Low Carbin’ It
I’ve mentioned before that at times I will eat low carb. When I first started the diet 8 years ago, I really didn’t know much about what had carbs and what didn’t. I think my first four dinners...
View ArticleInside-Out
Hollywood has a fascination with the insides of humans and creatures coming out. Here are a few: The Meaning of Life – In a later scene, a very large man comes into a fancy restaurant and orders an...
View ArticleBursting With Flavor
Weekend lunches in the colder months at the Ranting House is often a nice warm soup or maybe a hot sandwich. During the warmer weather, salads are the first choice and this one is a very tasty option....
View ArticleMaggie Monday: Smithfield Crab Imperial
Normally I would be reticent eating much food cooked at a gas station, but looking at what Maggie put together, I have to trust her. Check it out… I can’t believe I have not posted this recipe yet....
View ArticleThe Time Warp
It’s astounding When I was a teenager, I performed in a number of theater productions. Nothing big, just community theater, but it was a lot of fun and I had the chance to get to know some really cool...
View ArticleGeorge and Penn
I don’t follow many famous people on social media, or otherwise. I guess I am just not overly enamored with any individual to want to know too much about them. There are two exceptions: 1) George Takei...
View ArticleFiesta Dinner Ware and Salt Block Salmon with Mustard Dill Glaze
Last year I posted about using different colors of the Fiesta Dinnerware with food photography (check it out here). After visiting their booth at the International Housewares Association in March, the...
View ArticleSunday Morning Ritual
When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the Sunday comics. My parents would spend what seemed like hours sitting in their chairs each Sunday morning drinking coffee and reading the paper, but the quickly...
View ArticleA Litte Weird
The other day The Ranting Wife looked over to me with a slightly embarrassed look on her face. She started, “I think I want to do something a little weird”. I was instantly intrigued. Strawberry...
View ArticleA Gourmet Club Recipe – Made
I’ve mentioned a number of times about the gourmet club that I am in. For details about what all that is, take a look here. I’ve had a lot of great dishes at our club dinners and while I collect the...
View ArticleLucky For Me
In addition to loving food, I am a traveller. I find it exhilarating to visit new cities and will seek out new places to visit as often as I can. If I will be in a city for a meal, I will very often...
View ArticleFogHorn LegHorn Fricassee
I was a dedicated Saturday morning cartoon watcher for a good portion of my childhood. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, back in my childhood there were somewhere between 3-8...
View ArticleTaking a Hostage
My eldest son goes to The Ohio State University, which is about a two hour drive south from where I live. As he has not had a car on campus, anytime he wants to come home, it can mean 8 hours of...
View ArticleFood Myths
Did ya hear…? Did you know…..? So much of our information has been spread through informal processes and over the last 20 years, through places on the Internet that may or may not really know the deal....
View ArticleThe Finance of Food
Cage free……Free Range…Cruelty Free….Wild caught…. All are indications of how various meat, poultry and seafood products are raised before bringing to market. I am of the believe that most people would...
View ArticleMy First Time…
For most of the foods that I eat, I cannot remember when I first had them. Anchovies, however, I do remember. When I was a young teen, my family hosted a foreign exchange student for a month during the...
View ArticleLentils
Lentils. Those seed-like little buggers. I cannot say that I cook with them very often, but when I do it always seems like it is in conjunction with pork. I’d have to say that more often than not the...
View ArticleGet Your Salad Fix
Spring means getting trying out all sorts of new salads. It is really a time of the year to get your salad fix on. Here is one to try. Roast-Beef and Broccoli Salad with Creamy Horseradish Dressing...
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