Tennessee Red’s: Real BBQ in Portland

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

What is Barbecue? There is perhaps no word in the culinary lexicon of American English that sets mouths to watering and arguing as profusely as barbecue. You probably know what it is, and what it is not. We all know that when at its best, barbecue is an apex of achievement ...

Panera Unfair?

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I read the first sentence of this, and then I was laughing hysterically enough to think it blogworthy. Welcome to the restaurant business, you pansy breadmongers' lackeys.

Crab+Bacon+Walnut=Ravioli

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

First, I got to work on the filling. I had Dungeness crab and bacon, and decided to bind them with potatoes and walnuts. Of course, merely mashing up two potatoes wasn't enough for me. No, I actually made a micro-batch of fresh shrimp stock from shells, carrot, onion, celery, parsley, ...