Login



Global Underground

July BOM

         

August BOM

         

Red-Hot Bits & Bytes

Powered by Twitter Tools

Juicy Bites

Mercado

Amazin’ Amazon

   

Looking for Something?

Google

Who’s There?

Affiliations

My BlogCatalog BlogRank
Foodbuzz
BlogBurst.com Chilefire Member Half Hour Meals

North Texas Heat, and Chinese Buffet; a Great Start to the Month

I’m visiting a conference in Denton, TX, on campus at the University of North Texas. It’s a nice campus, but it’s hard to tell these days; it’s so hot up here you can’t really get out and tour the facilities for any length of time! It was 107 in the shade today, and the heat [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

Fish 4 Friday: Skate Grilled in Banana Leaves

I spent plenty of time in Singapore over the years, and I always enjoyed touring the food hawkers’ areas. My favorites were Tiong Bahru Market, Bukit Timah, Chomp Chomp Food Centre, People’s Park, and Lau Pa Sat. I never made it to Glutton’s Square, although the place is still legendary on the island and with [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

Happy Mother’s Day! Some Lighter Fare for You

Dateline, Lebanon: The Israeli-Lebanese War took another nasty turn yesterday, with an escalation of more than double the previous situation. No, I don’t mean the usual war, with ordinance flying around in large, energetic chunks. This is much more troubling, as it involves food. A group of over 300 Lebanese chefs converted eight tons of [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

A Wintry Time Was Had By All: The Texas Renaissance Festival

We made opening day (October 10) at the Texas Renaissance Festival this year. We hadn’t done that in a decade or more! We went prepared fore wet weather, as a cold front passed by during the night. We didn’t have any rain all day, though. There was quite a bit of water in the low [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

Friday Follies: Mona Lisa Smile, Interrupted by Ronald McDonald

I don’t know if this is evidence of the advanced state of the French culture, or (more likely) proof that Europe is sliding into complete rot and decadence. It IS verification that fast food is more acceptable and accesible than ever before…
A recent report confirms that McDonald’s will be opening at the Louvre. Yes, the [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

Two Years and Counting: “Daddy, Are We There Yet?”

The most important and vital Underground on the Web (that deals with food and is headquartered in Texas) has reached Yet Another Milestone: Our second birthday! Time to celebrate!
Let’s face it, YAMs don’t come around that often, so we’re going to take full advantage of this one. Since it’s our second year anniversary, I have [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

World Championship Chili Cookoff in West Virginia? Say It Ain’t So, Joe!

I was cruising that World Wide Web thingie, looking for important regional cooking events to give everybody a heads-up about, when I saw some disturbing news. The International Chili Society will be holding their World Championship Chili Cookoff in Charleston, West Virginia tihs year! Yeah; you read that right. How could they move it all [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark

The Leaving of DC and the Long Ride Home

Today’s the day; the day the best damn calorimetry team you ever heard of packs up and leaves Washington DC for home…
One more breakfast in the small dining room at the Comfort Inn, elbowing our way through the crowd of eager tourists all stoking up for the long day of walking and touring. Juice, coffee, [...] Read more »

  • Share/Bookmark