Category Archives: Food

Under Pressure

Posted on April 17, 2013 by rlcrabb

Within nanoseconds of the horrific bombing of the Boston Marathon, cable news went into overdrive to relay the events to the public. After four hours of running the same video loop of the explosions, (from every angle and in slow … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Food, Politics | 50 Comments

Cosa’s Enchiladas

Posted on March 3, 2013 by rlcrabb

It never ceases to amaze me how a fairly benign post like “Which Future?” calling for a cooperative effort to reach a desired goal can devolve into a diatribe on the degradation of the planet by evil white people. Let’s see … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, History, Local | 19 Comments

Obese Tuesday

Posted on February 12, 2013 by rlcrabb

Forget about the Pope retiring, the North Korean nuclear sabre-rattling, the State of the Union, the BIG news of the week is Rex Reed’s scathing review of the new movie, Identity Thief  starring Melissa McCarthy, in which he describes the star … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Food, Politics | 15 Comments

The “Flat” Tax

Posted on August 16, 2012 by rlcrabb

There is a narrow passageway connecting Broad Street to Spring Street just to the left of Cirino’s Restaurant in Nevada City that most of us old timers fondly remember as Duffy’s Alley, from the name of the bar that used … Continue reading →

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Vacation Part Two: Oil and Water Don’t Mix

Posted on July 16, 2012 by rlcrabb

The first thing I did when we decided to visit the central coast was google up the location of the nearest hot spring. I have bad legs, and one of the best remedies I’ve found for the problem is hot … Continue reading →

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Bait Accomplii

Posted on July 2, 2012 by rlcrabb
Posted in Food, General | 14 Comments

Ban the Bean

Posted on June 12, 2012 by rlcrabb
Posted in Culture, Food, Politics | 16 Comments

Hold the Chili

Posted on May 7, 2012 by rlcrabb

Fox News is reporting this interesting theory on the extinction of the dinosaurs. It’s clear that global flatulence is a real problem, and ironically is being exasperated by Fox and MSNBC.      http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/07/dinosaurs-farted-their-way-to-extinction-british-scientists-say/  

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