Author: Jesse

Happy Independence Day 4

Happy Independence Day

In the same vein of Thanksgiving, here's a famous speech to help put things into perspective between that 4th hamburger and 6th box of sparklers. Let us never forget that 57 brave men pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor...

Recipe: Moroccan Chickpea Soup 1

Recipe: Moroccan Chickpea Soup

If you've never been to a Moroccan restaurant before, you have no idea how much you're missing out. North African cuisine is very under-represented and yet is some of the tastiest stuff you'll ever eat. Fragrant and spicy without sending...

Our Worst Fears Realized 8

Our Worst Fears Realized

Despite a few isolated incidents involving stolen paper towels, our dogs have been pretty good at staying out the garbage. Well, until tonight that is… Annabelle's spending the rest of the evening locked outside.

The Day the Music Died 4

The Day the Music Died

Your speakers are working; it's Yahoo! Radio that isn't. In protest of exorbitant new royalty fees set to go into effect Real Soon Now(TM), thousands of Internet radio broadcasters are protesting today with a day of silence. Their beef? That...

Thread on Food Stamps Now Most Popular 5

Thread on Food Stamps Now Most Popular

With the flood of back-and-forth between the two of us and Dean Calbreath, another journalist that doesn't like John Dougall, the debate about the Week on Food Stamps Challenge has reached 18 comments and climbing. He's asserting that it's near...

Super Shoppers 6

Super Shoppers

Yesterday was shopping day, our fridge looking about as empty and pathetic as a fridge can. While out, we ran across a peach of a deal: Ball Park all-beef hot dogs for a dollar a package. We decided to stock...

Recipe: Italian Breadcrumb Chicken 5

Recipe: Italian Breadcrumb Chicken

This has been a favorite of mine since a roommate showed me how to make it many years ago. It’s simple, delicious and works well for leftovers. Bear in mind that most amounts here are approximations since I don’t really...

The First Fruits 3

The First Fruits

It's barely even a mouthful, but oh so good. I'm hoping that some of the tiny berries will give way to larger ones later in the season.