The stuff you put in your foodhole
It’s kind of a common sense axiom that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” but is that just a marketing slogan or does evidence back it up? This article has some good reasons to eat a morning … Continue reading Who Eats Breakfast? Sunday Food Thread 6/16
Tuesday was National Cheese Day as noted in the Day Thread. If you’re like me one day is barely enough time to celebrate the deliciousness that is cheese, we should have a cheese week, or better yet month. Continue reading More Cheese! Sunday Food Thread 6/9.
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, Featuring: Smalls’ Paradise, Harlem, New York, date unknown c. 1930s
Okay, so it’s not Tuesday and we are all free to eat tacos any day of the week (or time of day) that we please. Got any good taco stories? What’s your favorite taco? Is it a sandwich (no)? Hard … Continue reading Taco Tuesday! Sunday Food Thread 6/2
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read An Old Menu! Featuring: Baur’s, Denver, CO 1949
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read An Old Menu! Featuring: The Holding Company Mexican Food and Disco, Missoula, Montana 1977!
I’m on the road again this weekend, anything goes! Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 5/19
It’s come down to this. Two powerhouses enter, having handily vanquished both Cheesesteak and Breakfast sandwiches. Which of the two remaining shall emerge as the Avocado’s favorite? Put in your vote, and fight for your choice! Continue reading Best Sandwich Tournament – THE FINAL
At the beginning of the tournament, many thought Peanut Butter and Jelly had a lock on the finals. As the voting went on, the Club sandwich gained steam and began to dominate. But now, both of them have been knocked … Continue reading Best Sandwich Tournament – Final Four
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is the first in what I hope will be a new weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes … Continue reading Let’s Read An Old Menu! Featuring: Aunt Emma’s Pancakes, San Diego, 1961
Historians will write of this day. “Twas a day like no other,” they’ll write, for it was the day you knocked out heavy hitters such as Reuben, French Dip, Pulled Pork, and Banh Mi. Joining them in ignominy are the … Continue reading Best Sandwich Tournament – Final Eight
I happen to love a good tuna fish sandwich, but if in your infinite wisdom, you monsters wish to nominate both Tuna Melt and Tuna Salad and then knock them both out with your confounded democracy, then so be it. … Continue reading Best Sandwich Tournament – Final Sixteen
You came, you salivated, you nominated. Below are the 32 finalists in the Best Sandwich Tournament. Vote for your favorite in each pair-up, and make your argument as to why your contender deserves to take top prize! Continue reading Best Sandwich Tournament – The Opening Round
Hi there, it’s Colonel Mustard! You may remember me from such tournaments as “Cake Vs. Pie”! If that one wasn’t enough to start a bloody Civil War amongst the commenters, this one just might. We’ve been threatening it for a … Continue reading Best Sandwich Tournament – Nominations
What’s on your table? Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 4/27 Anything Goes!
As a person who was raised Catholic but stopped believing and practicing long ago holidays definitely do bring back memories of family for me. The header image is the last time my dad cooked an Easter ham, yes he did … Continue reading Easter Sunday Food Thread 4/21
What’s your favorite chip? Are you a purist and only regular salted chips will do or is there a particular flavor you can’t resist? How much seasoning is too much? Do you have a local/regional brand that surpasses all other? … Continue reading Sunday Potato Chip (Crisps) Thread 4/7
End of the month free for all! What’ve you been eating lately? Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 3/31
Who’s a picky eater? I’m not referring to dietary restrictions but you’re certainly welcome to discuss those too. As a child I was a terribly picky eater, my mother would call me “the meat inspector” because I’d want to cut … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 3/24
Gah! It’s Sunday morning and I just realized I hadn’t set up the food thread post and I’m on my way out the door to go to work. St. Patrick’s day steps in with corned beef and cabbage, Guiness, Jameson’s … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 3/17
In the most recent Pluggers thread I plugged the SFT (no surprise there). In my post I mentioned that I’m open to suggestions for themes and forget_it_jake suggested casseroles with a request for new recipes, so here we are. If … Continue reading In Praise of the Casserole. Sunday Food Thread 3/10
