From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Grill, Baby, Grill

April 22, 2009 Meat, Poultry & Fish

It’s an auspicious day each spring when it is both warm enough and light enough to grill out on my front porch after work. And so it was last Friday, April 17, that I got home at 5:30. Scheidt was ready with the charcoal, and it was the first porch dinner of the year: lamb burgers with garlic-mint yogurt sauce, greek salad, Great Lakes beer, good company, relaxation.

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Grown-Up Mac & Cheese

April 9, 2009 Pasta and Rice

I probably single-handedly kept Kraft in business from 1993-2000. I used to eat 3-4 boxes of orange-powder, blue-box “macis” (as I called them) each week. Ask my mom; ask my college roommates. It was obscene.

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Always Eat Dessert

April 2, 2009 News & Views

For the record, Grandpa had a mighty sweet tooth. Grandma, for her part, had no problems satisfying that sweet tooth with Maine blueberry pie and lemon chiffon pie, two family favorites. Given his diminutive size, particularly late in his life, a portion for Grandpa was usually about a third of a portion for someone else (he also ate soup with a teaspoon). But no matter what was for dinner, he always had to have dessert.

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