Vienna is probably most well known for the log of meat that bears its name. But the Vienna sausage pales in its importance to the city when stacked up against baseball’s standby, the soft pretzels. You see one time pretzels actually saved the city. The story goes like this. During the Battle of 1510 the Turks decided to invade Vienna. Unable (or unwilling) to whittle [...]
In our latest installment of the Baker’s Dozen Interview Series, Jersey band Boxed Wine shares their thoughts on colloquial Australia, life after school, slaughtering butterflies and playing the laptop. We also delve into their music a bit before hitting the kitchen for a brilliant (and fucking easy) open faced grilled cheese with turkey, gravy and bacon. Boxed Wine gets cheap and fun now: TB: Boxed [...]
I gave up meat almost thirteen years ago (the actual anniversary will be on Thanksgiving). Since that time I have only eaten it once, though it wasn’t on purpose. I was working at a health food store, famished after having eaten nothing all day. We were closing for the evening and getting ready to throw out some mashed potatoes. I decided to eat some, not [...]
