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Daddy's nachos

Daddy’s nachos

Posted on November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 by Clay

In the early 1970s—even in San Antonio, where I lived—Mexican restaurants were not yet to be found on every corner or in every…

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The Cooking section

The Cooking section

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Clay

I pay fifty dollars a year for access to the New York Times cooking section. Regular subscriptions to the paper give you articles…

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Dinner with the Clichés

Dinner with the Clichés

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 by Clay

Roberta Cliché prided herself on her cooking. She considered herself the Queen of Westchester where food was concerned. Manuelo Cliché, Roberta’s husband, was…

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Something about snails

Something about snails

Posted on August 8, 2022August 12, 2022 by Clay

I read a minute ago that the French eat 50 million snails a year. Wait. Let me clarify. I read just now in…

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A very good cheeseburger

A very good cheeseburger

Posted on April 23, 2021August 8, 2022 by Clay

(An abridged version of this review appeared April 22, 2021, on Instagram in meatfilleddough.) In a mid-1970s Tonight Show monologue, Johnny Carson said, “McDonald’s announced…

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Mama the Cook

Mama the Cook

Posted on August 1, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

Mama was not a very good cook. She was an inspirational schoolteacher, the kind to whom people sent tear-wrinkled letters of gratitude, years after they left her classroom. She pulled…

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My trip to Sydney

My trip to Sydney

Posted on July 7, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

The folks at the International Quality & Productivity Center had a hard time in 2007 finding someone to deliver the International Keynote Address…

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Mississippi eatin'

Mississippi eatin’

Posted on November 26, 2017January 8, 2022 by Clay

When I moved to rural Mississippi from downtown Los Angeles, I knew I was in for environmental shifts beyond just the absence of…

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Mississippi tea

Mississippi tea

Posted on August 1, 2017January 8, 2022 by Clay

Here in Mississippi, when the conversation turns to beverages, people will often refer to “sweet tea,” and it annoys the hell out of…

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The pancake experiment

The pancake experiment

Posted on July 9, 2017January 8, 2022 by Clay

There often appear on these pages descriptions and pictures of interesting food items that Calvin and I have prepared and eaten, both at…

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