Thoughts on Vegetables

Artichokes are very versatile. They can be boiled, roasted, baked, deep fried, smothered, shot or run over when they stand in the crosswalk. They are the perfect vegetable for when you crave something that looks like a pine cone and tastes like nothing. ♦ If you must break out of jail, you can carve a […]

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Bitter FAQs about Capers

Where do capers grow? Any of the arid regions around the Mediterranean where there is so little food that people pick flower buds and pickle them because there is little else to eat. How are capers harvested? In the morning they are picked manually by local virgins.  By hand, because they are fragile. In the […]

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Stuff I’m Good at

Given a choice between two slow-moving lines at the grocery store, I will always manage to choose the line with anthrax. ♠ My shins can unerringly find any coffee table in complete darkness. ♠ I can make my grandma’s famous Million Dollar Salmon Dip… Note: It is famous because of all that botulism afterwards. ♠ […]

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