It’s actually pronounced “Mar-KWAY-nay,” thank you very much.

I also feel incredibly sorry for Eric Ripert, who is legitimately probably one of the nicest people in the world. He’s supposedly never been the same after Anthony went. No one with a micron of grey matter will ask him anything about it and he will rightfully never talk about that last trip.

AVClub greys?

While I should have clarified that the blame for a shutdown would sit squarely with the House GOP, I disagree that the Senators are not part of the problem. What led us to this point? The GOP Senators share blame for embracing the fringe elements of their party in the pursuit of power; which has led all of us to where…

I beg to differ. Two words: Tommy Tuberville.

Exhibit 1, Tommy Tuberville, couldn’t name the three branches of government, basically lives in FL not AL, refused to do any debates, just promised to be a Trump taint remora, and he won.

At this point, the only constituents they care about are *primary voters*. Who are, of course, the most rabid of the rabid, because nobody else cares until the actual election. And so you get this insane pandering to the “base”, who are 95% MAGA Morons at this point.

I recently started watching Bourdain again too, and it really is such a mixture of emotions. His endearing snark and cynicism was always counterbalanced by a sense of community and the joy of venturing into new places and possibilities.

I almost feel bad now for bringing him up again and reminding someone else that that shitbag even existed. Apologies for that!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the party of “fiscal responsibility”, “support the troops”, “law and order”, and “America first”.

The amount of oil costs about five times as much as the turkey.

So, way back in 2010, Pasta Resources and B&B were clients of mine and I met the lot: Batali, (Joe) Bastianich, Burrell, etc. I was in my mid 20s and though I didn’t know Batali well, he always seemed relatively pleasant and never pushed a boundary, even socially (something I can’t say is true for a few of my other…

I worked in the food industry during the summers while I was in college, and I quickly learned that chefs... generally are neither nice people nor pleasant to be around, at least at work. That doesn’t mean all chefs are sexual abusers, but when the baseline personality of the profession is somewhat of a dictatorial…

I learned how to cook during the golden years of FoodTV from Alton Brown and Mario Batali. I loved Molto Mario and was gut struck when I found out he sucked. Adam Ragusea has a very good video essay that communicates the feeling better than I ever could.

Honestly, we bought a turkey deep fryer years ago and we were disappointed with the result. We took all the requisite precautions in using the thing; it can be done safely and we also had a large outdoor space to cook. So it’s not about the dangers of using the deep fryer at all. Maybe it was the hype and we expected…

Batali’s a true scumbag, but for whatever I wasn’t overly surprised when this shitty side of him came out. He can fuck off and stay that way as far as I’m concerned.

So you’re the new weirdo ‘round these parts, eh?

Which is a Cowboy remake of:

Wow, when did they get so expensive? $18-$29 entrees? You could go to a real, non-chain, seafood place for those prices.