21 Nov 2014 20 Comments
in Recipes, Starlets Tags: cod, Daniel Nevins, Donegal, Gaelic, Guinness, Ireland, Irish fish soup, Kerrygold Irish butter, soup
‘Twas a cold and drizzly Southern California autumn day. As the mercury plunged into the mid-60s and I watched the fog crawling around in the canyon, my mind turned to soup.
I descended into the even more frigid depths of my freezer, looking for inspiration. Then, like an ice fisherman lifting a catch from a hole in a frozen lake, I pulled up a rock-hard filet of Atlantic cod. And the soup was on! More
09 Nov 2014 7 Comments
in Pork, Starlets, Video Tags: beer, chiles, chili cook off, food, Negro Modelo, Pork, Savraw, Southwestern cooking, Topanga
Out on my morning run, I saw a couple deer mating. And I knew it was going to be a good day.
For it was the Saturday of the Topanga Chili Cook-Off and Swap Meet, which my friend Nonie — who is on the board of the Community Club — had coerced me into entering.
Tom and his chili paddle
Last year, I was a judge alongside my pal Ernie. There were two chilis entered, neither of which were very good. “I think the best chili was the one they were selling at the concession,” I said to the gal running the event.
“But that came from a can!” she protested. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 