Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Pick one. Four years ago, Trump failed his big test badly. Plus ‘Triumph of the Will’ (1935), ‘Poor Things’ (2023), and ‘The Zone of Interest’ (2023).
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Another Week: Number 62
Two new recliners, some poke and walleye. Little by little, I’m sorting things out. Plus: ‘May December’ (2023), and ‘Priscilla’ (2023).
Another Week: Number 60
Super Bowl LVIII, chicken pot pie, Valentine’s Day, Kansas City mass shooting, Alexei Navalny, Fani Willis hearing, ‘Past Lives’ (2023)
Another Week: Number 47
Amy’s anemia and a bedroom fall, ‘Austin City Limits’: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, ‘Good Eats’ is streaming on Max, ‘JFK: One Day in America’
Another Week: Number 15
Lamb for Easter instead of ham, ‘Hazy Shade of Winter,’ the price of buttermilk at Walmart, ‘Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,’ ‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields’
Another Week: Number 14
April is the cruelest month, Thai-Namite restaurant in Wauwatosa; Wisconsin congressman Bryan Steil: The hedgehog that roared.
Another Week: Number 12
Woman finds husband’s mummified remains, ‘The Consultant,’ ‘Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano,’ the best tortilla chips are Donkey Chips, COVID lockdown + 3 years, Jackson Browne and David Lindley.
McDonald’s mobile app misery
I don't eat at McDonald's often, but it does hold that promise of convenience when I'm driving from A to B and need something in my stomach fast. Usually these days I order via the McDonald's mobile app, which can be handy when their system works. Sometimes, though,...
Another Week: Number 6
Shrimp Cocktail, NFL Conference Championships, Tyre Nichols killed by Memphis Police, ‘He Gets Us’: $100 million ad campaign for Jesus, Three Pines, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Fillmore – 1997, Branson
Another Week: Number 3
A shooting close to home, Aaron Rodgers loses to the Detroit Lions, ‘Bad Sisters,’ ‘Physical,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘Hard Knocks In Season: The Arizona Cardinals,’ ‘The Established Home,’ ‘The Lost Kitchen,’ Dr. Seuss teaches Critical Race Theory, ‘Welcome to Chippendales,’ ‘The Flagmakers’
Another Week: Number 2
NFL anguish, ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘International Falls,’ ‘The Menu,’ ‘Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter,’ ‘Severance,’ ‘This Place Rules,’ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Another Week: Number 1
William Faulkner’s ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ movies ‘Moonage Daydream,’ ‘If These Walls Could Sing,’ and ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ plus Melissa Villaseñor, ‘This Way Up,’ ‘The Big Brunch,’ and Southwest Airlines flight cancellations.
How long is a turkey good for?
Forgive me if I pause to discreetly gag while writing this, dear reader, but our house currently smells of roast wet dog. The lesson to be learned from this is that the expiration date of a fresh turkey should not be stretched — not even by a couple of days. We're not...
Chili recipe: Chicken Chili with Beans (recipe and video)
I love to cook, and one of the easy, healthy, go-to chicken recipes that I make quite a bit is Chicken Chili with Beans. I thought I would share it — and experiment with making a YouTube cooking video. I start off by making my own beans. I use my pressure cooker,...
Ian’s Pizza by the Slice restaurant, State Street, Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin — Three-year-old Zoey tackles a slice of cheese pizza at a table in Ian's Pizza by the Slice restaurant, 115 State St.
Organic produce: Piper Farms roadside stand, Wisconsin
Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — Organically grown produce for sale in Racine County at Piper Farms, LLC, 4615 Lathrop Ave. Pumpkins, squash, fingerling potatoes, and sweet potatoes are available at this roadside stand.
Limburger cheese rolls from Monroe, Wisconsin
Racine, Wisconsin — Limburger Rolls from the Boomerang Bakery in Monroe, Wisconsin. Despite the pungent reputation of Limburger cheese, these unique rolls are really delicious because of their sweet, yeasty dough, which...
Limburger cheese rolls, Boomerang Bakery, Monroe, Wisconsin
Monroe, Wisconsin — Signature Limburger Rolls for sale at Boomerang Bakery, 1117 16th Ave., during Green County Cheese Days. Despite the pungent reputation of Limburger cheese, these unique rolls are really delicious because...
Corn dogs: Squire’s Dog Haus, festival food vendor
Monroe, Wisconsin — Fresh corn dogs, hot dogs on buns or on sticks, caramel apples, and 26 flavors of soda and sno-cones are all available at Squire's Dog Haus, a staple at fairs and festivals in southeastern Wisconsin and...
Fried cheese curds, Green County Cheese Days, Wisconsin
Monroe, Wisconsin — Long lines form at Green County Cheese Days for these deep-fried cheese curds, hand-battered by the Monroe Morning Optimist Club.
GERD (acid reflux) symptoms relief from yogurt?
It seems bizarre to me the way that acid reflux disease (a.k.a. gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD) has seemingly come out of nowhere to afflict so many people — and that its sufferers so readily gulp the array of remedies concocted by the pharmaceutical...
Heirloom tomato haul from Racine, Wisconsin garden
Racine, Wisconsin — Heirloom tomatoes — Cherokee Purple, Green Zebra, Mr. Stripey — plus Roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, poblano peppers, and even a couple of chile peppers from our backyard tomato garden. Many of the Roma...
Backyard garden: 6-foot tomato plants, Racine, Wisconsin
Racine, Wisconsin — The heirloom tomato beds that Amy dug and planted in late May, and mulched on June 1st now sport tomato plants over 6 feet tall, as well as basil and peppers. So far, we've only harvested a couple of ripe...
Green tomatoes in the rain, Racine, Wisconsin
Racine, Wisconsin — Today's photo — after astonishing rains, with more on the way — is inspired by the song "Hang On Little Tomato" by Pink Martini: The sun has left and forgotten me It's dark, I cannot see Why does this...
Recipe for oven fries: Healthy roasted potato fries
I have been craving potatoes lately. I wake up drooling at the thought of eating McDonald's hash browns — maybe six or eight of them — for breakfast. At dinner time, I imagine myself tipping large orders of French fries into my mouth straight from the cardboard...
Hot oven fries on a plate, with ketchup
Racine, Wisconsin — A plate of hot and delicious oven fries, on its way up to my home office in the spare bedroom.
Make-ahead pressure cooker beans, baked sweet poatoes
One of the best things that has helped me to keep focused on maintaining a healthier lifestyle is planning. On Sundays, like today, I like prepare a few things ahead of time for the week to come. For example, I used my amazing pressure cooker this morning to make...
Alton Brown diet plan: Weight loss through ‘Good Eats’
Here's something we watched while my blog was getting redesigned. It's the Alton Brown diet plan — the January 4 episode of Good Eats, titled "Live and Let Diet." We had noticed, going back to a recent season of Alton Brown's Feasting on Asphalt, that the guy had...
Best fish fry: Wegner’s St. Martins Inn, Franklin, Wisconsin
Franklin, Wisconsin — Our friend Mary Jean enjoys the Friday fish fry at Wegner's St. Martins Inn restaurant (11318 West St. Martins Rd,), where dinner includes beer-battered fried fish (haddock), coleslaw, and Miller's...
Heart-shaped potato: President Barack Obama with David Letterman
Last night, Amy and I watched President Obama on The Late Show with David Letterman, where he was given a heart-shaped potato by audience member Mary Apple of Independence, Missouri, who brought the same potato to Letterman's show two years ago. Today, upon opening a...
Original Culver’s restaurant location: Sauk City, Wisconsin
Since we were near Sauk City, Wisconsin the Saturday before last, I thought it might be fun to look for the original Culver's Frozen Custard & ButterBurgers Restaurant opened by George Culver and his family in 1984.It wasn't difficult to find the site (it's at 716...
Frogmore Stew shrimp recipe (Lowcountry boil)
In late June and early July of 2003, we vacationed in the South Carolina Lowcountry, staying in Beaufort and visiting Charleston, as well as Savannah, Georgia. One of the meals we ate on the trip and have made many times since is a...
Frogmore Stew recipe: Low Country shrimp boil
Our Frogmore Stew recipe. Frogmore Stew is a "Low Country boil" from the area of Beaufort, South Carolina featuring shrimp, corn, smoked sausage (kielbasa), potatoes, onions, and Old Bay seasoning. We use andouille sausage...
Chicken kebabs on the grill: A quick, low-meat dinner
For more quick and easy healthy meal ideas, see our list: Easy, healthy recipes With warmer weather comes our desire to grill — but the notion of grilling usually conjures up images of fatty pork, heavy beef or troublesome chicken. We would like to cook outdoors, but...
Chicken kebabs on the grill
Racine, Wisconsin — Grilling chicken kebabs for dinner in our backyard on our Weber One-Touch Silver Kettle Grill. Besides chicken, the skewers are loaded with red onion, tomatoes, green pepper, and mushrooms.[includeme...
Wild Flour Bakery & Cafe, Bay View, Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin — The Wild Flour Bakery and Cafe at 422 E Lincoln Ave. in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. Wild Flour Bakery & Cafe sells artisan bread, muffins, barista coffees, and sandwiches, and they also do...
Mars Cheese Castle, Tim & Tom’s move; Bobby Nelson’s Cheese Shop stays put
There's a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story today by Karen Herzog about a trio of Wisconsin cheese stores in Kenosha County, and how they will be affected by the I-94 widening project about to begin: Gouda-bye: Freeway alters cheese interchange. Update: Contrary to the...
Deli Station: Racine’s new Jewish-European delicatessen
Update: Deli Station is closed Deli Station closed in late January, 2010. See the Journal Times story and the LTHForum.com discussion for more information. You can now get a delicious Peppered Beef sandwich in Racine, Wisconsin. The Corned Beef is just as good,...
Red Gold tomatoes and the mysterious emailer
There is a part of me that has always craved old-fashioned American goodness. I could watch endless marathons of Lassie and Leave It to Beaver. I love mid-century style, movies like It's a Wonderful Life, and songs like "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive." I am trying to...
Trader Joe’s commercial: Jobim’s ‘Waters of March’
[Monarch]Above is a catchy little production that's been making the viral rounds for a couple of weeks. Titled "If I Made a Commercial for Trader Joe's," it is described on YouTube by carlsfinefilms as an "Unauthorized commercial for Trader Joe's shot on my Palm Treo...
Piñata apples join Honeycrisp apples, Pink Lady on Amy’s apple list
Amy has been a confirmed apple-eater since joining Weight Watchers some years ago. Eating up to three apples daily — about 20 minutes before each meal — is one of the tricks that has helped her lose 120 pounds all told. As a result of consuming apples so regularly,...
Barack Obama restaurant review: Chicago’s Dixie Kitchen
I just saw this video, one of two posted yesterday by Steve Johnson at ChicagoTribune.com. Apparently, there is no end to the man's coolness. Not only is he appearing on Check, Please!, one of my favorite TV shows (seven years ago, before anyone knew how cool it was),...
Kuhn Rikon Duromatic pressure cooker
I f you ask, many people will tell you that you cannot find Indian food in Racine, Wisconsin. The one Indian restaurant we did have closed a while ago, and it was not spectacular to begin with. This is too bad. Amy is intoxicated by Indian spices. We have made many...
New Year food, New Year traditions for good luck
As the last moments of 2008 evaporate like a mongrel's marking on the fire hydrant of hope, I'm doing a little extra-credit research into New Year food and New Year traditions — including any which might attract good luck next year. I just might be willing to eat a...
‘Good Eats’ on YouTube
I have written here before about Good Eats — about the steel-cut oatmeal show, the gumbo show. Good Eats is one of my all-time favorite shows on television. At the same time, I currently loathe the Food Network. Where I once looked...
Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP is getting panned
I know Gwyneth Paltrow as an actress, and as a rock and roll wife and mother to a couple of kids with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. I also had read that she was part of a Mario Batali foodie/travel series on PBS called Spain ... On the Road Again which I probably...
Apple orchard near Burlington, WI: Brightonwoods Orchard
Just a quick reminder that we're now well into apple season, and that one of the best places in our area to experience this fleeting magnificence is Brightonwoods Orchard near Burlington, Wisconsin. Brightonwoods is not an orchard you...
Recipe: Roasted Potatoes with Mustard and Rosemary
For more dinner ideas, see our list of Easy dinner recipes, chicken recipes, side dishes. As the weather here already begins to turn cooler, our oven is getting some use again. Last night we roasted a chicken, accompanied by a simple, rustic roasted potato recipe that...
‘Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie’
Even on public television's extensive menu of food and cooking shows, Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie is a standout offering. It's a globe-hopping, half-hour magazine of on-location footage and interviews featuring all sorts of fascinating topics from the primitive to the...
Chef José Andrés: ‘Made in Spain’
Update, April 17, 2009: With the addition of the new YouTube Shows section, you can now watch all 13 episodes of Made in Spain at YouTube. I seem to be on a little bit of a Spanish kick with my posts here recently, so let's go for trillizos. If you like chefs with...
Olde Madrid: Racine, WI restaurant offers tapas, paella
Olde Madrid (OldeMadrid.com) 418 6th St. Racine, WI 53403-1218 (262) 619-0940 Having enjoyed tapas and paella over the years at Don Quijote in Milwaukee, Cafe Ba Ba Reeba and especially Emilio's Tapas in Chicagoland, we were excited when Manny Salinas and Natalie Pope...
Pierogi recipes from my mom: Pierogi dough & fillings
As a Chicago-born guy of Polish descent, these pierogi recipes have always been central to my Christmas holiday. The humble pierogi is Poland's take on the ubiquitous filled noodle dumpling, enjoyed elsewhere as ravioli or kreplach or pelmeni or jiaozi (pot stickers)....
Christopher Walken cooking Chicken with Pears
Well, this is right in my wheelhouse! I watch a lot of chef shows and cooking TV, and I love strange Internet finds. There is a YouTube playlist out there intended to hold my food and cooking favorites, but there are only two videos on it so far. I never imagined...
Frozen pizza that doesn’t suck: Amy’s
Some evenings, after a hard day's work, one does not feel up to preparing Herb-Roasted Rack of Lamb with Flageolet Gratin, Roasted Radicchio, and Tapenade for dinner. One prefers instead to throw a frozen pizza into a 425° oven and eat it from paper plates about...
Upper Michigan travel guide: Hunts Guide to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
We just got back from a few days visiting Amy's sister in Pembine, Wisconsin, near Iron Mountain, Michigan. Before we went, I did some Googling and came across a fantastic little Web resource: Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper...
Pancake Day, Festival Hall, Racine, Wisconsin
Racine, Wisconsin — Kiwanis Pancake Day patrons eat and greet inside Festival Hall along the Lake Michigan shoreline in downtown Racine, Wisconsin. An annual fundraiser sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Racine since...
Pancake Day, Racine, Wisconsin: Pancake griddles
Racine, Wisconsin — Pancake Day cooks, including Miss Racine 2007, Brittani Madala — cook pancakes on specially-designed pancake griddles at Festival Hall in downtown Racine, Wisconsin. An annual fundraiser sponsored by the...
‘Bouchon’: Thomas Keller’s French bistro cookbook
A few weeks ago, while buying a book I needed, I added this one, which had been sitting on my wish list for a year or so. Thomas Keller's Bouchon, published in 2004, is pretty hefty for a cookbook. It's about a foot square, weighs almost six pounds, and features...
Alton Brown’s shrimp gumbo recipe: Brown roux in oven
Here is the gumbo recipe from Alton Brown: Shrimp Gumbo.This is yet another example of why I think Good Eats is one of the best shows in the history of television: Not only does Alton Brown give us an entertaining half hour of viewing, but we also get some real life,...
Milwaukee Public Market, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Interior of the Milwaukee Public Market, an indoor food marketplace offering products from independent merchants.
Braunschweiger or liver sausage, Kemen brand liverwurst is best
It was about a year ago that Amy's sister Donna, who now lives "up north," stayed with us. She had been instructed by her husband to bring back some honest-to-goodness Braunschweiger, which, like honest-to-goodness Mexican food, cannot be found in their vicinity....
Happy New Year with Emeril’s Hoppin’ John recipe
Amy and I visited New Orleans in the spring of 1992 on a road trip through Arkansas and Louisiana, and immediately fell in love with the culture of the whole area, which has had a lasting impact on our cooking, reading and musical tastes. Another road trip in 2003...
Excellent Tuscan chicken and beans recipe
After a couple of days near 70°F. last week, cold weather is back in southeastern Wisconsin this weekend, so we're turning to hearty, savory dinners. Beef is on the menu tonight, and Friday there was a veal meat loaf, so I wanted something...
Hungarian Goulash recipe
My sister-in-law Marianne mentioned our Hungarian Goulash the other day. She says our nephews love it. It's a great, beefy stew that really hits the spot in autumn, or on a rainy evening like yesterday, and the kitchen smells fantastic as it gets close to done....
At home in Racine
It seems strange now, but growing up in the city immediately south of here, I never got very familiar with Racine. In fact, I spent four years attending middle school in Racine, but never saw much of the city beyond The Prairie School campus out on Wind Point and the...
Oatmeal recipe: Steel cut oats ala Alton Brown, ‘Good Eats’
Poet Stanley Kunitz died on Sunday. In one obituary there was a quote from him which began, "The deepest thing I know is that I am living and dying at once ..." At age 45 and counting, I feel the same thing, and that makes it harder to waste time on many of the...
Taqueria Azteca: Milwaukee Mexican restaurant
View Larger Map Taqueria Azteca 119 E Oklahoma Ave Milwaukee, WI 53207 (414) 486-9447 Finding ourselves on Milwaukee's South Side, we decided, based on a Yelp review I had seen, to try Taqueria Azteca at about 4:30 this afternoon — a rainy, windy Sunday. I was looking...
Main Moon 2: Chinese restaurant in Racine, WI
View Mark Czerniec's Racine & beyond in a larger map Main Moon 2 4915 Washington Ave Suite I Racine, WI 53406 (262) 638-9888 (262) 638-9988 (262) 638-1388 (fax) With two Racine locations, Main Moon serves this city's most popular...
Recipe: Hummus with Tahini (chickpea dip / spread with sesame seed paste)
Hummus, the ubiquitous chickpea dip of Middle Eastern restaurants (also spelled houmous, hommus, hummous, humus, or homus), is available pre-made in small plastic tubs at Jewel, but it's very easy to make your own at home. We buy the tahini at Tenuta's; they carry the...
Honada Sushi & Hibachi restaurant (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
Honada Sushi & Hibachi 8501 75th St Suite G Kenosha, WI 53142 (262) 697-5228 Wonderful sushi in Kenosha? Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city of tattoos, taverns and pizza parlors? It doesn't seem possible, and yet here it is at Honada. [includeme...
Charlie Beinlich’s Food & Tap (Northbrook, IL restaurant)
View Larger Map Charlie Beinlich's Food & Tap 290 Skokie Blvd Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 564-9328 Great hamburgers in a great room since 1950. Charlie Beinlich's (charliebeinlichs.com) is a family-run place with knotty pine paneling and mounted trout on the wall....
Tenuta’s Delicatessen & Liquors: Italian deli in Kenosha, WI
Tenuta's Delicatessen & Liquors 3203 52nd St Kenosha, WI 53144 (262) 657-9001 Tenuta's (TenutasDeli.com) is the best thing in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I say this as someone who lived in K-Town for 43 years. It's the number one...
Houmann’s Fish & Seafood (Racine, Wisconsin)
Houmann's Fish & Seafood 1026 Liberty St Racine, WI 53404 (262) 633-2477 Update: The Houmann's retail store described here CLOSED (at least for the time being) on October 7, 2006. Empire Fish in Milwaukee is one excellent alternative. [includeme...
Racine Produce: Mexican grocery in Racine, WI
Racine Produce 3701 Durand Ave Racine, WI 53405 (262) 554-5100 Update: Racine Produce is closed Racine Produce closed in October, 2009. See the Journal Times for more information. For a good selection of reasonably-priced produce, try Kenosha Fresh Market. [includeme...
Kenosha HarborMarket: Farmer’s market on the lakefront
Last Saturday — and then again today — we visited the Kenosha's HarborMarket. My dad used to take me to Kenosha's Farmer's Markets when I was a kid. He made the best dill pickles I have ever tasted. We would go to the grocery store to get the vinegar, the salt, the...
Memorial Day weekend up north
We spent the weekend visiting family up north. You can see an antonishing mess of stars in the sky up there. You can also find a hell of a lot of ticks crawling on you after a short walk. It is not the wilderness. America's franchise/sprawl culture is sprouting its...
Fruit baskets, wine shop in Siena, Italy
Siena, Italy — Baskets of fresh fruit displayed in front of the old food shop at Via di Città 158 (Antica Bottega Di Marchetti Massimo E Khalimova Galina): Fresh grapes, apples, peaches, plums, oranges, and melons in baskets...
Frogmore Stew at the Steamer, Beaufort County SC
Lady's Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina — Amy enjoying Frogmore Stew at The Steamer Oyster & Steakhouse restaurant on Sea Island Parkway, about 5 miles west of Frogmore, South Carolina. The Steamer is said to be...
Honolulu restaurant: Ono Hawaiian Foods, Toyo Shimabukuro
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii — Toyo Shimabukuro with Amy in his Ono Hawaiian Foods restaurant at 726 Kapahulu Ave. The son of Ono Hawaiian Foods founder Sueko Miyagi Oh Young, Mr. Shimabukuro was a charming and informative host....
Yanagi Sushi chefs, Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii — Yanagi Sushi, at 762 Kapiolani Blvd., is the best sushi bar. At this hour, we pretty much had the restaurant and both sushi chefs all to ourselves. Beautiful, delicious sushi — and the chefs were very...
Metz, France: Panini for lunch in Place Saint-Jacques
Metz, France — Amy with Dan Falato enjoying paninis in Place Saint-Jacques on our way from Frankfurt to Paris.
Chef James McDonald, Maui
Honokowai, Hawaii — Restaurant owner and chef James McDonald (Pacific'O, I'O, Feast at Lele) plates some sample dishes for his guest appearance on Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl's show during a broadcast from Maui's...
Ghost sign: Gold Medal Flour, Wilton, Wisconsin bakery
Wilton, Wisconsin — Ghost sign advertising Gold Medal Flour on the side of Gina's Pies Are Square, a bakery and sandwich café at 400 Main St. featuring homemade pies. Many of the customers at Gina's are cyclists riding...
Gina’s Pies Are Square restaurant, Wilton, Wisconsin
Wilton, Wisconsin — Customers order and eat lunch at Gina’s Pies Are Square, a cafe at 400 Main Street, not far from the Elroy-Sparta Trail, a 32-mile, three-tunnel bike trail that passes just north of the restaurant on the...
Easter brunch: Family around the table
Kenosha, Wisconsin — My sister Karen and her husband Kevin have hosted an Easter brunch at their home many years, featuring a fantastic food spread. Our mom and her husband Art are pictured at the top of this...
Christmas sauerkraut, pork, and noodles
Chicago, Illinois — Vendor with sauerkraut, pork, and noodles for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago.
Pair of peppers
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A pair of peppers (unpickled).
Amy’s Almond Joy cheesecake
Kenosha, Wisconsin — An Almond Joy cheesecake that Amy baked.
Tabasco sauce bottle
Tabasco brand pepper sauce, made by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana.
Dinner at Karen’s
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Dinner tonight is at Karen's, and she has been cooking.