i made this up. i just opened up my fridge and started grabbing jars and after the 4th i stopped. i suppose i’d call this dish moroccan. i mean, i could really call it anything i pleased – as long as i didn’t call it late for dinner… hee. i just grabbed some organic roasted [...]

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dear readers, i’m past the point of caring who chooses to defend this statement – but overall, the mexican food in nashville is Not. Good. it is the subject of many a local conversation and frankly, i am OVER the topic and am currently inconvincible of anything otherwise. for the most part, i’ve just given [...]

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  as one might imagine, mostly i cook for others.  and so when it comes time to serve dinner i’m always having to say, ‘please, go ahead and start’, because i am usually behind a lens, tackling a tripod, trying to take a pic of whatever’s on my plate.  so sometimes i rush.  and this [...]

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i swear this dish started out as a vegetarian dinner. and it was. twice. until it just couldn’t be anymore. and really, there is so very little meat on this plate. just 2 measly strips of: "MY-VERY-OWN-UNFREAKINREAL-CURED-BACONY-STUFF". i mean, who the hell knew you could do this? next thing you know i’ll be baking my [...]

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beans! beans! they’re good for your heart! the more you eat, the more you fart… unless you change the soaking water every couple of hours to remove the offending sugar molecules called oligosaccharides. see what you get from me? both immaturity and education! i am like so totally worth your time… after the butter and [...]

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