More calamari

Since I've discovered it, I've been eating it all the time.  This picture shows a semi-homemade tomato soup with calamari.

Trader Joe's Grass Fed Angus (review)

The price of good meat seems to be going up nowadays, but if that's what it takes not to eat a giant mouthful of agribusiness corn...

The meat has a decent taste and texture for previously frozen stuff, even though I quick-defrosted it using cold water in the sink.  The bottom picture shows my plate, with sauteed onions, garlic and jalapenos and sliced Cambazola.

Eggplant Parmesan (no pasta)

First, slice the eggplants, salt, and let sit one hour to reduce bitterness.  Rinse and pat dry.

Then sautee in olive oil.

For the tomato sauce, we used a semi-homemade version with canned whole tomatoes from Trader Joe's, onions, oil and fresh basil.

Layer the eggplant with sauce and plenty of fresh mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, then bake at 350 for approx 45 minutes.

Bison ribeye (Linder Farms)

The trick with bison is not to cook it to death. This is a sliced ribeye served with greens and salad.

Cooking calamari at home - more fun with mezcal

Though I love calamari, I've never made it myself.  It turned out to be easy and cheap (from Santa Monica Seafood).  It's already clean, so it was as simple as slicing and sticking it in the pan with olive oil, garlic and a "glug" or two of mezcal.  I had it with an arugula tomato salad dressed in balsamic.

Do you follow a diet?

Many people, if not MOST people I know follow a diet, or have extrapolated and adjusted a diet to meet their needs and help them stay slim. Gyorgy Scrinis argues that the quality of your food is what matters.  We would do ourselves and our world a favor if we figure out what natural, high-quality foods work for us and make us happy.

Good lord, the latest in gross and alarming chicken news

It's all weird, wild stuff.  Some of it, we've heard before, but of course in labeling news, I didn't know that we're allowing chicken from China to go without origin labels.