I Bet You Didn’t Know That Shiksas Had Balls….

The finished soup, ready to go forth and heal the sick. I have never seen it raise the dead, though it has come close. I will be the first to admit that most shiksas do not have balls. But this one does. Of course, this entire discussion is predicated upon the reader knowing what the […]

A Bowl of Compassion

In my spare time, I volunteer at a local domestic violence shelter. I do something fairly unique in that I go in once a week and cook a meal for the women and kids who are there, so there is something special for them to look forwards to. I take requests and honor them as […]

Channa Masala

The ingredients for channa masala, including kala channa–black chickpeas. I usually cook this dish with the more common white chickpeas, but all I had in the cupboard was kala channa yesterday. Channa masala is one of my favorite Indian dishes. The version I cook is one I learned from a waiter at an Indian restaurant […]

Wrapping up the Chupacabra Chili

Here is the design on the t-shirt we are giving away. The T is a baseball shirt with black three-quarter length sleeves, sized extra large. Okay, first, let’s talk about this t-shirt contest. Saturday, at the North Market’s Second Annual Fiery Foods Festival, I gave out fifty business cards with the Chupacabra design pictured above […]

Winter Returns, and Comfort Food Rules Supreme

Okay, this picture was taking a year or so ago–but it is a good illustration for what the world is looking like right about now. That is our outside cat, Pyewacket, framed by two trees in our woods. I bet he wishes he could come inside for some ma po. Two days ago, it was […]

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