That’s why they have a heavy hand with the spice rubs—hoping you don’t notice the crappy quality of the meat they’re serving you. I do like their drink specials though, and they pour pretty heavy.

I don’t give a fuck how someone eats their steak so long as they don’t sit saying “eww” while I eat mine, and I’ll give them the same courtesy. I’ve heard all the arguments about chefs using the lowest end cuts for well done, but what those people fail to realize is that chefs do that for the simple economic reason…

I always feel a little sad for people who won’t at least try new things, barring food allergies of course. I have tried so many different types of food over the years and have expanded my culinary landscape so much by being willing to sample stuff from around the world. Of course I’ve tried a few things that were…

I saw the touring production in Milwaukee in I think 2008 maybe 2009 and loved every second, but for me the stand out moment was my friend’s 70 year old mother saying “ooh he has a nice ass” out loud, very out loud.

He was absolutely right up until he went completely off the rails with that whole “real men blah dah blah” crap.

I only mock it because who would lick egg beaters in a public space? I love raw cake batter and will go to town on the beaters and the bowl in the privacy of my own kitchen. There are just some things that are best left to private spaces like sex and licking leftover cake batter out of the bowl and maybe combining…

I truly think that most people who don’t like venison don’t like it because they always eat well done beef and think you can do the same with venison. You CANNOT prepare venison steaks the same way you prepare beef steaks (actually you can’t prepare grass fed beef steaks the same way either) because venison is…

I stand corrected if people are actually complaining about people adding salt to their food after they’ve tasted, but you’d be surprised at the number of adult-sized people who just sit down and dump a shit load of salt on their food without first tasting it. My husband was one of them until I broke him of that habit.…

That has to taste like despair because it sure as fuck looks like it.

I am endlessly amused by the number of sushi places near me that actually use their wide array of cooked selections as a selling point. Anything to keep the rednecks from having to expand those horizons.

I’m another lady person who has occasionally gotten push back when I order my steaks rare. I’ve also had my rare steak put in front of my husband and his medium put in front of me on a few occasions. The same thing happens with my stouts and single malts. Yes, servers some women can handle bloody steaks and alcohol in…

I’ve explained this fact to my mother so many times over the years, and even now she still complains about the blood on my plate and how she doesn’t want to see it. I recently told her she could feel free to look anywhere else if the “blood” on my plate bothers her so much.

I died a little inside when I read that.

None of us are complaining about people adding a little extra salt to food we’ve prepared; we’re complaining about people adding it without first tasting it.

So very true about fresh local eggs being the best. There is just no comparison. I had friends who used to keep chickens, and those are the best omelets I’ve ever had in my life.

My husband’s issues with any kind of chile made me sad at first because no Indian or Thai, but I just ask out friends when I get a mad craving for that kind of thing. He understands why I occasionally abandon him at dinner time.

Oh that would kill me. My husband can’t do any kind of chile pepper because they make his horrible, almost covers his entire body, eczema even worse, and that was hard to adjust to. He does at least like things like ginger and garlic in his food though so I’ve just adjusted the kinds of things I use to season our…

I really don’t care how someone likes their steak as long as they don’t make comments on the rare deliciousness sitting in front of me. This is why I no longer dine out with my family.

I was at an event on the 4th where some guy was walking around with a selfie stick attached to a helmet. He looked exactly as ridiculous as you imagine he looked.

It definitely isn’t anything new, and that makes me angry and sad. Like you I can only hope that more people coming forward with stories like yours will help others in similar situations and mostly that they can help make better anti-harassment and anti-stalking laws. I know that in the case of stalking things are…