My niece E arrived in town yesterday to do some exploring of Florida’s wildlife. She was being accompanied by her cop friend on the trip. J-Fur and I met the two of them for dinner at Ella’s. Between bites of fried green tomatoes, spicy taters and cheeseless pizza, a thought occurred to me. Dude, I’m a wildebeest. This thought was followed by a number of [...]
What if you had a great friend who never went home for dinner and was involved in all aspects of your life? A friend who you played on street corners with and invited to Vietnam in order to incubate your music? Now imagine that same friend, was your twin sister. That is sort of what it is like for Brittany and Brooke Graeff. Together, [...]
I was an avid book reader as an elementary aged kid. I would read way more books than any my classmates (and it wasn’t even close). Part of it was because I liked to read more than playing video games or watching television. More of it was that I loved pizza. My elementary school participated in Book-It, a program sponsored by Pizza Hut, which would [...]
Skizzy Mars is no stranger to write.click.cook.listen. I have followed him closely since “Douchebag” made its way across my computer screen. For the first time, ever, Skizzy Mars dropped a collection of songs that are related enough to be called a mixtape. Phases fits together like a fine Caesar salad. Each track is like its own ingredient. No matter how much you mix and stir, each [...]
I never got around to making my own cheese before I stopped eating it. A lot of that had to do with the fact that every cheese recipe I ever saw involved days and days of waiting around for something to happen. Couple that with all the things that could go wrong and I figured it was much easier to go to my local grocery [...]
A few years back I wrote about the wonderful deep dish Sicilian pizza that is offered in a Wesley Chapel strip mall. After every half marathon I return to La Prima Pizza to ease the pain and celebrate a (hopefully) successful 3 months of training. Now that I have pretty much removed dairy from my diet I was looking for another way to continue to [...]
Last weekend when I made a load of pizza crust I never imagined how awesome my week would be. I was able to come home late from work (because of course everything would be scheduled in the same week) and instead of starting the large production I had planned I just popped some pizza crust in the oven, cut some toppings and had dinner in a [...]
Babe Ruth is arguably the greatest baseball player in the history of the game (and was voted so by The Sporting News back in ’98). He is also one of the most famous. Part of this notoriety stems from his being more than just an athlete. Sure he did amazing things on the field but his celebrity was cemented off the field. It was here [...]
For the second year in a row J-Fur and I hosted Thanksgiving at our place. Her sister and parents were in attendance. Here are the highlights of some of the great tastes that we enjoyed: Appetizers Spiced Almonds Roasted Apple Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Pizza Salad Kale Salad with Butternut Squash, Cranberries and Pepitas Soup Carrot and Ginger and White Bean Side Dishes Stuffing [...]
