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the cupboard of the real
What is something you ate 25 years ago that you’d never eat now? Saying “never” is always a bit of a tall order. See, I’d like to tell you that I am not a picky eater—and I think I’d be telling the truth writing that—and that depending on the circumstances (and my mood) I’d probably
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cheap eats
Describe your 2025 in food. This blog rebooted with a theme on January 1, 2021: food. Also adventure, cast iron, the outdoors and simple living. It was the middle of freaking covid and I was basically trapped in my house because of travel restrictions and winter and work from home and I latched onto the
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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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ohhhh … ‘merica
I’ve been thinking about our recent trip to (and back from) Florida and how it fits into the core context of this blog … because, frankly, it doesn’t much, really. I mean, I ran. I raced in three official races with start lines and medals and free bananas at the end and everything. This, of