Whoa, hang on there Tex, slow down. Listen up, for as long as I can remember I’ve been a staunch supporter of grass roots organizations. And this woman is someone you want to know more about, at least read the following. This just now rolled in via email and my jaw was open through the entire thing.
YOU GO HANNAH !!! Kick some vegan ASS !!! And of course, this ass that would be receiving the kicking, is a vegan one.
Please read this, now.
Category Archives: REVIEWS
A jury of 6, no. Um, A trial of 6? No. The mother of all bacon tastings!
This is the cold that never ends,
Yes, it goes on and on my friends
Some people started catching it, not knowing what it was,
And they’ll continue being plagued by it forever just because—
You understand correctly, I’m going over week #2 with this fricken cold. It moved in to my sinus bone last Thursday and creates these wonderful headaches. The pain from the bright sunlight actually makes the pain almost bearable. Then it’s off to the land of aspirin, yay.
Tee hee, Chilebrown goes on a meat spree in Oregon. Asks me if I want to come over Saturday morning (3 weeks ago) and have a tasting!
What do you think my answer was?
Planet ZoZo….in Carrizozo New Mexico – Real food/coffee found in travels.
Generic pretty photograph I took the other evening at sundown. Click on the image, can you see the spider web on the left?
This is about as live as you’re going to find for a food blog restaurant review. Joe Bob & Jlee are on the road at this very minute, no really. And apparently are in Carrizozo New Mexico.
I have a sneaking suspicion the images won’t arrive until after their road trip, but was instructed to get this up immediately. Here’s Joe Bob:
We finally found real food and real coffee
on our trip to Big Bend Texas. In Carrizozo
NM of all places. Open for only two weeks,
Planet ZoZo is doing a great business.
Open M-Th 6am-6pm, and F/S 6am-9pm for dinner too.
Chefs Dinner, three or so choices on Friday
and Saturday nights. Vegan friendly but meat
is served. Coffee beans by Ruidoso Roastery
in Ruidoso NM, just down the road 45 minutes.
Fresh beans within hours. Chef, pastry chef,
other employees too. An oasis in the vast desert of NM
113 Central Carrizozo, NM 88301
505-648-5637
Full story and pics to follow upon return to Denver.
Post this now on ‘henge please.
thanks
Joe Bob
Wolfsen’s Meat & Sausage – Gustine, California
8:30am this bright Sunday morning found the Biggles with eyes open, yet still on the foggy side of awake. A moment later the throaty snarl of Black Bart making tracks away from Meathenge Labs at breakneck speed reminded me of my porky gift to be.
Yup, Chilebrown has struck again. Along with the Sunday paper, a pound and a half of slab bacon was resting gently. Moments later found our plucky hero with camera in hand and a 12″ cast iron pan on the warm.
Slice the bacon Biggles !!!
Book Review: The Food Lovers Guide to Florence 2nd edition
First things first. This book is published by Ten Speed Press, a local to the San Francisco Bay area. They’ve had a long history of top notch books ranging from this book here all the way to do-it-yourself bicycle repair. Their Anybody’s Bike book was a gift to me from my father back in about 1971. It was cause for celebration cause it was for my first 10 speed. Just so you know, that was a lot of gears back then. In fact, that was the most gears you could get.
So why am I here today with a food guide to Florence, Italy? After oh so many years, I’m on their food book review list! Why in hell is Meathenge having anything to do with traveling and food at such far away places? I’m on their food book review list.
Heh, heh. I’m totally going to open a book written by Emily Wise Miller.
Welcome Alvarado Gardens! – Richmond California
Over a month ago, maybe two now, Alvarado Gardens reopened. The new owners remodeled the aged place that once housed an old-mans bar and barbecue joint. My neighborhood doesn’t have a heck of a lot of excitement going on, so having the chance to eat at completely new restaurant is just too juicy to pass up.
100% Organic Bay Leaves – Whoopie?
While I’d like nothing better than to find out why and how “100% Organic” Bay leaves are different or better than what I get from any other most excellent purveyors in my area. I think I’ll take turn with this post. See, Creepy E bought these fine leaves from our local Raley’s market for about $7.29. The recipe he had called for Bay Leaves, and he needed some. Being as picky as most of us food types are, he opted for the organic ones. Wanna know what caused him to call the company?
Smokey Robinson’s Seafood Gumbo – Mild
Today we welcome Meathead to the table. Surely you remember the first time we kinda reviewed Smokey’s Seafood Gumbo a year and a half ago? Well, the box has new art, let’s see what Meathead thought about this lovely workaday lunch.
Take it away Meathead!
Kraft, Macky Cheese and … Organic? Dear Gods, I’ve lived too long.
I spotted this flyer on the side table the other day, didn’t pay much attention. Until I spotted the word Organic on it. What the HELL !?!
Does this matter? For something that has so little cheese in it that it can’t have the word Cheese in it for the Canadians? Do we care? I don’t and we have 2 boys that love the stuff.
Go save the world somewheres else, please. As JLee is fond of saying, “quiddit”.
Biggles
Morants Old Fashioned Sausage Kitchen – A Meat Adventure
Been feeling itchy lately, wanting to get out of town. This paired with the need for taking a day off spelled nothing less than a Meat Adventure. And to be honest, I’ve been on a bacon jag for the last month or so and the chance to try a new bacon really give my spine a tingle.
While I don’t feel the urge to drive to Sacramento very often, Morants seemed like a good idea for a sunny October morning. Interested to see what bacon Morants gots?
“Can you hold please? I need to flip the bacon”
Busy doesn’t even remotely come to describe what I’ve been up to lately. And when I do have time? I’m so exhausted I sit down for my pre-bed nap. So, Monday I took the day off. I owed some friend a load of meat and I wanted to hit the road, do some travlin’.
It was finally time for me to visit Bud’s Custom Meats in Penngrove California. But that was Monday Biggles, how come it’s Thursday morning and you still haven’t tried the bacon? No time, that’s why. I thought I just got done telling you that. You did, but then how come this entry? Well, because I had a great idea. What’s that Biggles? Since I spend all day at work, why not just fry up the bacon here in my office.
How do you say thank you & Nikon Repairs my rig
How do you say thank you to someone who you’ve only known a short while when they hand you their 1200 dollar camera and say, “Here, borrow mine. We’re going on vacation for 2 weeks, you use it.” I declined at least 3 times, but she wouldn’t have it. Nope, I was to use it in her absence. With a lump in my throat I accepted and we agreed to meet for lunch during the week so I could pick up the gift.
ChileBrown’s Meat Adventure – Freedom Meat Locker & Los Gatos Meats
Well, it looks as though our buddy and meat pal has gone on a little vacation. This time he hit up 2 places and brought back a cooler or two of fresh sausages and cheese. What does this mean to you and me? Well, for me it means I’ll have to get busy and hop in the pickup for a little drivin’. It’s a perfect time of year too, I can hardly wait! Come along and have a little sit and see what he and his wife brought back.
Please continue to read Chilebrown’s story not written by me.
Custom Charcoal in Northern California – A Cooking Wood Adventure
How many of you have these stupid crazy nutcase passions for things? Raise your hands, excellent. How many of you kinda loose rational thought when even remotely near them? Raise your hands, excellent. Apart from the obivious, I have a few of those quirks myself. One of which being real wood charcoal.
Wanna come see what I did this time?
Love, Janis – A musical inspired by the book, “Love, Janis” by Laura Joplin
Every epoch or so I’m compelled to come down from the hills and move about the city streets in an effort to enrich my life. Sometimes it’s for fancy restaurant food, sometimes for movies or books. This time I was wrastled out for a musical. I believe a musical is like a play, but it’s got a lot of music thrown in there.
Chilebrown said he had a ticket for me if I’d like to go this musical. It sounded like fun and besides, we wanted to visit Big Nates Barbecue.