (source of peeled garlic for paste), the dump, and the cheapest gas station in town. Added on todays trip was Gordon Food Services, right acrossContinue reading “meat!”
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