The Militant Carnivore Cooks for his Vegetarian Wife

…yet gladly cooks up huge hunks of Dead Cow for his No Longer Vegetarian Wife: serves 97, with leftovers for sandwiches 1 cow Slaughter and butcher cow.  Build fire.  Cook meat.  Devour with bare hands.

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Oh, my. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind tour of the East Coast, a “This-is-your-life, Militant-Carnivore” kind of experience.   It was delightful (if a little exhausting) visiting friends and family in eight different states to celebrate Saturnalia, Christmas, Winter Solstice, lunar eclipses and all of the other observances of the passing of the [...]

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Through the miracle of the Internet and social networking, I recently reconnected with an old high school friend and was pleasantly surprised to discover that our mutual nascent interest in cooking had, if anything, taken even stronger root in his life than it had in mine over the past decades.  I like to think that [...]

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Spending twelve hours on the road makes you hungry.  Unfortunately, if you drive twelve hours from wherever you are now, odds are that you’ll end up some place where the dining options are not as refined and diverse as you’re accustomed to.  When driving across the country, it’s all too easy to fall into the [...]

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Unlike a good compromise, a good restaurant leaves everybody happy.  On our recent cross-country trip, my Lovely Vegetarian Wife and I visited some establishments—some old favorites, some new discoveries—which are models of what restaurants can be:  Reasonably priced, with varied and well-thought-out menus.  Elegant, but not pretentious.  These are places that I would recommend at [...]

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At the other extreme from the Vegetarian Havens are the Palaces of Carnivory, temples of meat so unrepentantly focused on the sins and joys of the flesh that an unsuspecting vegan who wanders into one might get basted with a cider-and-vinegar mop and tossed on the grill.  From the steakhouse to the barbecue joint, from [...]

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16 days. 22 states. 7,459 miles. I had the good fortune to be able to start the summer with a cross-country road trip with my Lovely Vegetarian Wife.  It was a shocking reminder of just how achingly beautiful this country is, from the towering granite monoliths of the Sierra Nevadas to the Martian-esque landscapes of [...]

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I received a package from a former student yesterday with this apron inside: Pro dono iucundissimo lepidissimoque maximas gratias discipulae meae ago!

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The title just about says it all… This blog will chronicle my daily culinary travails as I, an unrepentant omnivore, attempt to prepare nutritious, healthy and delicious food that satisfies my own tastes as well as those of my lovely vegetarian wife.  Enjoy!

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