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, [...]
Remember when I told you about accidentally booking a spring break trip to Denver? Well I enjoyed the fruits of that late night mistake this past weekend. I must say, it was EVERYTHING I expected. First and foremost, it was cold. How cold? Imagine my ex-girlfriend. Now put her on ice and toss her to the bottom of Lake Michigan in December while listening to [...]
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 [...]
We’re back with another installment of the Baker’s Dozen Interview Series. This time we get up close and personal (or as close and personal as the internet waves allow us to) with Trapdoor Social. Band members Merritt and Skylar and I talk about such things as environmental activism, sustainability, spicy foods and Death Cab for Cutie. We then head off to the kitchen for a mean [...]
Plant City, Florida, which is about 30 minutes outside of Tampa, is the winter strawberry capital of the world. The town begins pumping out berries in late January/early February and continues doing so until sometime in March. The high point of the season is celebrated with a festival that features music, games and the best strawberry shortcake around. In a normal year J-Fur and I [...]
Before hitting 2013 running, let’s take a moment to enjoy some of the finer food parts of 2012. Favorite Sandwiches: Beer Barbecued Chiken with Sprite Biscuits Vegan Fish Tacos BBQ Portobello and Mushroom Sandwich from the Chubby Vegetarian Veggie Ruebens with Kimchi Chicago Style Italian Seitan Monsieur Red Dog Braised Kale and Chickpea Sandwich from Serious Eats Calabacitas Burritos with Homemade Tortillas Lone Star Lentil [...]
This week the farmer’s market offered bags and bags of cranberries at rock bottom prices. I decided to get one with plans of baking and shaking some amazing things. As the purchase date moved farther away and the expiration date came closer my motivation dwindled to the point that I threw them in a salad with some pears and thought I’d call it a night. [...]
I’m not much for cosmetic changes. You get a haircut, I will be the last one to notice. Ask me what is different about you and I’ll be so far off you’ll feel insulted. So I can’t blame you if you didn’t notice the slight cosmetic change that writeclickcooklisten.com underwent last week. See that blue box in the top right hand corner? That’s a new [...]
I celebrated Labor Day by creating (aka desecrating) a New Orleans working class tradition, the muffuletta sandwich. The muffuletta is a sandwich that was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It is said to have been created around 1906 at Central Grocery. Sicilian farmers would come from the nearby Farmers Market to the grocery store for lunch. They would order salami, ham, cheese, [...]
