Category Archives: Appetizers

Sky-High In Feathers (Chicken Fingers)

Here’s a little known fact: When Columbus first landed on America’s east side, his ship was carrying 40 crates of prized English-bred chickens. Chris had made a deal with the Queen of England. Columbus told the Queen that if he was right in his assumption that the world was round and not flat, as she [...]

Jailhouse Jezebel (Poor Man’s Nachos)

I recently answered an ad from a website heralding women across America who were incarcerated for “reasons beyond their control,” seeking “pen pals,” guys who would understand their situation and write to them.

I bit on the ad like a hungry trout on a fake fly. After all, where better to find an audience to tell [...]

One Potato, Two Potato… (Custom Crabcakes)

I once worked with Pete Potanski in the potato fields of Pluto, Idaho. It was our job to “debug” nearly 80 acres of potatoes in the northern section of Pluto to ensure that potato bugs didn’t chew through the tender leaves of the potato plants.

Check or cash didn’t pay Pete and me. Reward for our hard [...]

Hold the Bacon Please! (Seafood Snackers)

A thoughtful lady emailed me last month saying how she laughed when reading about bachelorhood. She quickly added, however, how she cried when she perused the cholesterol-laden recipes accompanying the articles. I take all my email seriously. Her words, combined with the warnings my doctor has been giving me, the overlap when I tighten my [...]

The Cereal Lady Killer (Swedish Meatballs)

When I swore off trying to find a good woman at poker games, I decided to do the one thing that finally made sense to me – I began watching Oprah.
Oprah knows women. And the more I watched, the more I learned. In fact, I learned that one of the best places to meet women [...]