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Category Archives: Breakfast Time
Not Over, Easy.
It is as comforting as it is economical, which leads me to point out that no one seemed to breakfast as cheaply as the Depression Era rich. Continue reading
Calamity in the Kitchen
In honor of my non-relative, I’ve made something as straight-shooting, hardy, and boozy as a Wild West woman in leather pants: buckwheat pancakes liberally sprinkled with rye whiskey and doused with salty, sweet syrup. It’s sure to be a real crowd pleaser, provided the crowd is populated by cattle ranchers, army scouts, and prostitutes.
And that’s no lie. Or not much of one, at any rate.
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Posted in Breakfast Time, Celebrities
Tagged breakfast, buckwheat pancakes, Calamity Jane, Crazy Horse, flap janes, flapjacks, tall tales, Wild West
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On Toast
Some mornings, when I am awakened by the sound of my alarm clock or my grumbling stomach, I do what millions of others do– I crawl out of bed, head for the kitchen, and make toast. I was going to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Mr. Buckles
Do you know who this man is? Well, I didn’t either until a couple of weeks ago. His name is Frank Buckles. He celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1st. That makes him a super-centenarian, which I happen to think … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast Time, Sweets and the Like
Tagged beriberi, blueberry buckle, coffee cake, doughboy, Frank Buckles, veterans, World War I
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Liberace’s Sticky Buns
Today, thanks to the magic of Twitter, I learned that the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada is closing. All those years of visiting Sin City and I never once bothered to go to that damned museum. I always said … Continue reading
Mmm… Popovers…
So there I was in Neiman Marcus on a Saturday afternoon looking for a bridesmaid’s dress. My friend Shannon, who hates shopping, thought it would be a grand idea to ask along the one gay man in her universe that … Continue reading