Tag: food

  • BBQ Ribs

    BBQ Ribs

    Ever since I bought my house and got a BBQ/grill I’ve learned that most of what I thought of as BBQ growing up was actually grilling. The key difference is that you BBQ at a lower temperature (typically around 225 F) and that BBQ is cooked via indirect heat. Grilling is cooking directly over a…

  • Is This Really Endemic? Restaurant No-Shows

    On 30 April of this year I came across an article on Eater about how restaurants can deal with No-Shows.  I didn’t even know this was a big enough thing that restaurants have multiple strategies to deal with it. Every time I’ve made a reservation to a restaurant, I’ve gone. I set reservations because I…

  • A Daily Photo

    Rather than pile up my daily photos whenever I forget to post them, I’ll just post them one at a time and build up a stream of photos.  I haven’t been in much a textual blogging mood recently.  Perhaps that’ll return eventually. Whenever I’m in Oahu, I love eating at this ramen joint.  If your…

  • Safety and health are here…at a price

    I’ve recently begun to notice a disturbing trend: anything that’s good for you will cost you more. The most serious infraction comes from the food supply. When I go to buy ground beef, cheapest of the beef products, there are three tiers of product available for me to purchase. The cheapest product is ground beef…