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 [...]
In “Stay Still” by the Vuvuvultures one of those bored housewives goes off the deep end and completely beheads her husband. This is after serving him up a plate of dead chicks, maggots, spiders, ants and a number of other gross appetizers. Not the kind of food you were expecting? Perhaps I should include that there were some oranges, strawberries and pasta involved as well. [...]
Before I give you a brief history lesson I have to mention, this is sort of a bitchy dish. Back in November I cooked up this compromise and exuded about it in a playlist. I then moved on to other foods, the holidays, life stuff. Unfortunately, like a spoiled brat, this posole would not let me live a day without reminding me that I had [...]
British-turned-Floridian Darren Ockert is a man who does it all. He sings, writes music, produces and votes for important music decisions such as The Grammy winners and inductees to The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Recently Darren added actor to his CV as he starred in a documentary (entitled Darren Ockert: A Mini Documentary) that centered around his life as a professional musician. The ten minute [...]
Somehow, some way, J-Fur and I have to figure out how to fit a baby in this cramped apartment. In recent weeks we’ve combed painstakingly through our possessions trying to figure out what needs to go and what can stay. One of the first things we attacked is our 95 book shelves. Memories ensued, followed closely behind by tantrums, as I had to part with [...]
Right before Christmas the The Hyper Actives released a critically acclaimed debut album called Rock N Roll Lives Again. The album pays tribute to some of their adrenaline fueled forefathers like AC/DC, Motorhead and Dead Boys. The album is largely made up of three chords being played for about three minutes (or less) as fast and aggressively as possible. It is a fun time packaged [...]
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 [...]
When I get an idea for a dish it needs to be something that really humps. I’m not talking the going through the motions, we’ve been at this for fifty years, I have a whole bunch of stuff I’d rather be doing type of humping. I’m talking about something that really attacks and ravishes my taste buds while making amazing food love to them. I [...]
There is a place where unicorns rest on clouds of soft fluff and Loch Ness Monsters sit submerged inches beneath the surface of coral colored water. Alien children learn telepathic math lessons from their supremely intelligent teachers while knocking bottles of alien juice “accidentally” from their desks. Chupacabras, Skunk Apes and Yetis wrestle harmlessly in green, wildflower covered fields. It is here that Glowing Screens [...]
