Bite Me

If you don't get this joke, you need to spend more time in weird antique stores or dive bars. One of my favorite memories from when TMo and I lived in Europe was wandering through a selection of antique stores in Ireland looking for meaningful gifts (and a shillelagh s...

There's nothing more disgusting than an overripe avocado. Very little compares to the quintessential, acidic stench of an avocado that could have been SO GOOD just two days prior. Raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by an overripe avocado.

Last night,...

There are very few things I don't like when it comes to food (the rest of the world is another story). Some of these items are intractable: like summer squash, cilantro and lima beans. Others are on a case-by-case basis: zucchini (only if it's almost raw), eggplant (on...

The months of February through May are an intensely irritating time for Chicagoans. The weather is typically, in a word, shit, but every so often there are a few days of spring-like weather, just warm enough to begin to melt the frost around our cold, black hearts. The...

Oatmeal, as all of us know, is great for a lot of reasons: it's very cheap, very filling, and (according to the package) is lowering my cholestorol as I type this. It's also extremely boring -- without any additions, oatmeal is just a blank canvas waiting for an artist...

I am a huge fan of power bars. Kind, Kashi, Cliff, RX, Lara -- yes, please.

They're quick and easy ways to pack in a few more grams of protein and, obviously, instrumental in beating junk food cravings at 3:30 in the afternoon when literally all you've ever wanted in y...

Sometimes you just get lucky.

Sometimes you throw 15 ingredients into a bowl, mash them into little burger things, fry them and are astounded by their delicious flavor.

Sometimes you just really don't want to leave the house to go grocery shopping.

That's what happened...

Everyone knows that soup is one of the most powerful curatives known to man. It's scientifically proven to help bounce back from colds faster. Matzoh ball soup is like THE epitome of a bubbe's love. And nothing beats a steaming bowl of Cambpell's tomato soup on a disgu...

I love chocolate bark. No matter what the toppings (unless they include white chocolate), I find it completely addictive. There's no way I can eat just one piece...or even two. And by the way, huge shout out to Costco's peppermint bark. Good god. That stuff is manna fr...

I never skip breakfast unless I'm really sick. I'm one of those people that is starving as soon as they wake up (hey, 8 hours is a long time to go without eating). Usually I just eat oatmeal because it's fast and cheap and filling and heart-healthy, according to the co...