Picky eater + internet = me

I'm a picky eater, a really picky eater (if it's green, I probably won't eat it). But, this wonderful web gem has surfaced in my daily minings of the internet. Search on an ingredient and find a recipe with that. Yeah, it's not rocket science, but have you seen something like this already? Didn't think so. So get cooking!

Garden fantasy

We've been discussing what to plant this year. In light of the deer debacle last summer, we are struggling to get enthusiastic, but I think we have a plan: Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes, Better Boy or Salsa tomatoes, possibly some okra and some hot peppers. It sounds like a gumbo garden.

Cat + Sushi = Cute?

We all know about certain Asian cultures and their um, use of cats. But the Japanese are really not helping when they introduce cat-sushi. No, not sushi for your cat but sushi (actually stuffed sushi, as in stuff animals) that has cats in it. Don't believe me? Take a look for yourself. It's cute and distrubing at the same time. I just love the Japanese!

Tea parties are so passé

I don't have kids, but if I did, you know they'd be playing with this sushi toyset.

A special place in my heart...

...for this fabulous spoof of pretentious phood photographers and stylists. I hate those guys. Thanks to Kiplog for steering me there.

Lazy bartender?

Are you so tired from cooking, that you can't devote any energy to making a drink? Maybe this project will help.

The Ice Bar Cometh

I'm back from a week of skiing at Crested Butte and Monarch. The town was charming, the skiing, unlike here, was good, and I have a good turtleneck tan with reverse raccoon eyes, proving to my friends that I lead an "active lifestyle."

The food was much better than at most ski resorts; here's a quick summary:

Best slab o' beef = Wooden Nickel
Tries hard but doesn't make it = Le Bosquet
Makes fabulous look easy = Soupçon
Best brisket sandwich = Monarch Bar
Worst brisket sandwich = Butte 66
Rockin après ski = Butte 66
Best mountain lunch with a white tablecloth= Rustica
Cheapest, quickest lunch with cool atmosphere = Brown Labrador Pub & Bakery
Chic wine bar, with Carmenere = Princess
Best mid-mountain bar for Bode Miller skiing (a son of New Hampshire who also recognizes the technique enhancing benefits of alcohol) = Ice Bar
Favorite Beer = New Belgium Sunshine Wheat

Alien worms attacked my fish!

Kirk's post about foodloops was cool - I love any silicone kitchen gadgets. The loops do look like pink tapeworms, or in this context....lamprey eels!

You'll be missed, Robert Baker

Robert Baker was the inventor of the chicken nugget. He's gone to the big golden arches in the sky.

Read about it here.

Cooking for Engineers

Need a more analytical approach to cooking? Then check out Cooking for Engineers.

Food Loops?

Um, plastic ties that you can cook? No thank you.

Better living through chemistry? No wonder everyone's dieing of cancer.

Cowboy leg beautiful pole (Part Deux)

But there's more menus to enjoy.

Cowboy leg beautiful pole

No, it's not a tag line for Brokeback Mountain, it's a menu translated into English (sorta)

Diet and Fat

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health.
It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.