Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Extra is back on the store shelves! One of my favorite seasonal beers is back. Just a terrific Imperial IPA.

Last night I made Meathead Goldwyn's recipe for pesto-crusted pork loin roast. It involves injecting the meat hours in advance with a brine/stock mix and then coating the meat in a basil pesto and smoking it.

"Will the McAllister sisters stand back to back? I'm short on bullets."

Thanks to you, and everyone else who's expressing sympathy.
I'm at work right now, and this is the only way I have to vent about it.

My cat Max died last night, after being run over in the road in front of our house.

Took another shot at making oven-roasted buffalo wings, in my ongoing quest to make ones that taste as good as the deep-fried variety.

Squatter's Hop Rising - Good DIPA. Smooth, with nicely balanced hops and quite a kick.

We had guests overnight last weekend, so I made an effort.

If you're doing breasts, I'd try cooking them over indirect heat until they get half cooked, then finishing them over the flame for a few minutes; basically, a reverse sear.

Fresh, locally sweetcorn is just fantastic. Grilled, roasted or boiled, it's one of the highlights of summer eating.

North Coast Pranqster (nice belgian ale)
Ballast Point Grunion (decent pale ale)
St. Bernardus Abt. 12 (fantastic quadrupel)

Nice.

Tallgrass Velvet Rooster
Leffe Blonde
Sierra Nevada Tropical Torpedo

Food Thread?
On Friday I decided to splurge on a couple of thick-cut sirloin steaks and, somehow, managed not to mess them up this time. I hit 'em with salt and pepper the night before, and did a short low-roast ending with a quick sear in a skillet until medium-rare. Nicely browned exterior, lovely pink interior,…

Loosely speaking, yes. The fried tenderloin tends to be a thing in areas of the midwest where there was a strong German immigrant population: Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, etc.

The variation my father taught me uses corn meal, rather than crackers. And you serve it in a bun, as a sandwich, with standard hamburger toppings (although ketchup is discouraged, and mustard should be either spicy or horseradish).

Suspiciously Cheap Chicken: A few days ago, a nearby supermarket was selling whole chickens for $0.75 a pound. I bought two and they seem fine, although they include a more neck than I'm used to seeing on a bird. I made coq au vin with the legs and thighs, and I'm currently ruminating on what to do with the breasts -…

She must have some dense, post-modern bowel movements.

That does sound great. I haven't had good mozzarella in forever.

Kinja is terrible, and somehow seems to keep getting worse with each new tweak to the system.