Category Archives: food

Over the years, I’ve made something of a habit of trying unusual items from the snacks and drinks sections of various Asian supermarkets.  Generally this works out pretty well, to be honest, and I have a lot of personal favorites … Continue reading →

Part of being an adult is realizing that I don’t NEED to eat the occasional banana Moon Pie. Part of having very poor impulse control is eating the occasional banana Moon Pie anyway.  

For the majority of my self-aware life, I’ve been able to divide cold cereal into four reasonably-consistent categories. You have your “adult” cereals, which category name I confess conjures up images of very specific fetishes, but which I will here … Continue reading →

Any serious discussion of pies must first acknowledge the issue which is presented by restaurant-specific and/or regional pies. For example, Shari’s serves a “Caramel Pecan Crunch” pie, unique in that it is the only pie to date where my wife … Continue reading →

I can’t really recommend Springfield, Oregon to anyone. That is to say, there’s nothing you can really point to about the town and say, specifically, that this or that other thing makes it a bad place to live or visit, … Continue reading →

I recently returned from two weeks in the United Kingdom, split between a week in London and a week in Scotland. It didn’t afford the same opportunities to make fun of the local cuisine as does a trip to, say, … Continue reading →