Good News Everyone!This piece was selected to be read as part of the Dirty Spoon Radio Hour! Have a listen Here! The Staff Favorite. Dealer’s Choice. Mystery Item. Surprise Me. It’s a dish known by many names to many people, but is perhaps most commonly … Continue readingHave a Little Food Faith
The Reject Pile is where I publish any pieces I’ve written that didn’t quite come together the way I wanted them to, don’t really fall into a genre that’s easy to pitch, or were just rejected too many times but I still want to have … Continue readingReject Pile: I’m in Love with All Fiftyish of You
Discussions about minimum wage, tipping, and the tipped minimum wage are nothing new to me; unlike most white-collar jobs talking about wages in hospitality has never been taboo. If anything, relying on tips for wages meant my coworkers and I were constantly discussing how much … Continue readingTipped Workers and the Subminimum Wage
There’s trickery afoot! I’ve been funding the man all these years and I didn’t even know it… … Continue readingServer of My Own Demise
Recipe Links:Doro Wat – Ethiopian Chicken Stew (Note: adjust berbere spice as needed to lower/increase the dish’s spiciness)(Also Note: I’m pretty sure this isn’t the recipe I originally used, but that URL has been lost to the ravages of time and a tendency for procrastination) … Continue readingDoro Wat & Implicit Bias Stew
The thought of this story existing anywhere someone might see it, much less in the depths of the internet for any schmuck who happens to stop by, gives me great pause. So here I am months later, agonizing over every word and editing a silly little blog post to near-death as I stave off the inevitable. … Continue reading72ish Hours in Portland
Things reached a breaking point and I just needed to reset myself. So I took a mental health day, threw on some sad boi music, and took my sweet time making Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki. … Continue readingSad Boi Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki
Eel is not something you hear most Americans talking about in their day to day culinary efforts, outside of the odd sushi joint visit when someone is feeling a little more adventurous than your average California roll. So it’s no surprise that finding this slippery little devil was a little… well, slippery. … Continue readingUnagi Mambo #1 (Unagi Udon Soup)