Even a supertaster has to actually taste food before they know if they like it or not.

Well that’s just the crumb topping for a coffee cake or dutch apple pie. So if you get busted, you were just perfecting the recipe and he ruined the surprise. Or maybe he’ll be in to it and you two can just...well, something, I’m not sure what.

I guess he just likes it. It is different in taste and texture than regular peanut butter. Kinda like cake batter and actual cake.

I think it’s just slightly more complicated transaction than “Cook my meat!” At least at nicer restaurants...obviously the Chipotle-style of customizing everything is gaining popularity. And I do love Chipotle, don’t get me wrong, and getting my burrito exactly how I want it is nice. But you’re also paying the chef…

Side story. An acquaintance recently revealed that he buys cheap ice cream that features a peanut butter streak for the sole purpose of washing the cheap ice cream off the peanut butter. He then either eats this peanut butter or uses it in other, unnamed, applications. Not something I really needed or wanted to know,…

I wouldn’t judge you for doing that now...whatever you do in the privacy of your kitchen is your business. I just don’t want to have to watch you.

Babies are the tenderest.

The hunters in my family (the one I married into) insist that venison has to be cooked well-done because the meat is wild. They even usually butcher it in such a way that cooking it medium or under is nearly impossible (think very, very thin minute steaks). I have mastered tenderizing and flash-frying it in their…

Some of these customers really need to learn when to keep stuff private. Like raw cake batter...whip up a cake mix and eat it at home. Hell, a lot of the brownie batter doesn’t make into the pan when I bake. Want to suck straight caramel sauce out of the jar or bag? Do so at home, treat yo self. You can even find…

My mother and her mother salt everything before eating it...everything. Chinese food gets salted. Pizza slices, also salted. Ham sandwich? Needs salt. They carry salt in their purses in case a restaurant doesn’t have it on the table. And yes, I’ve gone over how insulting that is the the chef (or me, when I’ve cooked).

Watching Faux News and listening to conservative radio Friday night was just so, so satisfying.

It’s actually much better than descriptions like “watered down ketchup” make it sound. I prefer chili sauce to ketchup for the base, or a combination of chili sauce and ketchup, with the horseradish and lemon. Alton Brown’s is quiet good and is now what’s for dinner, too.

Oh, well, they certainly won’t ask for more if that’s what you give them.

People tend to gloss over their own poor behavior when rehashing the story to management. I’ve seen it happen. Amazing what a slight change of tone or seemingly minor omission can do. Suddenly “threw paper towel at her” becomes “handed her my paper towel to throw away.”

See, she annoys me less because she’s *not* claiming an allergy. It’s still going to make me roll my eyes, but at least she isn’t inventing a condition or something. But really, at a vegan restaurant, I’m surprised this was even memorable.

I feel you. I used to work in Sears lingerie department and have seen some shenanigans with old ladies returning really old stuff and trying to scam discounts. Ugh.

Tea too hot? Just hang in there, lady, this situation will fix itself. And yet senior citizens seem to think their soup can never be hot enough...

It’s so satisfying to hear about a dining companion saying something for once! But she probably went on to pair up with an equally awful person and therefore became an exponentially worse customer.

Its always upsetting when people to read a column about other people being total asses like it’s a list of helpful hints/life hacks.

I’ve worked with drug addicts who have more self-control, honestly.