Food & Drink

[365] Day Fourteen : Sunny Side Up

February 22, 2012, by

Day Four­teen : Sunny Side Up

Med­ina, Ohio

I first heard of Eggs-in-a-Basket from Alan Moore. No…not directly. In V for Vendetta, both the terrorist/anarchist V and Evie’s friend make the egg, bread, and but­ter dish for her. I saw it and thought it looked tasty. I made it. It is. It’s become a sta­ple dish around the house­hold — my kids love them as a quick morn­ing treat.

If you don’t believe that life inspires are inspires life, think of Eggs-in-a-Basket. It is a gentle-yet-savory meme.

[365] Day Ten : Chez Game

February 18, 2012, by

Day Ten : Chez Game

Med­ina, OH

Fri­day night is game night in my house­hold. Friends come over, we eat, drink, and make merry around var­i­ous board and card games.

There is also beer. Which is why this photo is a lit­tle blurry.

That’s my story, and I’m stick­ing to it.

Report: The Gluten-Free Month

December 19, 2011, by
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As men­tioned on this site and in the most recent Liv­ing Proof Brew­cast, I spent the month of Novem­ber liv­ing a gluten-free, mostly wheat-free exis­tence. I did not sub­sti­tute GF prod­ucts for nor­mal prod­ucts except in two cir­cum­stance: I occa­sion­ally had a piece of GF bread as toast, and I had GF beer.  I learned the following:

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Interview on Living Proof Brew Cast

November 21, 2011, by
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This week, I was a guest on the Liv­ing Proof Brew Cast, hosted by John Tay­lor Williams and Thomas Gideon.  Their show notes are repli­cated below:

We turned to the rea­son we invited Chris on, a dis­cus­sion of gluten free beers and brew­ing. Chris shared his expe­ri­ences and impres­sions from about half a month so far of drink­ing only gluten free beers. He reminded us why he is doing this for the month of Novem­ber. In addi­tion to the St. Peter”s he men­tioned at the out­set, Chris has also tried Red­Bridge, Lake­front New Grist, and Bard’s.

John has men­tioned William Davis’ “Wheat Belly” before, when we were rumi­nat­ing on the effec­tive­ness of Evo’s brew diet. He brought it up again as being rel­e­vant to why wheat may cause some peo­ple grief even in the absence of celiac or an actual allergy. Chris offered a sim­i­lar read that pro­vokes thought around food cul­ture and indus­try, “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pol­lan. In addi­tion to read­ing and research, Chris is tak­ing a very con­sid­ered approach that includes jour­nal­ing his expe­ri­ences and impressions.

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Rassilon’s Emphatic Beer Label

November 16, 2011, by

Behold, the label cre­ated by Mike Pir­nat for the Rassilon’s Emphatic Spit­tle IGPA: