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I’m throwing this one in – no one eats Rutabagas. They look weird and you probably have no idea how to cook them. Well, pickles look obscene and you eat them don’t you. Rutabagas have a pleasantly bitter taste and have the texture of mashed potatoes. And an added bonus – it’s another one ofContinue reading “Carbing up to push toward the Summit Part 3 (Psst – you’ve probably never eaten it before)”

I’ve mentioned before, a main part of Thanksgiving dinner is the Proustian journey the foods sends you on. For some, it’s the Mac and Cheese Aunt Mabel made. For others, it’s the giblet gravy that their Grandma made. And for others, it’s Candied Sweet Potatoes. So sweet, so sticky, so gooey (for those of youContinue reading “Carbing up to push toward the Summit Part 2 (À la recherche du patate douce perdu)”

Here is a fat/ not so fat version of the delicious gravy delivery device. Mashed Potatoes Ingredients 2 1/2 pounds potatoes (about 6 large potatoes, if I’m being forced to choose for you, Russet Potatoes.) 8 ounces of sour cream (or 8 ounces of chicken stock) 4 tablespoons butter (or less) Kosher salt Pepper ToolsContinue reading “Carbing up to push toward the Summit Part 1 (Potatoes)”

People consume up to 229 grams of fat during the Thanksgiving meal. Get your eating pants before heading to Thanksgiving dinner (much like Joey.) 229 grams of fat is about three to four times the amount of fat one usually eats in a day. And the entire Thanksgiving dinner could total over 3,000 calories.

November 22, 1967 –Embassy Pictures’ film, The Producers, directed by Mel Brooks (in his directorial debut,) and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars, premiered in Pittsburgh, PA, on this date. Roger Ebert recalled how he was in an elevator with Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft in New York City after theContinue reading “The Producers”

Before you go – Let it not be said that I am pushing an all meat and dessert diet, far from it. I actually like vegetables. In fact, here are four different vegetable recipes for you to choose from for your Thanksgiving feast Greens Beans – Ginger Baby Carrots – Brussels Sprouts – Fennel –Continue reading “Tastier vegetables”

Today is the feast day of St. Cecilia. According to legend, Cecilia was a young Christian of high rank betrothed to a Roman named Valerian. Through her influence, Valerian was converted, and was promptly martyred along with his brother, Tiburtius. The legend about Cecilia’s death first involved an insufficiently heated scalding bath. When that didn’tContinue reading “Better die and be happy, than live and be miserable.”

November 22, 1963 –We, in this country, in this generation, are – by destiny rather than choice – the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. – from the address that President John F. Kennedy never got to deliver in Dallas on this date. A covert CIA operation privately funded by a plutocratic cabal ofContinue reading “You can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you, Mr. President.”

Now let’s turn our attention to another overlooked vegetable – Fennel. Unless you’ve had the privilege of eating at a traditional Mediterranean family’s home, you’ve probably never had this delicious licorice tasting vegetable (sometime known as winter celery.) It’s something different and you should add it to your repertoire (and just because you’re you –Continue reading “They’re Rooting for You”

Apparently no one likes Brussels Sprouts. A survey in Britain, in 2002, ranked Brussels sprouts the most hated vegetable on that Emerald Isle. Again, I rack this up to a bad childhood experience, perhaps in a parochial school, involving nuns, rulers and detention but I digress. Brussels sprout taste awful overcooked – they release sulfurContinue reading “Maybe Brussels Sprouts don’t like you either”