Category: Food

Southern by the Grace of God

I found a few things lying around the kitchen to make this southern dish. It consists of cooked white rice at the bottom, then layered on top collard greens that was cooked in spicy pickled garlic (5 cloves), balsamic vinegar, and lots of salt. Then on top of that I layered black eyed peas that…


Ate Dinner Alone

Tonight, I made a really delicious meal that took me around 2 hours to prepare, cook, and serve. It consisted of a creamy asparagus soup, and a bok choy salad to go with the soup. I was in a vegetarian mood, so I went with these choices, mostly because I never had neither. I had…


Aged Sumatra Coffee

Normally I don’t consider myself a coffee nut, but recently when I purchased a new coffee maker and grinder (see related post), I’ve been dabbling in gourmet whole bean coffee beans from Peet’s. It wasn’t until I ordered and am now enjoying the Aged Sumatra coffee beans that I’ve fallen in love with coffee all…


The Art of Good Coffee

One of the things that is a mainstay of happiness to most adults, me included, is hot coffee in the morning. However, the sludge we buy from the local grocery store, and drink from a can that has beans that are already ground up, and eventually put in the freezer, is nowhere near the quality…