Submitted for your approval: The tale of a chef and his doppelganger, separated by a continent, each devoted to his own unique culinary path, yet driven together, inexplicably, time and again, by a mysterious force. Some might call it fate, some might dismiss it as the natural result of expert training and the synchronicities of our modern age. …

This dish was served on Monday, October 24th, 2005 at 11:59 am and is filed under food blogging events, imbb, sugar high friday. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… Now, don’t get me wrong, we eat tofu and attend peace marches with the best of ‘em, and hell, I’ll even say thank you and mean it if someone calls me a socialist, but we are not about to say goodbye to fresh fish or eggs or bacon or … Augh! How do you vegans do it????

This dish was served on Sunday, September 25th, 2005 at 9:00 pm and is filed under food blogging events, imbb. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

…I had a bucket of the puppies crying to be shucked, he McGuyvered up a smoker with drying rack, pie tin, and skillet lid, and provided us with some to-die-for Jasmine Tea Smoked Oysters with Garlic Green Tea Emulsified Vinaigrette. …

This dish was served on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005 at 11:00 pm and is filed under food blogging events, imbb, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… Then (our first trauma), Chopper Dave had to remind me that soft boiled egg yolks are slippery, and the salmon roe would probably glumph into oblivion two seconds after contact. Damn. So much for this week’s crazy idea. …

This dish was served on Monday, June 27th, 2005 at 12:41 am and is filed under food blogging events, imbb, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… But since we are, as we said, weird, we believe that instead of ignoring food blogging events when we’re pressed for time, we should embrace them. Both at once. With zeal.

And with (yes, you’ve guessed it by now) weirdness.

And so, with a cupful of grapefruit juice and a sea of aspic (ocean blue, of course), we christen the Sweet Fleet …

This dish was served on Thursday, May 19th, 2005 at 10:58 pm and is filed under culinary insanity, food blogging events, imbb, sugar high friday. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… Trouble is, my notion really was loony. As in (and I’m quoting Chopper Dave here) “This is a harebrained scheme and it’s not going to work.”

But trouble with that is, I’m the Peter Quincy Taggart of harebrained schemes. You know, never give up, never surrender? That’s me. …

This dish was served on Sunday, April 24th, 2005 at 12:37 am and is filed under culinary insanity, food blogging events, imbb. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.