
Hemingway’s Manly Recipe for Osso Buko
Cook your food in style and like a man I’ve been playing with the idea of writing a recipe...

A World Without Cojones
My local newspaper published an essay I wrote about the uncomfortable conversations I’ve had as a...

Dropping the dreams of rural retirement
Art in the Lobby There is no more beautiful landing than landing in San Diego at night. The...

The World Needs to Know How Chicken is Cooked
The Zigzagging Adventures of Undercooking Chicken Someone asked how do you like your chicken? It’s...

Populist Remarks on the Way We Discuss Science
Thoughts from an "anti-intellectual" on uncomfortable data We inherit beliefs we hold on to...

Alarming How Convictions Can Affect Your Brain Health
On open-mindedness and how people think ‘atheist’ choose not to see.

You Can’t Sear a Sacred Cow Without Looking Like An Animal
Discussions on the paleo diet and the scientific discussion of eating meat versus eating grain.

Looking at the Muffin in the Mouth
Some Conversations Are Hard to End He disdainfully looked inside the bag and asked me, “Is that a...