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A Sandwich That Delivers a Blast of Asian Zest

School’s moving right along now. We’re not quite to the “same ol’ grind” stage, but just thinking about the grind made me hungry. For a grinder. Also known as a sub sandwich or a hoagie. (I can hear the purists lining up now to load up their sligshots with gobstoppers for ammo. Okay, they’re not [...] Read more »

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Monday Review: Amy's and Cathy's, Best Sandwiches in Seguin!

It’s been a while since I reviewed an eatery. Last week I found the perfect candidate: Amy’s and Cathy’s Takeout, on the square in Seguin. This little-known eatery is a gem, a real find in the sleepy little town I now call home. (Again.) Amy and Cathy use an interesting business model: Serve home-made food [...] Read more »

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Friday Follies: Best Barbecue?

It doesn’t matter whether you spell it Barbecue, Barbeque or BBQ; it’s still America’s entry into the Great Cuisines of the World. Practically every state in the Union has its own style. Well, okay; maybe California doesn’t; and that’s just fine with the rest of us. After all, they’ve got Schwarzenegger movies any time they [...] Read more »

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Tis the Season: Yuletide Beans

Beans are one of Nature’s great foods. They deliver wonderful nutrition, dry and store nicely, and are versatile ingredients in so many dishes.
Here in Texas, we like our pintos, as well as black beans, red beans, butter beans, navy beans and more. They’re comfort food, especially once the weather turns a mite nippy out.
While we’re [...] Read more »

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Eat Your Veggies: Brussels Sprouts So Good Even Kids Like Them

Kids don’t like them, usually. Even Presidents don’t like them. They’re so unpopular that it only takes 300 acres of them to supply the whole USA’s demand for half a year.
The Brits eat them, when they can’t get peas. A pundit once opined, “The English have only three vegetables, and two of them are cabbage.” [...] Read more »

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Two Foodie Mags That Caught My Eye

I love to read about food. I don’t subscribe to many magazines, but I often pick up issues at bookstores. If I think there’s a lot of neat stuff inside I’ll buy a copy.
That happened to me recently with two magazines: The new Food Network Magazine, and the current copy of Every Day with Rachel [...] Read more »

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Tailgatin’ on a Tuesday

Finally the weather’s cold enough to think about football. If you’re a true football fan, you’re required you know how to prepare tailgating fare for you and all the lazy camp followers friends and family who come with you to the game to drink your beer and eat you out of house and home cheer [...] Read more »

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Follies Extra: Man Defeats Monster (Burger)

Image Courtesy PopRox.US
The Death Match took almost five hours, and as in all good death matches, only one contestant survived.
This time, it was the human who triumphed.
Brad Sciullo, from western Pennsylvania, took less than the time limit to consume the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser, a fifteen pound burger with five pounds of condiments on board. [...] Read more »

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