The Hating Starbucks Section I have gotten to the point of hating Starbucks. I mean, I’m like everybody else: I dig the coffee and having my drink my way, I dig the hipness (if there’s any left at this point),…
My Bike Commute
So today I drove to work for the first time in several days. I’ve been commuting by bike, and I was surprised at how used to it I have become already. The first odd sensation was feeling vaguely out-of-place driving the…
More Than A Serving of Cold Brew Coffee
Towards the end of last summer, I went to Joule, another of Ashley Christensen’s home run eating establishments in Raleigh. They have all sorts of coffee-based selections. Overwhelmed, I said to the barkeep, “I like iced coffee, and I like…
The World’s Second-Biggest No-Brainer, with Raleigh Bruegger’s Roundup
The second-biggest no-brainer in the world for a regular coffee drinker is the Bruegger’s Bottomless card, which costs $180 a year. It’s pretty easy to figure that you will likely recover your investment by Independence Day with even modest utilization,…
The Truth about Peanut Butter
In the nutrition book I am currently reading [1], the satirical rogue suggests that peanut butter is an all-star among foods, provided that is composed only of peanuts and salt. So with the zeal of a zealot, I dashed out…
Two Kitchen Inventory Control Ideas
Which Onion? Onions are one of the few things besides condiments that we just inventory, meaning that I always have them on hand and do not buy them specifically for the upcoming recipes. Of course, we want to use the…
Spilt Pea Soup the right way
Okay, I’ve seen and tried a number of split pea soup recipes, but they are all flawed in some way, so here is a recipe that is simple, efficient, and effective that gets rave reviews. The only surprise is that…
The Pork Loin 1,2 Punch
Roast pork loin was a Special Meal at our house when I was growing up. It was delicious to be sure, but I am not sure why we only had it on special occasions– it goes on sale for $2/lb.…
Pine Nuts
Pine nuts is just an expression we use for that seed (not sure where it comes from) that has sort of a piney flavor, right? WRONG! They come right out of pine cones, and like the ones in your back…