So back to that Texas brisket jag again. Came up with another use for leftover brisket. Into these beans went chopped up bits of salty, peppery, smoky, crusty, beefy brisket with its thin silky fat cap and it beat the pants off same-old ham hock, good as that is. Talk about the ethanol of ingredients. [...]
July 17, 2010
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July 10, 2010
I put down the clicker when it landed halfway into Julie & Julia the other night. I’d seen it but had to see Meryl’s Julia some more. Just that day I’d watched Julia make tarte tatin on the Cooking channel. “…And let the utensils fall where they may!” I love her and I swear that [...]
May 28, 2010
Tomorrow morning Bob and I head east to Tellico Plains, TN, for another big ride in the Smokies. It’s Memorial Day weekend and it’s raining — here in Nashville and there, where we’re going. And between here and there as well, I think. 50-50 chance it’s going to keep raining. Of course it is. It’s [...]
April 26, 2010
File this under good ideas for summer yard parties. In addition to having a good excess liability policy, help your very relaxed guests avoid a spill…beer or otherwise. Orange looks is particularly nice against green grass as they are both secondary colors.
February 23, 2010
We haven’t pulled whole hog since the Harton Brothers’ Jocelyn Hollow roast in ’97. Funny thing is that Mindy and I both helped pull that hog on plywood tables in the back yard, but I don’t remember seeing her, close as she was. Staying up all night with Winn Harton probably had something to do [...]
February 17, 2010
For nearly two decades I have dreaded “unseasonal” temperature rises in mid-January. Seems like as soon as it gets cold and holiday-ish, roaring fires and all that, it’s over. Early in the new year daffodil bulbs tricked by the sun push up and then get whacked in 22 degree cold spells. Sap starts running and [...]
February 7, 2010
He was. These guys kick ass. On every level.
January 20, 2010
Aging light colored convertible tops. Environmental litmus paper. A musty Rhode Island garage put the hurt on this one. The pine sap is my fault. Mark Lambert told me to cut some Purple Power with water and get at it with a small brush, super gently. He did a test spot at his shop. Found [...]
November 30, 2009
I’m 50 miles from Nashville on Saturday with about two hours of daylight and my 1973 Triumph Trident suddenly goes dead hauling up the big hill coming out of Centerville. The bike had been running sweet and strong all day. Up ahead my buddy Professor Bob on his Cagiva with heated grips happily motored away. [...]
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