Syttende Mai Salmon Burgers with Jarlsberg

I am of the faith that one can never cook salmon burgers too frequently. We celebrated the Norwegian festival of Syttende Mai last week, and given KP’s Norse heritage, he manned the grill with gifts from Jarlsberg just in time for grilling season!   Wasabi Salmon Burgers Adapted from Helen Martinson’s Cooking Skinny 2 TB […]

Cilantro Lemon Soup, Ginger Fried Rice and Boogaloo

Bayou Boogaloo sailed through Mid City this weekend. There were many, many pirates. Most of them neon. I saw a stuffed dolphin on a guy’s shoulder, next to his mullet’s tail. We sailed our trusty Old Town Featherweight from stage to stage, along side a fleet of giant rubber duckies. Summer has arrived in the […]

Porch Drinks, the Driftless Area and Bayou Boogaloo

Thank you, unexpected minor surgery, for treating me to a summer’s afternoon on the sick bed I’ve constructed on my front porch, complete with a bulldog nurse and the best novel I’ve read all year. Literati, I recommend you dive into The Driftless Area by Tom Drury as soon as possible. It’s like Guy Noir […]