The last post: Buffalo Buffet is growing up

Nature’s Creation, originally uploaded by deegs.
Nineteen months. Two hundred and nine posts. Buffalo Buffet has had its run, but don’t be sad – it’s not dying, just going through metamorphosis.
The bright new butterfly is One Big Kitchen. The brand new online food magazine will keep its focus on cooking, eating, restaurants and kitchen life, but [...]

Recipe: Halloumi watermelon salad with caramelized pineapple

In a hot pan, halloumi develops a brown crust – “like toasted cheese without the bread.” (PHOTO BY Harris Graber)
When I was a kid, my dad would sometimes sprinkle salt on his watermelon, especially if it wasn’t the best of the season. Feta and watermelon salad is an elaboration of the same sweet-salty pairing, which [...]

Bit of a crash

No one died, but the jet is a writeoff. (Photo by Flickr user bocakey.)
My computer went *bink* and died on me Friday night. I paid Dell tech support $40 to troubleshoot the problem. The Indian fellows made matters even worse, leaving it a blinking hulk and telling me, “Sir, it appears that your memory and hard [...]

Bowl of fail: KFC’s Famous Bowl

KFC’s Famous Bowl,  by Flickr user cbg_rocketfever.

Normally, my relationship with fast-food drive-thru cuisine is pretty healthy.
I don’t eat it.
Mostly. Except for succumbing occasionally to a particularly potent advertising campaign, like that thing Wendy’s has that tops burgers with cheese sauce, bacon and jalapenos. I can’t be the only guy that hears myself talking in Homer [...]

Fish tale

Looking unnervingly like bombs, frozen tuna await their buyers at Tsukiji. Photo by raphaelfranca1618.
Writing in Vanity Fair magazine, Nick Tosches – one of the better feature writers around – digs into the life and times of sushi, centered around an exploration of Tokyo’s Tsukiji seafood market.
The article is a tome – it must be 10,000 [...]

Month of the pig

Day 19 – delicious, magical Day 19 by mandydale.
Amanda Kelso was a vegetarian for 12 years when she decided to return to the “dark side” of life’s menu. She didn’t just dabble in chicken breast. No, she dove right into the deep end – having a different kind of pork each day for 30 days [...]

My brown thumb

Yo, I got your herb right here
Meet my rosemary plant. It’s on the sill of our bay window, where it can get whatever February sunshine we are rationed.
Live herbs are a welcome shot of freshness and flavor in the middle of the frozen tundra. But getting them to grow in pots on my windowsill has [...]