Inspired by Moon!’s Thursday music thread prompt for cover versions I wanted to ask if any of you have tried to replicate a favorite restaurant dish at home and what kind of success you had. Replicating a restaurant dish without … Continue reading Cover Versions Sunday Food Thread, 12/9

While wondering what the heck to lead with this week I looked up and spotted this painting of toast on my kitchen wall. So this week I ask you, how do you like your toast? For me if it’s sandwich … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread Proposes a Toast! 12/2

I’m still in food coma mode, most of the leftovers are gone and the guests just left this morning ahead of the storm. Eat up friends! Continue reading Food Thread Sunday 11/25

So this week is the US Thanksgiving holiday. It’s really the only holiday I care to celebrate anymore, and not because it commemorates a bunch of refugees/immigrants/invaders being accepted and taken care of by the indigenous people but because it’s … Continue reading Sunday Pre-Thanksgiving Food Thread, 11/18

The Food Thread had its first birthday +/- two weeks ago, today I celebrate double-nickels. I’ll be playing in the community band for a Veterans Day concert at the VA hospital near me, it’s a fine way to spend a … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread, 11/11

November is upon us and depending on where you are it might even be feeling like fall. Soups and stews are good any time of the year but the fall weather really gets me in the mood for a hot … Continue reading Food Thread Feels Autumnal. Sunday, 11/4

Monday marks a year since my first Avocado Food Thread! Hmm, that header looks oddly familiar, maybe I need some new photos. I started the thread on the disqus AV Club After Dark page, here’s that inaugural thread, geez 3 … Continue reading Food Thread ‘s First Birthday! 10/28

What’s your cooking space look like? Love it? Hate it but deal? Show us your workspace! Of course if you don’t feel like posting pics of your place a description is also a-ok. Personal space is easily as touchy as … Continue reading Show and Tell. Sunday Food Thread “Open Studio Day” 10/21

What do you think of when you hear the words “comfort food”? Does it evoke memories of home-cooked meals growing up, or is it something you make to treat yourself? Is it an overly sentimental term meant to recall a … Continue reading The Sunday Food Thread Is Built for Comfort, 10/14

Do you have a go-to dish to really impress people when you invite them over for dinner? When we invite friends over for dinner (I can’t really call it a dinner party, though I have been more formal like that … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread Wows ‘Em! 10/7

I’m not someone who has to have dessert after every meal, but when my sweet tooth hits it’s near impossible for me to deny. The header is this recipe, I’m pretty sure I shared it before but it bears repeating. … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread Has Dessert! 9/30

Holding the refrigerator door open for far longer than necessary and still not making up its mind what repast to fill the void, the Sunday Food Thread once again shakes its head in disbelief at the inability to find inspiration … Continue reading Food Thread Can’t Decide 9/23

So what have you been eating lately? Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 9/16

Got our first few days of cool weather this weekend so we’re baking a couple loaves of bread! It’s been way too hot to run the oven at a high temperature for an extended period of time so we’ve been … Continue reading D’ough! the Sunday Food Thread Is Baking Bread Again, 9/9

In the U.S. this is Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of the summer and your last chance to wear white shoes for a while. Are you doing anything special to mark the holiday? If you’re not in the U.S. … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread Bids Summer a Fond Farewell

What do you find irresistible? Is there something that once you start eating you can’t stop until it’s all gone? The header image is the remnants of a Wisconsin Friday night fish fry, when done properly I don’t want to … Continue reading Clean Plate Club! Sunday Food Thread 8/26

What’s your preferred caffeinated beverage? Coffee and tea are the big two but if it’s something different that’s cool (and interesting) too. I’m pretty well hooked and dread facing a morning without my two cups of coffee, later in the … Continue reading Coffee or Tea? Sunday Food Thread 8/19

So last night my youngest stepson left for a few days away to visit a friend and it’s sort of a taste of empty-nesting for my wife and I. The first thing out of my mouth once we were alone … Continue reading Date Night! Sunday Food Thread 8/12.

What foods won’t you eat? Things you’ve tried and say “Never again,” and things you don’t even want anywhere near your plate. I am a semi-adventurous eater but really have no desire to try organ meats, I have had a … Continue reading You Aren’t What You Don’t Eat. Sunday Food Thread 8/5.

Hey there! What’s you’re opinion on leftovers? I for one gladly graze the fridge for remnants of past repasts, just had some cold pizza for breakfast. I know some folks never touch leftovers and while I have my preferences for … Continue reading The Leftovers. Sunday Food Thread 7/29

I don’t know why this popped into my head today but here it is. I was a child of the late ‘60s-‘70s and the space age figured big into all kinds of culture and astronauts loomed large in the zeitgeist. … Continue reading Food Fads of the Past. Sunday Food Thread 7/22