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The American Series, Pt. V — Buffalo Chicken Wings
In the sacred domain of Sunday sports, the holiest day of them all is Super Bowl Sunday. And if there is a culinary sacrament most cherished by its practitioners, it would be the Buffalo wing. Buffalos...
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The American Series, Pt. VI — Julep Jars
Our friend, Heather, invited us and a few friends recently to celebrate her birthday. She wanted to do a “Southern potluck.” I offered to bring gumbo, fried chicken, corn bread and a few other...
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Heaven Sent, Via Kentucky
I am fortunate to have not lost many friends over the years. There was a rash of deadly car crashes in high school, reckless kids gone almost before they began, but since then things have pretty much...
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The American Series, Pt. VI — The Oyster Bar
“He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.” —Jonathan Swift * * * I found an article online, “The 10 Best Classic American Dishes and Where to Find Them.” Number 3 was New England clam chowder,...
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The American Series, Pt. VII — Cherry Cobbler
With summer comes all things American — baseball, barbecues, fireworks, hot dogs and burgers, corn on the cob, the beach. It seems as if summer is the quintessential American season — a time of sunny...
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Happy Tri-th of July
To give you a sense of how thoroughly ingrained in the collective California consciousness the tri tip is, I need tell a story. The 4th of July was approaching, I was at the market, and tri tip was on...
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Dan Does Louie
A couple years back, my pal Dan (most recently of rattlesnake culinary ambitions infamy) invited us over for dinner. He was making Crab Louie. Crab Louie, I thought, now there’s a classic dish that...
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Let it Roll, Baby, Roll
It was Nat’s idea, and a good one at that. “Let’s make lobster rolls on Sunday,” he said on Wednesday over margaritas at our house. “Let’s invite ourselves over to the Glynn’s house and go swimming and...
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Cowboy Cooking in the Old West
When our friends, Donna and Markian, told me they were moving into trailers on a big piece of property on the last mountain before you get to the sea, my mind immediately went in one direction:...
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Skinny Girls Roadshow LIVE from Sonoma — Tearing Down Thanksgiving
As my mother, who is sitting in the next room, can attest, I’ve always been a bit of a rebel. If you knew my mom, you would realize I come by it honestly. When it comes to Thanksgiving, I’ve certainly...
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Southern Gothic
My friends in the south and casual readers who stumble upon this post alike will forgive me if I seem a bit know-it-allish about southern cooking. I have, after all, long claimed to make the best gumbo...
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The $6,291 Hot Dog
It’s always a happy occasion when I can combine two of my favorite subjects — food and baseball — into a single blog post. This March, my son and I had the privilege of being invited by my old and dear...
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Goodbye, Year of the Taco
In the first weeks of January, I declared 2016 would be the “Year of the Taco” at Skinny Girls & Mayonnaise. And the year did not disappoint. I ate delicious tacos in East L.A., Mexico and Hawaii....
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An Ode to the Roadside Diner
One thing must be assumed when stopping into a roadside diner for a meal. It’s usually about one of two things — the uniquely American experience, or the convenience. With rare exception, you are not...
View ArticleThe United Tastes of America
What exactly is American cuisine? I found myself pondering this question after the most unlikely of prompts — a political conversation. The context was the dismantling of Confederate statues in the...
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