I’m a bloody rock star!

I’ve wanted to be a rock star ever since I first saw real live rock stars on the stage at the Fillmore East in, I think, 1969. I was 13 when I saw Albert King, Chuck Berry and The Who tearing it up a what was arguably one of the two best venues for rock [...]

Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It

So what are these scientists going to doubt next: the health dealing benefits of pastured acorn fed hog fat and grass fed beef; the wisdom of universal vaccinations against flu viri; the existence of god and reality of life after death? I mean: how dare they?
Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It – NYTimes.com
The [...]

Origins

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Yeast Poll Results Reveal Pattern of Bread Doping

What do bread bakers who work from starter, students who pay other people to take tests for them and professional athletes have in common?
Well, from my poll results (look left) it appears that most of them are not above doping their path to success. Of the 22 bakers who respond positively to the statement “I [...]

Yeast Poll Results Reveal Pattern of Bread Doping

What do bread bakers who work from starter, students who pay other people to take tests for them and professional athletes have in common?
Well, from my poll results (look left) it appears that most of them are not above doping their path to success. Of the 22 bakers who respond positively to the statement “I [...]

Thanks for the votes!

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From Hudson Valley

Bob del Grosso and Mike Pardus thank all of you who voted in the recent Best Food Blog by a Chef poll at Well Fed Network.
And special thanks to those of you who voted for us in what was clearly the most important election in recent history. We are not sure who won. [...]

Deep Thought: Artisan Bread?

ar·ti·san (ärt′ə zən, -sən)

noun
a worker in a skilled trade; craftsman
Etymology: Fr < It artigiano; ult. < L ars,

It may be only children and pedants who believe that once a word is codified coded into a more than one dictionary its meaning [...]

Deep Thought: Artisan Bread?

ar·ti·san (ärt′ə zən, -sən)

noun
a worker in a skilled trade; craftsman
Etymology: Fr < It artigiano; ult. < L ars,

It may be only children and pedants who believe that once a word is codified coded into a more than one dictionary its meaning [...]

My Latest Invention: The Dorsavent Chef’s Jacket (Satire)

I am proud to announce that I have invented a product that promises to revolutionize the way chefs look and SAVE MONEY by cutting laundry and wardrobe costs by 50%!  
The Dorsavent ( from dorsal  and ventral) is the  first reversible chefs coat that is designed so that the back is a mirror image of [...]

My Latest Invention: The Dorsavent Chef’s Jacket (Satire)

I am proud to announce that I have invented a product that promises to revolutionize the way chefs look and SAVE MONEY by cutting laundry and wardrobe costs by 50%!  
The Dorsavent ( from dorsal  and ventral) is the  first reversible chefs coat that is designed so that the back is a mirror image of [...]