Length: < 1 min Today I learned that Tom Waits named his heirloom tomato seeds after his influences. And then created a piece of art with them… This comes from the book “Waits/Corbijn ’77-’11: Photographs by Anton Corbijn. Curiosities by Tom Waits.” I need… Read More »Totally Tom’s tomatoes today
Length: < 1 min Chefs Connie Desousa and John Jackson of Charcut Roast House created this one when they first opened their restaurant in Calgary, a little unsure about the reception for “pigs’ heads” in what was a “steak-and-potatoes” town, but it seemed to… Read More »Pig-head mortadella
Length: < 1 min Only one dip onto the secret sauce; that’s the secret. Plus, it stops me catching anything from you if I follow on… I think I’ve mentioned how much I want to eat Matt Abergel’s food in Hong Kong. His wizardry… Read More »Just the one dip, FOOL.
Length: < 1 min A new year. No long spiel here. Just the hope that everyone has more joy, more fun, more happiness, less fear. More humanity. More compassion. More love. I’m not going to mention Brexit or the new UK COVID-19 variant. So,… Read More »Into 2021
Length: < 1 min Spicy. Seasoned. Szechuan. Spam. ’nuff said. Or, you can read more on Spam right here.
Length: < 1 min As Neil Young would say, “This note’s for you”, Gay. This piece is accompanied by the Stones singing the post’s title. Finest kind… Diesel having done his dirty deed, this bird, deceased, was definitely dutifully delivered today: Here, via the… Read More »Look what the cat dragged in?
Length: 2 mins In view of the impending Brexit cliff-edge or maybe, knowing that we’ve insanely decided to put ourselves in the same position as when that huge rock drops on top of you, á la the Road Runner cartoon, more like the… Read More »Brexit recipes
Length: < 1 min An absence of impulse control when looking at new gadgets is a cherished character trait of mine. I manage to control it though, well, sometimes, anyway. I saw this on eBay recently. I can’t find a reason to buy it,… Read More »Do I need this? No. Do I want it? Yes.
Length: 6 mins The title actually doesn’t refer to anything this current kleptocracy of a ‘government’ is actually doing to its citizens (nor indeed to the Trumpian attempts to kill, maim & imprison as many BLM or anti-fascist protestors as their police state… Read More »Eat the poor; a 250% increase in shit…
Length: < 1 min And what better than this French faience boar’s head tureen, 18th C. A snip at around €750. Go on, what are you waiting for?
Length: < 1 min If that idea doesn’t immediately make you salivate and want to know more, please check your pulse for activity. I mean, come ON! What’s not to like about this whole idea? If you’re here and still reading, you sure aren’t… Read More »Pig’s head dipped in sourdough & deep fried…
Length: < 1 min “One thing at a time” COVID brain (not that I’ve got or had COVID, no, I speak of the haze, the fuzziness, the inability to concentrate for more than a few minutes) has had a rather iron-hard grip on my… Read More »Ikkai ichi dousa
Length: 2 mins I took a short (10 hours), short-story writing course last week. This is my first draft synopsis. Any and all comments welcome. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& His report, unopened, in front of them. His name, PAUL HARRIS, centred on the red plastic-bound binder,… Read More »The menu, the pier, the madness
Length: 3 mins Having written about the Irish Greyhound pig, I thought I should mention the grice, another extinct breed of swine found in the Highlands and Islands as well as in Ireland. It lasted longest in the Shetland Isles, distant as they are from… Read More »Don’t think twice, it’s all grice
Length: < 1 min Waste nothing. Remember: wasting meat is just an offal thing to do… Yeah, sorry about that one, I know, I know. OK, a quick shout-out to the the chefs who’ve setup the Carcass Cartel. Their mission statement: “The Carcass Cartel… Read More »This cartel of pushers is 100% street-legal
Length: 6 mins I see that the last update here was back in May. Sorry about that. Kind of. Three months later and we’re still in the middle of the pandemic. I have to say I don’t feel appreciably safer than I did… Read More »It’s a goer
Length: < 1 min They are. This wonderfully atmospheric image was taken by a Russian photographer, Grigory Dubinsky, early in the 20th Century. Herding pigs can be, er, challenging. If they choose to push back then, believe me, there’s not much you can do.… Read More »“Naughty”
Length: < 1 min And that’s just what this totally unexpected gift from @val_littlewood will do today… …I’m slow cooking us some beef rendang via a Keith Floyd recipe dating back to 1994, Val’s working on feeding my mind. Finest kind. Thank you my… Read More »Feed me with stories
