http://www.adorkandhispork.com Some Animals Are More Equal than Others Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:39:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was going to write about smoothies this week but it just seems easier to write about pork belly. Now, even I can't be "The Bacon Guy" every day.   I've worked hard these past seven months or so to change my eating habits, making sure I have plenty of fruit in ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=323 I am not a very spontaneous person. But sometimes seeds are planted.  Ideas can lodge themselves in the throat like a sliver of popcorn and remain there until you spend every ounce of your energy bringing the Thing into reality.  This is what happened to me a couple of nights ago. I ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=322 Stop what you are doing.  Just stop.  Turn off the computer and proceed immediately into the kitchen and make this.  Right now. Baring that, proceed to Jeff's place. Break in if you have to (if you can get past the Cat Lady on the front porch who will leer at ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=321 Hunger has its own logic, doesn't it?  I don't mean the everyday pangs one becomes accustomed to after a long day in the cubicle, the kind easily remedied by a few bites of fruit or the occasional order of cheese fries.  I mean... HUNGER.  The sort of desperate and carnal weakness ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=320 I'm still weak in the knees. This isn't sated, or full, or even satisfied or happy - this is one of those moments where you've spent hours with your eyes glued to the back of your skull and your jaw slack from what you've just felt - and all of your ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=319 Shapiro's Delicatessen, Indianapolis Indiana So this is probably not the proper forum to confirm or deny the "Karaoke in a giant green sombrero" rumors. I did, however, spend a long weekend in Indianapolis. The trip had a bittersweet feel to it, as a couple of my close friends are moving away.  Things won't ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=318 I am married to bacon. Goetta is my friend, ham is sort of the Meat Next Door, BBQ and I go too far back for there to be passion,  pork tenderloin and I exchange long glances when we pass each other by the water cooler, the Pork Belly Mac and Cheese ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=316 I broke a couple of my little rules on Sunday Night. First Broken Rule?, I had guests over. I almost NEVER do this. While Friday night and Saturday find me eager to be social, Sunday is about ME. It's about finding the perfect balance of solitude, sloth, and the gentle sort ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=317 Indulgent breakfasts are one thing. Indulgent alcohol doused brunches are another. And, forgive me for sounding like I'm channeling Jennifer Love Hewitt, homemade crepes and mimosas for breakfast is totally the most amazing and awesomest thing ever. This meal was the best kind - somewhat impromptu, somewhat DIY, ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=299 Some of you may know that I spent my childhood and college years in and around Lansing, Michigan.  You know, state capitol, birthplace of Oldsmobile, and home to a large and reasonably well-regarded public university.  It wasn't a horrible place to grow up: there were parks, trees, video game arcades, ... http://www.adorkandhispork.com/?p=297