Monday
08Feb2010

BBQ & Pickles

DateMonday, February 8, 2010 | | | CommentPost a Comment

As regular readers know, I hail from South, and I'm here to tell you that the great Republic Texas is not, properly speaking, part of the South. But Southerners and Texans do share some things in common: we all say ya'll, we know how to use "ma'am" and "sir" and we eat barbeque.

On Saturday night, Willy the Quince Wrangler, his lady friend Jennifer and my fellow Southerner Craig went down to Bludso's in Compton to try for ourselves the BBQ joint widely regarded as the best in our sprawling metropolis.

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Saturday
06Feb2010

Three-Lemon Marmalade

DateSaturday, February 6, 2010 | | | Comment1 Comment

What's that, ABOVE?

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Saturday
06Feb2010

A record rainfall?

DateSaturday, February 6, 2010 | | | Comment2 Comments

I worked up a recipe for LEMON MARMALADE that I'm really happy about, and I'll post it today. But first I want to talk about the weather. It's my wintertime obsession.

The citizens of Southern California have an unusual relationship to rain. A rainstorm here is an event that commands attention, analogous a snowstorm in the South.

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Thursday
04Feb2010

Alas, poor Yorick...

DateThursday, February 4, 2010 | | | Comment3 Comments

So how do you know when a jammer has lost his mind? When he starts talking to his jars, ABOVE.

I just got some pictures in the mail from the friendly South Carolina photographer Josh Norris, and I thought you all might want to see who you're dealing with here at Greenvalley. Please don't judge Josh too harshly by this picture. You couldn't expect him to do much with the given subject.

There's a lot to catch you up on, including last night's adventure with limequats, but I'm at work so it will all have to wait.

More soon—

Monday
01Feb2010

Foraging & FedEx

DateMonday, February 1, 2010 | | | Comment4 Comments

My friend Matt launched a conversation among his 636 Facebook friends by posting the question "what's worth living for?" Now don't worry for Matt's safety: I don't think he's contemplating rash acts. He's just a serious young man who earnestly weighs the big questions. Matt was a philosophy major, you know.

I've been thinking about Matt's query since I read it.

I won't bore you time with my full response, but let me just make a kind of introductory statement.

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Friday
29Jan2010

Surfas Demo: Time-to-Kill Marmalade

DateFriday, January 29, 2010 | | | Comment9 Comments

We're in the heart of citrus season now, and the fragrance is unmistakable.

It's marmalade time, and my thanks go out to Surfas—John, Elana, Lavender and Diana—for having Bettina Birch and me back for another demo. The Surfas kitchen has by now become my favorite cooking home-away-from-home, and as always I had a big time. The only disappointment this go-round was that Bettina had to leave early, which meant that the 70 or so guests had no respite from the sound of my voice.

I warned everyone in advance that I can talk the hind legs off a mule, and I lived up to my reputation. But I also deviously kept them all pinned to their seats by waiting until the very last moment to pass around samples of TIME-TO-KILL MARMALADE OF BLOOD ORANGES AND MEYER LEMON and VIN DE PAMPLEMOUSSE.

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Tuesday
26Jan2010

Marmalade Class at Surfas!

DateTuesday, January 26, 2010 | | | Comment7 Comments

Don't be afriad of marmalade any longer! Come see how it's done! Delicious results in one hour or less! FREE tasting to follow! Step right up!

Join Bettina Birch and me for a FREE marmalade demonstration at Surfas in Culver City.

This Saturday, January 30, at 11:00 a.m.

Bust the recession and save the season by learning to make this innovative, time-saving, labor-efficient, one-step, no-soak TIME TO KILL CITRUS MARMALADE. As an added bonus, we'll stir up a batch of VIN DE PAMPLEMOUSSE, a zingy aperitif of winter citrus.

Now tell me, how could you let such an offer pass you by?

Be there or be square.

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