I like making my own coffee at home. I like making my own coffee at home because I probably can’t make it to a coffee shop without getting a headache, but I also enjoy the process: grinding beans, listening to water burble around, settling into my online newspaper-reading position and, overall, waking up in the [...]
Also tagged Ain't That America, TravelOne day I will return to New Orleans and eat as many of these as I can. Until then, I will dream of powdered sugar.
Also tagged PhotosBehold, the foundation of powerful mint juleps. A lot of bourbon plus simple syrup steeped with mint, and then more mint when everything goes back in the bottle. Here’s the recipe I followed if you’re interested. Basically, you mix all the stuff up, put it in the bottle, put the bottle in the freezer [...]
Also tagged Photos, ProjectsBefore we get to the important poll business at hand, I’m excited to see that there’s a new Clem Snide album due out this week. I’ve mentioned Clem Snide singer/songwriter Eef Barzelay here before — I really enjoy his work, and I’m fortunate to have seen him perform live. So this is good news.
Also good [...]
I wrote about nasty new Twizzlers last week, and also mentioned Steve Almond’s book “Candyfreak,” and now I’ve found a clip of him reading from the book. What does he talk about? Hating Twizzlers! I understand hating new sour Twizzlers, but come on, Steve…there are worse candies out there. Candy corn. Mary Janes. Boston Baked [...]
Also tagged Ain't That America, WordsI’m in the middle of a busy round of thesis revisions so this will have to be short. I have a few blog post ideas on the list and I hope to get to them soon. For now, let me just say that I have tried the new Twizzlers “Sour Filled Twists” and they are [...]
Also tagged Ain't That AmericaI started fantasizing about banana bread during my drive from Tennessee to South Carolina for Thanksgiving. That’s an 8.5 hour drive, so there was a lot of time to build up an intense craving for what turned into a non-traditional Thanksgiving treat. I say “non-traditional” only to appease the Thanksgiving purists out there who did [...]
Also tagged Ain't That AmericaIs it possible to overdose on spinach? My body was crying out for nutrients earlier this week so I started eating spinach. I don’t know what I was doing to it, really. I heated oil in a pan. I put in some garlic. Then I put a huge bunch of spinach in the pan and [...]
Also tagged Ain't That America