Ok, I took some liberties with “local” this week, when I decided to explore the depths of my freezer and came across two elk ribeye steaks that a friend had given me last summer. The meat comes from his family’s ranch in Minot, North Dakota, and was part of an enormous dry-ice packed cooler that [...]
This is the Week of Tom Waits
In anticipation of next week’s show at the orpheum, I’m declaring 6/9-6/13 the Week of Tom Waits. Basically, this involves listening to the entire Tom Waits disography, in order, broken up into about five albums a day. For anyone who wants to partake, here’s Monday’s line up:
Closing Time
The Heart of Saturday Night
Nighthawks at the Diner
Small [...]
Tom Waits plays Phoenix
6/17 at the Orpheum. Anticipation is high!
One Local Summer Week 1
This week was the first week of one local summer, and I kicked it off with a classic: steak and potatoes.
Ok, it was a little more involved than just steak and potatoes. Here were the dishes:
Cherry & Vanilla Porter Marinated Tri-Tip with Porter-Glazed Shitake Mushrooms
Grilled Artichokes with Sauteed Grape Tomatoes and Dill
Tri-Color Medley of [...]
Eating local and summer
It dawned on me the other week that had been almost a year since the start of last year’s One Local Summer. The exercise involved committing to eat one completely local meal just once a week, for each week of the summer. It was amazing, and that is an understatement. I started out knowing [...]
TIJ=around the corner
sometimes, it’s just more fun to fool around with site design than to write. Tonight, my hours were consumed with thanksgivinginjuly.com. Check it out!