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I Am the Egg Man, Goo Goo Ga Joob I am in an egg phase. As I look back over my 46-year eating career, it’s easy to chart my personal dining tendencies. I’ll get on a barbeque kick for a few weeks, or go for months eating a certain dish from the same restaurant overContinue reading “I Am the Egg Man, Goo Goo Ga Joob”

The Sleepy Shank “Drugged lamb shanks missing from clinic.” I can’t imagine how anyone could read a newspaper headline such as that and not take the time to dive into the rest of the story. I certainly bit. The story came from the Sydney Morning Herald. I’m not in the habit of reading Australian newspapers,Continue reading “The Sleepy Shank”

Viking Classic Growing up in Hattiesburg, Miss. in the late 1960s and early 1970s I always looked forward to the Magnolia Classic. The Magnolia Classic was a Professional Golf Association sanctioned event that was held in Hattiesburg every April opposite The Masters tournament in Augusta. Tom Watson and Nick Faldo played here but never won.Continue reading “Viking Classic”

As I sat at the breakfast table this morning I stared at my glass of orange juice and contemplated the beverage’s evolution. As a child, orange juice was kept in a small can in the freezer. One opened the can, dumped the syrupy, icy, orange clump into a pitcher, filled the empty can with tapContinue reading “Donald Duck Orange Juice”

Southbound The restaurant business is full of chef/owners with atypical success stories. The restaurant business is full of culinary twists on tried-and-true recipes. The restaurant business is notorious for its 90-hour work weeks for owners who are willing to open on a shoestring and do what it takes— whatever it takes— to build a business.Continue reading “Southbound”

Banana Fanna Fo Felvis Elvis is alive… on candy wrappers. I walked into a convenience store yesterday and ran into the King of Rock and Roll. Immediately inside the front entrance of the store sat a huge display of a newly introduced candy: Collector’s Edition Reese’s Peanut Butter and Banana Crème cups—the Elvis edition. TheContinue reading “Banana Fanna Fo Felvis”

Diet Dilemma I was walking from the restaurant to my office the other day and, out of the corner of my eye, caught a glimpse of C’est La Vie, the French bakery across the street. The morning sun fell gently on the face of the bakery and a golden glow shone all about the building.Continue reading “Diet Dilemma”

A Singular Culinary Career New Orleans has many culinary icons. In the beginning there were Jean Galatoire, Arnaud Cazenave, and Antoine Alciatore. By mid century the Brennan family began to set up shop in North America’s Creole Capital. In the 1970s Warren LeRuth was on top and passed the torch to Paul Prudhomme who beganContinue reading “A Singular Culinary Career”

A man in Morgantown, West Virginia is suing fast-food giant McDonald’s for $10 million because they put cheese on his hamburger. According to a recent story in the Charleston Daily Mail, “The man says he bit into a hamburger and had a severe allergic reaction to the cheese melted on it. Jeromy Jackson, who isContinue reading “Lawsuits Aplenty”