We’ve had a chance to frequent a seaside bar or two during our brief visit to Grand Bahama Island, and we’ve enjoyed each visit. In fact, I think I’ve enjoyed every visit I’ve ever made to a seaside bar, regardless of whether the particular hole-in-the-wall is in Key West, Cozumel, or a remote Caribbean island. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Food’
A Soul Food Dinner At Sylvia’s
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Catfish fingers, Chicken livers, Food, Fried Chicken, Gravy, Harlem, New York City, restaurants, Soul Food, Sugar Hill Beer, Sylvia's Restaurant on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we went to the famous Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem. Sylvia describes herself — on the menu, at least — as the”Queen of Soul Food,” and if every member of royalty performed as capably as she does we might all still be living under monarchies. We decided to go all in on the soul [...]
The Diamond Grille In The Rubber City
Posted in Family, Food, Ohio, tagged Akron, Diamond Grille, Family, Food, Ohio, restaurants on December 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today I had lunch at the Diamond Grille in Akron. It was like stepping back in time, in more ways than one. The Diamond Grille is found at 77 West Market Street. The exterior is unpretentious — and the inside is no different. It’s a throwback place, from the neon sign to the interior decor, [...]
A Nifty Little Gizmo
Posted in Food, Technology, tagged Consumer Products, Durable Food Chopper, Food, Proctor Silex, Technology on December 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When I went to the grocery store last weekend to buy baking supplies, I made an impulse purchase — a Proctor Silex Durable Food Chopper. I needed something to chop nuts, and I was tired of using our big blender to do so. This gadget promised to chop up to 1 1/2 cups of nuts [...]
Beer Snobs And Oranjeboom
Posted in Food, tagged Beer, Beer Snobs, Food, Oranjeboom on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had some clients in for the Ohio State-Indiana game this year and wanted to get some different kinds of beer for the tailgate. One of the beers we served was Oranjeboom, a Dutch beer that came in 16-ounce cans. I tried it, and thought it was pretty good — smooth, not bitter, a perfectly [...]
Egg No
Posted in Family, Food, Humor, tagged A Christmas Carol, Alcohol, Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum, Charles Dickens, Egg Nog, Family, Food, Hangovers, Holidays, Humor on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Kish got two quarts of egg nog for the holidays. She did so because, some years in the past, one of the boys made the offhand comment that they had tried egg nog and it wasn’t bad. That innocent remark probably means we will buy at least one container of egg nog for the holidays, [...]
Mornings Without Coffee
Posted in Family, Food, Humor, tagged Coffee, Coffee Pots, Cusinart, Dick Butkus, Family, Food, Humor on December 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The other day we were removing the coffee pot from the dishwasher while it was still hot. An unintentional, yet undue, amount of pressure, and the pot cracked — and now we are without coffee in the morning. This is probably, oh, I don’t know, the thousandth time we have broken a glass coffee pot. [...]
