It’s easy to be cynical, and I’m so right there with you Salty, I might as well be Ground Pepper, but there is a bit of a significance for the kitchen and the chefs anyway, when it comes to the specials. Yeah, Anthony Bourdain kind of blew the lid on the whole deal, (“Don’t order the fish on Sunday!”), which might be…

My husband was 24 when my autistic son was conceived so I don’t know how much merit that theory has. My son is also is a picky eater, but his pickiness is all about food textures. I can usually get him to eat certain fruits and veggies, once I figured out what textures he can handle.

After 18 years (with the last six showing major symptoms), I was finally diagnosed with cibiphobia: the fear of food. (Here is a really good Healthline description of the disorder.) It’s kinda like a combination of orthorexia and contamination OCD.

As someone with an eating disorder myself, I can appreciate this kid’s problems.  He should have gotten help sooner though.  When I was about his age I went two weeks without food and about 10 days without sleep.  After I passed out in school and woke up in the hospital, I finally got help.  Also, I can’t prove it,…

I have this condition. It’s a common symptom of autism, as in my case. I hope this boy can find a way to cope with his condition and I hope he gets tested for autism.

...I don’t think you listen to this booth often.

This is a bit cynical, even for me.

The overall goal is for a restaurant to stay profitable enough to remain in business so its cooks and charming waitstaff can continue to do what they do best.

Wade Boggs is alive.

This is Jerry Remy type stuff. Remy would state on nearly every broadcast, unrelated to anything actually going on in the game, that Wade Boggs (God rest his soul) could have hit a double or triple or homer or whatever he pleased in every at bat but didn’t because he wanted to advance the runner or give his teammates…

I worked with a college soccer coach that said a two-goal lead was worse than a one-goal lead. His justification was that the team was too settled up two and often give up two goals instead of continuing to play hard just up one. I tried to rationalize that once you gave up that first goal up two goals, it became a…

I can’t articulate why, but the absolute best part of this is the“Keep it simple!” at the end.

After game 1 of last year’s NLDS between the Brewers and Rockies, which the Brewers won after also winning their last eight regular season games, he declared the Rockies “in the driver’s seat” because the game had gone to extra innings. Extra innings losses are well known to be as good as wins, if not better, in a…

Just when I thought Jerry Falwell Jr. had good taste in men.

This is Bill O'Brien going all in. If he's fired, it's the next guys problem that the team has no picks (I think they have a 2, 5, 6, and 7 in 2020). If he wins, he keeps his job. This is after trading Clowney for two guys the Hawks might have cut and a 2020 third (which is likely at most 10 picks ahead of a…

Bill Belichick will sign him next week and he'll be a three-time All-Pro for New England

Yeah, chips and salsa sounds like complete bullshit.

Ummm…that recipe's missing the hot sauce. That's pretty damn important.

I think it's a generational thing. When I was bartending, folks over 60 would call it a Bloody Caesar about half the time, but people younger than that would just call it a Caesar 100% of the time.