Number 49 on the list, handmade Coarse Liverwurst (Liver Sausage) from Kilgus Meats in Toledo, Ohio. I just eat the stuff by itself, no sandwich required. In December 2006 shortly after starting this blog over at the Monroe News web site, I fell victim to the whole “Foodie Quiz” thing and wrote one myself. Looking […]
Category: Rants
Twelve Food-Related Statements That Need To Be Banned
Adam at age 15 with some camp cooking equipment from the 1950s. People in the U.S. today would likely be extremely squeamish about eating food prepared with these. When it comes to food, I don’t really like “top-ten” or “top-one-hundred” or any other kind of similar lists. Those lists are very dependant on the taste […]
In Food Writing, Northern Michigan Is …
A Beef & Pork Rutabaga Pasty from Nylund’s Pasties in Crystal Falls, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. Yes, Michigan does indeed have an Upper Peninsula. A couple of my biggest pet peeves have to do with Michigan food writing in general. There are quite a few food writers here in the state and, make no […]
Follow-Up to My Peeps Rant
Following my Peeps rant from the other day, the bin on the right was given to me by Mary and Briahna this morning. Fortunately, it was a joke Easter basket, filled with Peep bath toys, a Peeps coloring project, a 24-piece Peep puzzle for 4-year-olds, and a few pounds of the creatures themselves. Behind it […]
Peeps; A Rant
At Beth’s wedding in May 2008, an army of Peeps readied itself for an attack on Minas Tirith … The other day my daughter Briahna said the darndest thing. She said, “I like to leave Peeps out for about a week so they get stale”. Mary and I just looked at her funny. Why? Because […]
‘The Coney Nazi’
I could easily become … ‘The Coney Nazi’. Ali “Al” Yeganeh’s inspiration for Larry Thomas’s ‘Soup Nazi’ on the 116th episode of Seinfeld was brutal. Ask the character for bread, and either pay for it, or … … “No soup for you!!!” … and out you go. I could easily do that with the Flint coneys I […]
KFC’s Grilled Chicken? “I don’t want nobody foolin’ around with his own ideas.”
Many news organizations are reporting that KFC will soon offer grilled chicken. From the CBC article: Kentucky Fried Chicken customers will be greeted eventually by lighted “Now Grilling” signs, starting in coming weeks in select cities in the United States …Storefront signs will be altered to promote the new product — called Kentucky Grilled Chicken. […]
Strong Comments on Local and Global Food Safety, Part 4
“Uncle Dave, are we there yet?” In Part 1 of this multi-part series (maybe we’re finally at the end), I laid out some of what I felt is wrong with food safety issues in this country. In Part 2, I looked at a few of the differences between the U.S. and just a couple other […]
Strong Comments on Local and Global Food Safety, Part 3
In Part 1 of this multi-part series (that may really never end), I laid out some of what I felt is wrong with food safety issues in this country. In Part 2, I looked at a few of the differences between the U.S. and just a couple other countries with respect to food safety. In this part, […]
Strong Comments on Local and Global Food Safety, Part 2
In Part 1 of this multi-part series (that may never end), I laid out some of what I felt is wrong with food safety issues in this country. But what about other countries? Here’s Chef Anthony Bourdain in a Paris restaurant, from No Reservations on the Travel channel: It’s a common traveler’s dilemma. You hear about […]