Tag: food
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Foodfaves
A past blog detailed my love of ballgame food. This inspired memories of food favorites outside the ballpark, just in time for the holidays. Two footnotes: Hors d’oeuvres I travelled for work for several years, and the per diem didn’t always leave a lot of dinner money. Enter the sponsor reception, conference events paid by…
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Summerespite
There were days I wasn’t sure why I owned something that came with so much baggage. About three-and-a-half feet long, plastic, and the epitome of institutional gray, the tables had legs that worked like a kickstand; push the joint until it locks, and you’re good to go. Every bad memory of school cafeterias came flooding…
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Y’all
Bits and pieces of my life come from other places. I love them dearly, and hope they aren’t examples of cultural appropriation, but rather, things I’ve received from those who wanted to freely share them, as I share my world with theirs, doing my best to honor their histories. Right up there with Christmas crackers,…
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McFreenterprise
My oldest brother was asked to pick up my other brother and me from our piano lessons. Joe decided to make a trip out of it, so he left a little early to swing by the nearby McDonald’s, which was boasting its then-newest product, the Big Mac. He’d heard good things, and, always one who…
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Subs
My first sub was probably that iconic Midwestern special from Kmart, featuring baloney and red onion, embalmed in more plastic wrap than a major league infield during a rain delay. Only archaeological finesse got through those layers, and once the treasure was unearthed, the smell of those onions filled the room, your house, and most…
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Mayo
A computer company hired him to write code for them—when he was 17. Since he was still in high school, he had to work nights. No problem; they gave him a key to their building, where he worked until 1 or 2 most mornings. I tagged along every now and then, more on weekends than…
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Ballparkfood
It was the perfect day for my first baseball game, with a Santa Fe blue sky and well-placed white, mightily-jowled clouds. This was old school Tiger Stadium, where an usher walked you to your seats, and draped a canvas cover over the slatted chair that would have otherwise been tough to endure for the two…
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Vernorswhip
It began when a druggist was toying with an invention for stomach aches. He was called away to serve in the Civil War, so he put his concoction in an oak barrel and went into battle. When he returned years later, he pulled the mixture from the barrel, and found a liquid Nirvana named Vernors,…
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Service
I really thought this would be easy. It was 5:45, dinner had to be on the table, and I had a package of Trader Joe’s Hash Browns. Trade Joe’s is a wonderful place, but they generally haven’t yet discerned the invention of the air fryer, so I was Googling for instructions on how to air…
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Nachos
Dad was a commercial printing salesman in the 50s. These were the days of two-hour lunches, lavish gifts at Christmas, and business trips that were more trips than business. Dad was never much to take up the travel boondoggles, except for one time, when the offer came around to do a week’s worth of fishing…
Six O'Clock Sky 