Posts Tagged: Food and Drink
An Ann Arbor Round Up
Posted by on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 in - 4 comments
First, I would like to thank the Canadian dollar for peaking just about the very weekend we traveled. Then I would like to thank the new customs guy who asked "you mean like a bunch of cases" when I advised I had 67 beer in the back - to which I responded "well, I have some singles." Woot. • Ann …
Stuff To Eat: Good Lemon Yogurt
Posted by on Monday, November 12, 2007 in - 4 comments
Yogurt in North American has disappointed me. When I was a kid, my grandmother in Scotland fed me Ski brand bacteria laden milk with flavours like pear, hazelnut or coffee. Those sorts of tastes kick strawberry or blueberry butt all over town. They laugh and point at our loser flavours. Would it …
A Saturday In 2007 And Those Of The 80s
Posted by on Saturday, November 3, 2007 in - 1 comment
If you are interested, I wrote a bit about Halifax in the 1980s yesterday for The Session, a monthly thematic series where beer bloggers globally write on the one same topic. Yesterday was "beer and music" and that reminded me of the Halifax of my young wayward adulthood. • It also reminded me …
Baltimore Pit Beef For Christmas
Posted by on Monday, October 8, 2007 in - 8 comments
Big Al's and Chaps, Baltimore • Highlight of the last bit of 2007 (and have you realized that we are 3/4s though the first decade of the 21st century?) is going to be a trip to Baltimore. I got invited last Christmas to write a chapter of a book called Beer and Philosophy and now we are invited …
Thanksgiving Weekend Food Update
Posted by on Sunday, October 7, 2007 in - 6 comments
This being the season of mellow fruitfulness, it really should be better advertised. Except for college kids and leaf colour nerds, autumn is too often portrayed as the end of something rather than a thing in itself. Like New Brunswick, it's too often thought transitional - something to get …
Friday The Bulletteenth Of October
Posted by on Friday, October 5, 2007 in - 10 comments
So I took today off and a few more days between now and the end of the year. That means zippo to you but I seem to have won the weather lotto so there. • I think the whole Harper fluffball this week about the Speech from the Throne is another small embarrassment for us all leading to lack of …
Tacos Are Easier Than BBQ
Posted by on Sunday, September 23, 2007 in - 3 comments
I made my own fresh tomato salsa yesterday. Just ripe tomato, lime, onion, cilantro and...was there anything else? In fact I made a whole Canadian-Mexican feed for 12 (even though there were only five of us) in about 45 minutes. This is nutty and may have to be explored more. I don't know if it …
Ralph's Rib's Sauce Is Back!
Posted by on Thursday, September 6, 2007 in - leave a comment
Despite being a man who does sit ups - have I mentioned that? - I have to make sure I do not forget those who made me a man who does sit ups including those fine purveyors of BBQ. One of the saddest days in my family was the day back in 2006 that we learned that Ralph's Ribs of Ithaca had shut …
Sign Of The Endtimes #3378
Posted by on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in - 8 comments
There are some things I won't put on the beer blog - including some new gack called "Guinness Red". Apparently the much jiggered with recipe moves over the last few decades have done their deed leaving the brewer to consider "the brand is the asset" now that it has destroyed the actual drink …
Friday Holiday Linkarama
Posted by on Friday, August 3, 2007 in - 29 comments
Just a week off. Just one but, really, it's already begun in my mind. When did it start? When I began planning? When work got quiet from other people being away? It's always better on holiday. • Death to the animals update: We salute you, cougar choker! • Thanks for nothing, Norma. • So even …
