Category Archives: Meatness

All things animal flesh.

Lamb Dressed as Mutton.

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Michael Procopio

No matter how hard you might try, you can never really get away with dressing up lamb and passing it off as mutton. Continue reading →

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Irish Sweepstakes Stew

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Michael Procopio

My grandfather Dominic was said to have had the luck of the Irish, which I find odd because he was almost entirely Calabrese. Continue reading →

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NYD BLT

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Michael Procopio

I was far too hungry and in no mood to feel conflicted about eating a BLT. It gets a bit tiring burdening ingredients with so much meaning all the time. Continue reading →

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Man Buns

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Michael Procopio

I’m doing my best to channel my not-so-pleasant feelings about this year into something positive. And the best way for me to do that is to take something I can’t stomach (read: man bun) and turn it into something I can (read: edible man bun). Continue reading →

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Sunday Chicken Dinner Salad

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Michael Procopio

I happen to like multiple flavors and textures in my mouth at the same time. And I mean that in the cleanest way possible.
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The Amateur Gorme

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Michael Procopio

I had hoped the subtext of my gesture expressed the message “I now know your secret and will carry it to my grave”, but such things are extremely difficult to convey in low light with a mediocre musical number performed by under-rehearsed former celebrities happening behind you… Continue reading →

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2nd Place Sandwich

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Michael Procopio

It seems I had missed the part where, by accepting, I had agreed to participate in a Top Chef-style sandwich making throw down with two other bloggers. In front of a panel of judges. Continue reading →

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Anchovy Lover

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Michael Procopio

Serve the First-Day anchovies on their own, with just a drizzle of the marinade and a squeeze of fresh lemon.

Serve Second-Day anchovies on toasted bread with great lashings of butter.

Serve Third-Day anchovies to your cat.

Do not serve Seventh-Day anchovies on the Sabbath. Continue reading →

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Die, Vampire, Die.

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Michael Procopio

We all have our demons– ghosts that haunt us, ogres who hide under our beds, vampires that swarm around our heads. I know I’ve got them and, if you’re the least bit introspective, I know you’ve got them, too.

Or, if you happen to be one of those people completely untroubled by the monsters of self-doubt, I’d love to know how you’ve managed it, though I probably won’t believe you. Continue reading →

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John Wayne’s Meatballs

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Michael Procopio

The most famous movie cowboy in history was standing a few yards from me, sipping coffee in an old burgundy-colored robe. I waved to him and smiled. He waved back. It should have been a simple, brief encounter between a movie star and a five year-old boy except for one, important detail:

He wasn’t wearing any briefs. Continue reading →

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