The stuff you put in your foodhole
Today’s optional topic: historical foods. There are a whole slew of websites, podcasts and YouTube channels devoted to recreating historical dishes, from pre-modern recipes to early versions of food you’d find today, and it’s always fun to ponder how the … Continue reading The History Thread Ruins the Digestive System
Chicken of the Sea tries to get fancy. Continue reading Ad Space – Fine Seafood Dining
Bolo de Milho (corn cake) is an exceptionally popular and beloved dessert in Brazil. Unlike cornbread, it’s quite sweet and pairs very well with coffee and tea. In São Paulo it is common to see people selling slices of bolo … Continue reading The Day Thread has some Bolo de Milho
The Farmer’s Dog dog food is meant for dogs … OR IS IT!? Continue reading Ad Space – Do They Want Us Eating Dog Food?
Froot Loops ain’t just for kiddies anymore. Continue reading Ad Space – Cereal Ads Grow Up
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Today I want to highlight one of my recent food show favorites: K Foodie Meets J Foodie. It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like: Sung Si-kyung (Korean singer, “K … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 28, 2026)
あけましておめでとう！Happy New Year! New Year’s is one of my favorite holidays. Really, at this point, I should probably just declare it to be my favorite (overtaking Halloween). I look forward to it so much every December. I love watching all … Continue reading The 1/1 Day Thread Loves the New Year!
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Earlier this week I got my copy of Makiko Itoh’s newest cookbook, Real Japanese Cooking. I’ve been following her progress for a couples years on Patreon, so I already knew … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 17, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m surprised to see that I haven’t written about oyakodon (親子丼) here before, so let’s change that today. Oyakodon is a chicken and egg rice bowl, more or less. It … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 3, 2025)
A handy little dessert recipe for the holiday season! Continue reading Ad Space – Finger Lickin’ Holiday Eatin’
The immensely funny The Neighbors ought to be on Disney+, but like its alien family that has waited 10 years for instructions from its homeworld on when to leave Earth and return home, it has been totally forgotten. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – October 16th, 2025
Explaining a 30 year old Simpsons joke. Continue reading Ad Space – You’d Better Run, Egg!
Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double beatloaf. Hank Hill loves meatloaf. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – August 28th, 2025
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! This Christmas my husband gave me the wonderful gift of curry. To be exact, he got a variety pack of S&B’s “Kanda Curry Grand Prix” microwavable curry boxes. The Kanda … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 7, 2025)
If you’ve spent any time in the Japanese Pop Culture Thread then you know that I love to make bento (弁当), and sometimes I take pictures of my bento and post them on the site. But maybe you don’t hang … Continue reading The 3/31 Day Thread is Making a Bento
Nongshim Shin Black is my favorite instant ramen. I probably eat too much of it, but it’s just so delicious! The beef bone broth is rich and a little creamy, and it has the perfect level of spice. This means … Continue reading The 3/30 Day Thread Recommends this Ramen
Robbie Robertson was the greatest film composer who shared a name with a Spider-Man character since Blazing Saddles composer John Morbius. (Okay, the Morbius thing isn’t true, but it should be.) Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – November 28th, 2024
Once upon a time, just across the street from the Happiest Place On Earth, stood quite possibly the Saddest Place on Earth. Captain Kidd’s Family Dining was an all-you-can-eat buffet located for many years at 1550 Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA … Continue reading Captain Kidd’s All-You-Can-Shitpost Buffet And Night Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s the most wonderful time of the year…time for year-end Japanese holiday foods! I’m posting my usual collection of recipes and holiday foods a little earlier this year so everyone … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 6, 2023)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! A couple months ago I bought a box of “Japanese Creamy Stew Mix” because I’ve been wanting to try it for a while, but I needed to wait until the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 8, 2023)
Are you prepared for the greatest invention of all time? Continue reading Ad Space – Happy Hot Dog Man
