Wherein people throughout the ages know eating acorns doesn’t always mean you eat like a pig. Have you ever wondered if the squirrels might be onto something,” The Farmer’s Almanac asks. I’ve never wondered if they’re on to something, but by gosh I’ve wondered if they’re up to something. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed…I just know they’re … Read More
Food
Mashed Potato Time
Wherein combatants in the American Civil War know nothing keeps a soldier in fighting trim like a wad of compressed vegetables. “Avast, ye scurvy dogs” kids playing pirate will shriek before making their friends walk the plank. While we might chuckle at a little bit of elementary school keelhauling, scurvy itself was a serious concern … Read More
Red Red Wine
Wherein Americans know nothing is more refreshing than a bathtub claret. A classic scene in I Love Lucy depicts Lucille Ball stomping grapes for wine while touring Italy and getting into a grape-slinging, body-smooshing brawl in the wine vat (I love almost as much the complaint of Uncle Junior in The Sopranos that homemade Italian … Read More
Black Coffee in Bed
Wherein the Prussians know the best way to find a fair trade dark roast is to sniff it out. Despite growing up near Seattle, I’ve never been much of a coffee drinker (or any hot drink for that matter). By the time I’m finished doctoring up a cuppa joe, it can more accurately be described … Read More
