Onion soup holds terrifying nostalgia. I grew up eating “glop” or stews of chicken and beef combined with whatever else happened to be expiring, looked suspicious or only to be consumed by boiling the hell out of it until fear of poisoning burned away. Most of the time, it was good, and I credit such [...]

I am thankful it’s May, particularly May 5th because it’s another excuse to eat and drink to one’s contentment. Unfortunately, it’s also a brisk 47 degrees out and soup seems the most appropriate. I am always looking for a good tortilla soup recipe and this one tops my list in increments of spicy and [...]

It’s five fucking degrees where I live and I’m beginning to day dream about that first “warm” day. Every East Coaster knows what I’m talking about. It finally reaches fifty degrees, and we wear flip flops, open the windows in the house and car, breathing real air for the first time in months. I am [...]

Chili is awesome, like a lover who will let you tie them up and knock them down, it’s very versatile. There are so many different recipes, I encourage you to experiment. You just need an essential base of either veggies, turkey, chuck roast, sirloin, beans, pork, ground beef/turkey/chicken. Whatever works for you. I recommend going [...]

I decided to try Bon Appétit’s Spicy Curry Noodle Soup, their acclaimed dish of the year for 2007. This recipe is not your average bowl of chicken noodle and hails from Mai Pham of Lemon Grass Restaurant in Sacramento. It’s ridiculously good, playing off flavors like ginger and coconut milk, red jalapeños, curry and sweet [...]

Ever have one of those weeks where you are constantly hungover? No? Well than you are a much better person than I… or not an alcoholic. In the case of such a week, desperate measures take over and your body must be healed of all the god forsaken impurities you drank, injected, snorted, inhaled and [...]