it’s-all-your-fault-jam-filled-cookies

as previously posted, i’ve got a lot of time to kill. life is a seemingly endless array of distractions – the more of a pain in the ass a cookie is to make, the more likely i am to bake it. back in the 1960’s i can only assume that cans of shortening were cheap […]

lemony snicket: slippery slope lemon cranberry oatmeal drops

i really hate people and i also really hate snow. so when it snows and i am avoiding the outside world, i bake. and bitch about people to my cats. they hate the snow too – almost as much as i do with the exception that i don’t have any urge to go outside to […]

there are only 10 types of people in the world – binary lemon-cranberry shortbread

i’ve never owned a food processor. end of story. i don’t know why a person would purchase a device with such a negative name. there is already enough god damned processed food in the world. why add to it? the first time i tried making shortbread it was a bit of a disappointing venture. one, […]

santa spelled another way is “satan” – damn the hollowdays jam filled shortbread cookies

i hate this freaking time of the year and i know i’m not alone. this season even more folks join my circle – unfortunately for them. mass media relentlessly reminds us of how abnormal we are, those of us who don’t or can’t buy (key word is “buy”) into the holiday cheer. it’s hard to […]

bringing sexy back – mini samosas stuffed with potatoes

the other day i watched an 11-year-old kid across the street performing a dance that i can only say was a bit beyond her years. it included a variety of pelvic thrusts, pursed lips, ass slaps and well, you get the picture. the kids mom is in jail (again) so i tried to be nice, […]

i plead da fif strawberry oatmeal bars

i keep posting damned mexican recipes but since it got cold outside (no comments on global warming) – the kitchen needed heating so baking is in order. i done stoled this recipe from somewhere online and of course, i “fixed” it. if you need references stop by my deep freeze – these bars never stay […]

hustle & flow: pimped out pazole with fried tortilla strips

i have this really ghetto mexican cookbook that was given to me some years ago – the book is sponsored by such well-loved culinary brands as “velveeta cheese” and “bob evans sausage.” i think you know where i am going here. fundamentally, it has provided me with a proverbial plethora of ideas – mostly, ideas […]

neon bible

there is only one real truth: food tastes really good when you are very hungry. end of sermon. i don’t believe in god or religion or eternity. or that we can all be “healed” of insanity, grief, cancer, depression etcetera ad infinitum. life is a series of unfortunate events and as my buddy kurt vonnegut […]

you can play these songs with three chords (a culinary “sing-a-long”)

i don’t often get asked why my food tastes so good (it’s because i never wash my hands), but when i do, i give my best answer: chop-freaking-chop. somehow in the land of the american dream, we forgot about the kitchen table. it got filled with fast food, microwave meals and shit tons of tin […]

jesus christ it’s sopes get in the car

i don’t have much company except for on sundays when i generally cook a pretty kick-ass meal. this weekend i’m making sopes, a dish i’ve been changing, rearranging and altering for the past couple of years. never heard of sopes? well, me neither until a former friend showed up at the door with the fixings. […]