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the great pasta kerfuffle
I alluded to this in my most recent post on brand loyalty: the great spaghetti sauce change up of 2024 and the “kerfuffle that caused” in our house. First of all, we’re not Italian. So when I write about “spaghetti sauce” I need to be exceptionally clear that we are basically talking about the red
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loyal out of habit
I’ve been thinking a lot about brand loyalty lately. I’m surrounded by food these days. Overflowing shelves packed with things that seem delicious and interesting and unique—but yet I don’t recognize a single brand name. It might sound like I’m describing some kind of weird suburban middle-aged man’s nightmare. But no. On the contrary. I’ve
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those autumn vibes
There is a pale soft mist floating upon the grass this chilly October morning. I realize that is has been nearly a year since I wrote here, and in the meantime I have complicated our little relationship—a transaction that should be simpler—by adding and twisting and doing things that were never going to work without
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Just A Re-introduction
The Cast Iron Guy was my pandemic project. I needed an optimistic moment in every day, something thru with to look out onto a crazy world and find something solid and reliable. If you’ve come here looking for in depth cast iron cooking advice, or one of those guys who uses electrolysis to do amazing
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Fire Smoke
We’ve been routinely waking up to the smell of campfire, and not in a good way. Last year I had this idea of creating a video series to accompany this site, and I actually produced a couple early episodes, where I would have a sit around a campfire — maybe in my backyard, maybe in
Category: life & stuff
Generally just words and thoughts on the progress of my day-to-day.