The Cuzco Alpaca Spit begin their season today hoping to improve on last year’s position. If you’ve never heard of them, no worries, they are a fantasy baseball team. I’ve done fantasy baseball almost every year since I was eleven or twelve, it was something my father and I would do together. Over the years my team has gone through many name changes. Among them: [...]
In “Everyone is My Friend” the Owls pose the question: “And even now, in the sunlight with grapefruit juice and coffee bound and bountied to winter without end, would you two like each other or are you too much alike?” I’ve thought through this lyrical inquest a number of times, looked at from different angles and I keep coming back to one thing. If I’m [...]
If you’ve been planning a trip to Italy but haven’t yet gotten the funds together, may I suggest that you forgo that plan and travel instead to the Yucatan Penninsula in Mexico. Everywhere we went (which is Cancun, Merida and Tulum) Italians and Italian fusion restaurants weren’t difficult to spot (thank god for that because otherwise J-Fur might not have had anything to eat). These [...]
I tried to cash it completely on my trip to Mexico (although I had to stop to the ATM twice because of various difficulties). This created an interesting conundrum. In the US, when I go out to eat I usually order tap water and drink to my heart’s content. Since people are all about not drinking the water in Mexico, everything comes in bottled form [...]
What would pine nuts, tortellini and fresh mozzarella be like if I “didn’t get the pesto” like Asher Roth mentions in his song “More Cowbell?” I can tell you because the first time I tried to make it I ran out of pesto and settled for tomato sauce. It was weak. Asher Roth-More Cowbell On another note: I’m heading to Mexico for a week of [...]
A German inspired restaurant is not the place that a vegetarian expects to find decent food. So the first few times I found myself at Mr. Dunderbak’s I put little effort into making a decision. I barely even glanced at the menu before ordering a pretzel, pomme frites and potato lattkes. I always left feeling that the next time I saw a potato would be [...]
Most people probably celebrated Fat Tuesday with doughnuts and Vegan King Cakes. My cuisine was slightly less colorful though positively more healthy. I piled some asparagus, broccoli and Edmame into a pot, added some stock and spices then topped it with goat cheese croutons (aka baguette with slathered in goat cheese). The dish tasted really good (even if the picture looks like crap). If my [...]
On Saturday I caught a spring training game between the Phillies and Pirates. One of my favorite parts of walking into Brighthouse Networks Field is the smell of peppers and onions. Since it is usually paraded alongside some huge meat pile like a Cheesesteak or Italian Sausage I don’t get to enjoy this stalwart ballpark combination. Instead I have to mimic it at home. This [...]
(AP image taken by Matt Rourke) Whoopie Pies are born in controversy. This blog, though trying to remain above the fray, has been no different to these whoopie wars. First there was the disparaging remarks about my eye sight at something I wrote about a whoopie pie shop. Then, the shipped batch that had to settle a bet. Now, in a story that has gone [...]
