29 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in Recipes Tags: beer, Brooklyn Brewing Co., Del Maguey, Jamie Oliver, mezcal, Pappy Van Winkle, shrimp, Steve Hart
The day started off well enough, an early lunch with my brothers — a couple tall Molsons on tap and a minuscule serving of seared ahi at Outback Steakhouse.
And from there, the sky was the limit.
Mike admires his Chichicapa cerveza
Waiting around in the parking lot of my kids’ school for the bell to ring, I got a call. It was my pal Michael:
“Dude, what’re you doing?” More
02 Oct 2015 2 Comments
in Humor, Recipes Tags: Andreas Viestad, Baja, cooking, humor, New Scandinavian Cooking, Norway, sandwiches, shrimp, Topanga
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, I was looking in vain for the Dodgers game on cable, and stumbled across “New Scandinavian Cooking” with Andreas Viestad.
Andreas Viestad fixing to smoke some trout in the mountains of Norway
It’s one of my favorite PBS cooking shows, and it was just beginning.
“Dad!” 5-year-old Imogen said as we wandered into the bedroom, “Is that a cooking show!??” More
01 May 2015 18 Comments
in Humor, Recipes, Video Tags: carne asada, Dan Shore, humor, Jon Buck, Mexican food, patacones, shrimp, tacos, Topanga
In the interest of dispelling any outdated notions of men’s night out without the wives being about poker, cigars, cheap beer, pizza delivery and foul talk, I present an alternative: Dad’s Night in Topanga.
Host dad Dan tends to the important stuff
It all started with a text from my friend and oft-Skinny-Girls sidekick, Dan. His wife was out of town, he was at home with the kids, did we all want to get together over the weekend? Turns out my wife was going out for a “girl’s night” for a pal’s birthday on Saturday, and Dad’s Night was ON. More
10 Apr 2014 7 Comments
in Markets & Stores, Recipes Tags: abelskivers, food, humor, Ikea, lingonberries, recipes, rosti, Scandinavian cooking, shrimp, Sweden
We’d been putting it off and putting it off — the family trip to Ikea.
Not because we don’t like Ikea — we love it. But it’s nearly an hour away, and there never seems to be a good time. But late Sunday morning, a bit hungover from too much tequila the night before, we had no excuses to put it off any longer. And a big plate of Ikea Swedish meatballs sounded like just the Rx for the hangover.
Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes, gravy and lingonberries
My wife can spend hours at Ikea. We were going to go the previous weekend, until I told her we’d probably be able to stay 90 minutes, which was going to be sorely inadequate. It seemed like plenty to me. I’m more of a strategic strike sort of shopper — 30 minutes would be plenty for me. I guess it’s probably a male/female thing. More
21 Mar 2014 5 Comments
in Humor, On the Road, Recipes Tags: Casa Tres Coronitas, cooking, food, Mexican cooking, Mexico, octopus, Puerto Vallarta, shrimp, tequila, travel
We love the food at Casa Tres Coronitas — prepared by the house cook, Marilu — especially the first couple days we are here. But after a few days, we’re ready for a change… if not wanting to necessarily leave this perfect paradise.
“I would like it if you cooked a couple nights,” Leslie said last time we were here. But we never had the courage to approach Marilu with this proposition, both out of fear of hurting her feelings, and an inability to communicate the point to her anyway. But when I mentioned it to Monica, who speaks fluent Spanish, she was insistent. “Oh, of course you will cook! I already told Marilu that you were a chef and you wanted to cook.”
skinny girls & mayonnaise 