The Journeyman

Category: Food

  • Eating Dublin 🍴

    Eating Dublin 🍴

    While I did plenty of walking in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪, I also ate and drank plenty. The city, as any urban hub does, had a variety of options, including more than a couple Tex-Mex/Mexican restaurants. I could not bring myself to try any Tex-Mex from Ireland though. On Sunday morning, I was alone, just finished…

  • Shrove Tuesday Pancake Cake

    Today is Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday—whatever you call it, it is the last day before Lent begins. Traditionally, the day is celebrated in some way, often pancakes as a way to use and enjoy eggs, milk, sugar and other foods that were often abstained from during Lent. For us, every season is Lent…

  • That Time CNN Interviews You…

    That Time CNN Interviews You…

    Don’t tweet @Velveeta about Super Bowl queso – Video – Technology Around Thanksgiving, Abby from CNN reached out wanting to do a story about my Internet-famous Twitter confusion and when she realized that both @Velveeta and I lived in Austin, it was the tipping point for her to fly out to visit with us. It…

  • The Bartender That Knows Everyone’s Name

    The Bartender That Knows Everyone’s Name

    Murf’s “favors” sometimes register as tough love, especially when he’s trying to protect students from recklessness. “When kids come in on their 21st birthdays asking for shots, I don’t do it. I’ll make them a drink, but I won’t pour them shots.” In Murf’s view, shots are for “getting stupid,” and he won’t allow Notre…

  • Turning cupcakes into compassion

    When we use food to define culture, we declare that those who can’t eat the way we do are no longer part of that tribe. Source: Turning cupcakes into compassion My eldest suffers from food allergies. Originally, she was allergic to milk and all dairy (including casein, often found in “alternative ” cheeses), eggs, tree…

  • There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why.

    A deep dive into the unbearable whiteness of brewing. Source: There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why. An interesting read on an aspect of craft beer that I hadn’t thought much about previously. I hadn’t read about the racial undertones of Prohibition before either. h/t Derek Springer for sending over the…