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Category Archives: Meals

Gumbo for Non-Purists: A Hodgepodge of Flavor

Gumbo, like any great dish, comes with fervent devotees, each with their own “correct” recipe. With my gumbo I think I’ll probably manage to offend each one of those schools of thought. Not only do I use linguica instead of andouille, I add some homemade chili powder, both okra AND filĂ© powder, and even (*gasp*) [...]

Caught Crab vs. Consumer Crustacean Cakes

A couple of weeks ago, I met up with some friends on a camping trip. We spent the night on a bitterly cold and windy beach in a tent that was better suited for a heated patio. Suffice it to say, it wasn’t my greatest camping adventure. Although I woke up with a crick in [...]

Cheezburger…om nom nom.

In which your intrepid guest-blogging physicist makes cheeseburgers.

Spinach Salad with Roasted Pork Tenderloin, Maytag Blue Cheese, and Raspberry Vinaigrette

This isn’t a blog post so much as, well… just two pictures. I expected to have posted these pictures long ago, but life intervened again, as it is wont to do.* Sleep easy though, for summer has officially started for me and blog posts should be increasing. There are lots of wonderful food opportunities on [...]

Eggs in a Bread Bowl

This would have been a perfect post for an Easter breakfast. That’s what I typed a couple of weeks ago, when I last intended to write this post. And it was a month before that when I ate this meal. It’s odd because half of me feels like it happened an eternity ago and the [...]