Control the narrative. Source outwards, submit bids for an alternative bun, I mean there has to be more than one decent Bun maker in Penn? Once you find someone push it like it is the only Bun in existence.. Don’t stick with what will drag you down. Dump, sashay away, and don’t look back. This skeevy-rich mofo arranged…

My Italian Mamma’s version. Toasted bread, slathered with butter, a few slices of layered prosciutto topped with thin sliced red onions drizzled with some nice olive oil and maybe a sprinkle of coarse salt and fresh cracked pepper. I leave off the salt and pepper, don’t always toast the bread if high quality and will…

How about?

In the previews for this Sunday we see him interrogating someone across a table..

I’ve seen these types of criticisms on other shows/films. First it is “too much” “too many plot lines” “too confusing” “not convincing, realistic, etc” and then on second watch it all makes sense. Five-ten-twenty down the road it nostalgically becomes a CLASSIC EPISODE people quote and remember. I enjoy all the…

It was a well produced segment— the set-up prank, the build-up to the people in the restaurant after clueing in the viewers, and the cutaway from the filling of the bottles back to the pretentious clowns who thought they had any superiority over the rest of us! 

I think that’s why the segment was a great eye opener, not just for water snobs which was a newer concept back then but also how taste is in the “buds” of the beholder, and that pose of superiority looked ridiculous to the viewers.

Remember the great “That’s Bullshit!” Penn and Teller episode where they fill a bunch of water bottles from a hose out back and then bring them out as speciality bottles—they put a tarantula in one (“the hairs of the spider filter the water naturally”) and label the others from exotic places “Blue ice extracted from…

I have a roomy simple slow cooker. Start it cold and in two hours tender/crisp/sweet. Works for me, some of my relatives brine beforehand but I see no reason nor do I like boiling. If just one ear or two for I might grill or nuke but for a crowd I am sticking to my tried and true.

You never had juicy corn? The slow cooker creates and adds to moisture and gently steams. I grow my own and it is hella juicy, lots of moisture in the ears, even uncooked. I use her method and it works great for me and my mob. A couple of hours, that’s it. Tastes wonderful, plus one less thing to deal with when the…

So funny is subjective, but talent? He is a trained animator who has written and produced (and been show runner) for multiple shows, is a known voice actor who can also do imitations, written and directed several films, is a well regarded singer who has put out many albums and recordings, has several productions…

I remember seeing an old interview when he was just a youngster with his odd home spun haircut, jacked up natural teeth and the thickest coke bottle glasses you could ever own. Nerdy to the core, so I don’t find him smarmy, just someone who has evolved his look and persona.. I am not a big FG fan but I am impressed…

May I suggest another method? I use Stephanie O’Dea’s “A Year Of Slow Cooking” recipe. Shuck corn, put in slow cooker as-is, (you can wrap with foil or parchment but it isn’t necessary) but NO WATER. Cook on HIGH for two hours and you will have corn steamed in its own juices still retaining crunch and sweetness. You…

Thank you, I will keep experimenting. I make these little “ice box” cookies which the dough is rolled up in the fridge in a cylindrical shape, wrapped in plastic to chill, sliced thin and baked. They are not too large or thick and are meant to be crispy, plus I like the idea of doing only a few at a time—am going to…

I was not thinking Sushi at all, but see now you were speaking of raw fish.   I was thinking fresh caught and cooked/baked/fried/sauteed/BBQ fish or other seafood. I am not a big sushi fan nor can speak to the parameters set out for safe and best consumption, my apologies. But I can agree it is hard to trust some of…

Many of these, such as Flash Gordon, though fun and campy, were films of their time. No Ferris sequel please—-leave these alone, instead of trying to do stuff over and over? For the few you list as successful, so many have been terrible and unnecessary. Spit balling— Revenge Of The Nerds and A Christmas Story, Tron…

Northern Cali coastal—it isn’t the woods here (dense and full of Redwoods and other trees) which cause the biggest problems but the grasses and bushes along the coastline. I don’t know if it is because there are so many critters and deer around, but often walking down along the bluffs (higher grasses)and down to the…

Born along coastal northern Cali, having grown up with people who own boats and fish the big cold waters, it is not only a slightly altered flavor but a real texture change from being frozen even if done flash and proper. And not just fish but crab, etc. I am not saying frozen is bad, and for those without comparison…

Sauce? I mix the Habanero powder in my nut feeders or I go through a feeder’s worth per day. One tablespoon in 5 lbs will do the trick. I don’t have a problem with any of the other critters on the property, just two of my 10 squirrels. Always the same two. 

I lived and worked as a nurse in the Napa Valley for years—there was a nice burger place, I loved, everyone loved. Any place in the valley you can get reasonably priced tasty homey food will be popular amongst all the excellent but $$$ options. The place got lots of press, rightly so, and became well known. Someone…