I know you're expecting a full-on expletive-filled rant about the quality of food one can get in the normal strip mall thai restaurant.  And actually, when I made up my mind to try this place, located in the heart of Edmond, I thought that's the story I'd leave with too. Instead, friends, what you are about to hear is a story about a guy named Crazy Nick, and his one-man Thai food empire, run out of the end of an average-looking (that is to say: run-down) strip mall in downtown Edmond.  Doesn't take credit cards.  Doesn't even have a phone. I can't...

I'm trying my hand at food writing, for something to spice up the otherwise dry blog.  My first submission, for your review, is a recipe I cooked up in my head this past week, when I tried desperately (and failed) to find fresh pasta where I live.  So I converted what was a recipe for manicotti (using fresh lasagna sheets and rolling them up around the filling), into a recipe for stuffed pasta shells. It works in a pinch, but I miss that fresh pasta. I'm still working on my food photography, too.  Throw me a frickin bone here. Recipe follows: 1 lb fresh...

When I bought my house in Oklahoma I bought a special fridge.  It is all fridge, no freezer.  My decision was universally mocked.  “Dumbest thing ever”, it was called by one friend in particular.  “Where do you keep the ice?“ they said. To which I replied: “Who puts ice in beer?“ My friends don't always appreciate my vision.  See, I had a special plan for this fridge.  Yes, precious, I did. Now my vision has been realized, and I just have one thing to say to you naysayers:  WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?!?! Actually, I have a second thing to say: “How about...

Today I saw a picture so utterly horrifying that I cannot even bring myself to include it within this post.  You'll have to click on it, and by doing so you hereby release me from any claims pertaining to damaged psyche, mental anguish, or anything else that tends to result from the vile desecration of things you allow into the ring 0 of your soul. You've been warned:  click. More details here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb819754.htm