Parenting a cat requires patience and petting and plenty of crunchy cat treats. It also requires honesty; which is why tonight proved so difficult.Lolita approached me at my desk:“Dad?” she asked innocently enough.”What is it son?” I replied.”I’m a girl,” she hissed.”Oh, yes,” I said, blowing a bubble. “How can I help you?””Where does meat…

I’m a smoker—and no, I don’t smoke cigarettes. I smoke gum. Two packs a day. Well, no; but about four pieces a day. And ok, so maybe I don’t smoke: I chew. But I chew hard. And it’s getting tiresome.What will it take to get me to quit? TMJ? An invervention? How did all of…

Ok, so this IS a food blog—posting divisive movie reviews is probably not the best idea. At least not on the main page. You all must have been so frazzled today–my apologies! Hence, I have shifted all non-conforming content where it belongs: on the side. Check it out. On the side. Right side. Enjoy!

I’ve been thinking a lot about my poop post lately. Part of me does indeed regret it (“Don’t s**t where you eat or where you blog about eating”), but the other part of me–the mad scientist part of me–keeps rubbing its hands together and declaring: “We may be on to something here.”I pushed and pushed…

We are swiftly approaching July which marks my final month in Atlanta. I have lived here for seven years and I think the world of it. You’ve got city, you’ve got country, you’ve got trees and parks and Ted Turner. When my mom and I first visited seven years ago, she peered out the plane…

For those of you with iTunes you can now download the official Amateur Gourmet iMix. (Clicking should load up the mix in your iTunes player).For those of you without iTunes, allow me to share the tracklist. I have assembled 15 songs, all of which I love, some of which concern food. Here they are:1. Domingo…

Bran muffins serve one purpose and one purpose only. So does bran cereal, for that matter. People don’t eat bran because it tastes good, people eat it because it makes them poop.In case you haven’t been told, pooping is the natural consequence of eating. What goes in must come out, so they say. I am…

Ah, you thought I was done didn’t you? You thought there’d be no more about Entitlement and Food? You thought wrong!The last few posts concerned economics, sociology and politics. This post concerns snobbery.Entitlement works in many ways. One such way is: “I am rich and you are poor and I deserve to eat better food…

Check out Jeremy’s post over at Frost Street in which he tackles the oft-celebrated, oft-feared Durian. Here’s the picture he took pre-disembowelment, follow the link for the rest!