Grasshoppers are a strong, protein rich snack and can be crushed by the handful. On a recent road trip, I broke bread with some colleagues at El Dorado Cantina, a well-regarded Mexican restaurant. The joint is known for their locally sourced, high quality food. Their menu included sautéed grasshoppers. I ordered them for the table, and the rest of the men just sort of glared … [Read more…]

Brining bone-in pork chops is my new thing. If you want your chops to be crazy juicy and flavorful, try my recently discovered method of preparation. Oh, and if you’re that experienced brother or sister snickering because you’ve had this in your back pocket for years, stand down. This post is not for you. Go read Bon Appétit. For years, I’ve prepared pork chops in … [Read more…]

The energy of food, just like its attractiveness and tastiness in general, is subjective. Don’t believe the hype. I love my friend Susie, Boston’s best health coach. You remember her from our popular post on the many benefits of coconut oil. Susie is all holistic and stuff. She once told me that eating apples after a meal would make the apple rot in my stomach (or something … [Read more…]

I miss the days when bagels were healthy. Ignorance is bliss. I worked with a nutritionist in the early part of my playing career. I had a meal plan which I was to diligently follow. One of my breakfast options was two bagels with low fat cream cheese, smoked salmon, onions and capers. At this point, I was 24 years old with a newborn son living in my first property, a … [Read more…]

We often encourage you to challenge your assumptions around here. Usually when we do, the topic has slightly deeper energy. Today I’m going to push you to address skeptically the notion that you need chips to enjoy guacamole. We have conditioned our minds that we can’t truly enjoy certain foods without the accompaniment of others. We can unwind that conditioning with a … [Read more…]