Cherry Flavored Pickles: The Koolickle Experiment

Getting tired of artificially flavored popsicles and ice cream sandwiches? How about a nice, cool, refreshing, artificially flavored pickle instead?
I first saw the so-called Koolickle on an episode of Feasting on Asphalt 2: The River Run, one of the four hundred and twelve shows that Alton Brown does for the Food Network. Don’t get me [...]

More "Fun" with Fortune Cookies

Earlier this year I wrote a little piece about fortune cookies. Go ahead and read that. I’ll wait.
Back so soon? Okay, well, my daughter and I had lunch today at Chow’s Asian Bistro at the Cottonwood Mall here in Albuquerque. I know, I shouldn’t be surprised at anything that comes out of a mall restaurant, [...]

The Cult of Apple!

So, I’m reading Stephen Colbert’s I Am America (And So Can You!), and I had to mention this. In chapter 4, Colbert talks about various religions of the world. He sets up each section much like I set up most of my opinions here, with a graphic in the upper-left corner with text flowing around [...]

The Next Iron Chef

I hate reality shows.
On the other hand, I love watching Food Network’s Iron Chef America.
I hate competition reality shows even more. On the other hand, anything hosted by Alton Brown is automatically worth watching.
What am I supposed to think about The Next Iron Chef (Sundays, 9pm/8c, Food Network)? I’m not supposed to like it… am [...]

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