So I’m at a conference in Rapid City, South Dakota, the day after the worst October blizzard on record. These poor, poor people – 30 inches of snow, drifting to eight feet in places and power out for days. Despite this, Rapid City seems to be a nice little town. The downtown area has some…
Category: Food
Oenology
So I recently had some really great wines that I wanted to share. I’ve always been a firm believer that some of the best wines out there are under $15 dollars. (Now don’t get me wrong – I wouldn’t turn down a Chateau Margaux 1937, but at $920 a bottle, it seems unlikely I’ll ever…
I am a camera.
I’ve been pretty busy lately so haven’t had much time to post anything. Brian’s parents are on their grand tour of Europe; six weeks and more countries than I can keep count of. Each afternoon we look forward to his mother’s recap of the day. They make me want to pack my bags. She’s an excellent…
Meet Me in St. Louie, Louie…
So I had a meeting in St. Louis last week. The meeting was tedious, but my first time in town. There was an interesting opinion piece in the New York Times about a month ago (Loving the Midwest) about how slow St. Louis is, e.g. nothing going on downtown. I certainly found that to be true. It…
Gourds and Goat
So this is what we got in our weekly shipment of produce from Farmhouse Delivery. Mostly recognizable, but I have no idea how I’m going to use that squash. It looks more like what I decorate the house with in the Fall. I wonder if it’s shellacable… One of the purple potatoes is not much…
Name that Vegetable
So we get a weekly shipment of produce from Farmhouse Delivery. It’s great! You never know what you’re going to have waiting for you in the little plastic bin. Generally, there are a couple of items that leave one speculating ‘what the heck is this?’ This is particularly true with the greens. Who knew there were…
The Runcible Existentialist 