Episodes
The Best Chicken Fried Steak In The Galaxy
I was fortunate to grow up in the middle of nowhere, although I didn’t see it as a fortune at the time. Looking back of course, having no one to play with but my brother and nothing to do but run around The Hill as we called it was probably the coolest way to spend…
Read MorePutt-Putt Picnic
(Okay. It was actually minigolf. But “Minigolf Picnic” isn’t as fun or as alliterative … those two facts are possibly related.) If it’s been a while since you’ve played minigolf, I think you should do it soon. Preferably with a group of friends and a picnic. The last time I’d gone was for my own…
Read MoreSonoran Hot Dogs!
Hot Dogs: The Alpha and The Omega. The first time I made these was for my friend Jane. We had lunch together in my mom’s kitchen. It was lovely and Jane was happy and I was happy and we spoke of wondrous things. The second time I made these I was on the news. Last…
Read MoreHeads Up! Pico de Gallo!
Really quick before the new episodes start up tomorrow! Here’s how to make pico de gallo! “Pico de gallo” translates from Spanish to “beak of the rooster” and theories on that name mostly all revolve around the sharpness of a rooster’s beak being analogous to the spicy pop of pico de gallo. It’s a very…
Read MoreWest-Indian Pepper Sauce
Okay, y’all, I’ma be real with you: I don’t know dick about Jamaican food. I’ve never even had Jamaican food. But in my mind, I know that I would love it, namely because I love me some hot peppers. Scotch bonnets, habaneros, whatever you got: Bring It. Plus, allspice and citrus?? I bet it smells…
Read MoreSalsa Verde Recipe
Pace Picante sauce was a staple in my house growing up. Remember those “Get a rope” commercials? Ahaha. Those were the days. The days when Pace was a decent salsa. Then something happened, I don’t know, I guess I was around eight, and my parents quit buying Pace because they “changed the formula”. Well, that…
Read MoreHow to Make Kimchi
My maternal grandmother gets most of the credit for broadening my palate and introducing me to strange things that I probably would never have tasted otherwise, or at least not until I was much older. She fed my brother and me things like nori sheets toasted with parmesan, curried pumpkin seeds, spicy dried mango, Swiss…
Read MoreIndian Spiced Vegetable Medley
If you can call a motley crew of vegetables culled from the depths of the crisper drawer and all cooked together until one knows not where one ends and another begins because they are all beautifully melded with spicy chilies, cilantro, and homemade* garam masala powder a “medley”, then that is what I had for…
Read MoreFried Okra
I am sad, y’all. These apocalyptic wildfires that are eating up my sweet home state are making me sad. This week I’m moving things out of my grandma’s house, just in case. Just in case a huge massive blaze of oxidation should sweep a few miles westward or northward, or from any direction really, and…
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