Happy New Year, Mea Culpa and An Update

Hello! Is there anybody still there?

          I should probably start by explaining  my long absence from this space. You see, through working in food and beverage media, recipe writing and many, many injuries I seem to have put on a pound or two. Possibly more. Anyhoo, in early August I decided that it was time to take things in hand and began to change my eating and exercise habits. I didn’t want this to turn into a diet blog, because that isn’t what I want to talk about. I like food and I just needed to figure out a system that worked for me. And so, my posting became less and less and now I am crawling back and hoping you forgive my absence.

          Needless to say, I am pretty well whipped into shape. I’ve still got a little ways to go, but it is all second nature to me now. So, what in the world have I been up to these long months you may ask?

 

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Olives and Absinthe

 

Last night Phil and I were talking about Mutineer and I realized that it has been nearly two years since started writing my column “Hungry Mutineer”. Time has flown by so quickly, it seems just like yesterday that I was harassing my editor to let me take the lead on food. Since then, I’ve gone from contributor to columnist to Food Editor. It still makes me laugh.

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Spicy Apricot Pork Ribs and A Braai Under The Wire

I haven’t been using my grill very much this summer. I don’t  know why, since I love to barbecue. Yesterday, I got a wild hair and decided to grill up a rack of ribs.

Normally, I would do more traditional ribs with a green chile rub and barbecue sauce, but I didn’t have all the ingredients necessary and I couldn’t go out. We were actually trapped at home, since a group of scholars decided to pave the parking lot right up to our front door. Needless to say, I had to make do with what I had and what I had was dried apricots and Sri Racha.

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