a contumacious chef's culinary curmudgeonry
In anticipation of Banned Books Week, here’s the list of the 100 most frequently challenged books. Those whom I’ve read I’ll mark in bold. Spread the word on Banned Books Week, copy this list and mark those you’ve read. (Curious side-note – Fahrenheit 451 isn’t on the list). Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz Daddy’s [...]
Regular readers (all three of you) know, that I don’t eat or serve veal. Unless, that is, it’s raised with its mother instead of being nailed into a box and fed ProViMi (a mix of – you guessed it – Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals). This is where your veal should come from: Taken at the [...]
Gordon Ramsay is wrong. No, not about that “head chef” myth Fox and he are spreading despite the fact that not one winner in six seasons was made head chef (and, seeing the quality of cooks, I can’t say I am surprised). And, no, not about calling amateur cooks “Master Chef” after six weeks of [...]
My name isn’t exactly common. In most cases I am able to get jluster as my username. There’s one other Jonas Luster in the world, and he’s 87 and in Sweden. Yet, gmail, oh faithful mail delivery and reading tool of mine, regularly reminds me that there are some others out there who share that [...]
