Kitchen Knife Review: Miyabi 600D Fusion 8-inch Gyuto

Stats: Blade: 210mm long; 65-layer damascus, warikomi cladding; CMV60 (VG-10) core (target 60 HRC); double-bevel (60-40 ratio at a guess) edge Handle: western-style 3-rivet; micarta Weight: 202g Price: $130

This was my first venture into the realm of Japanese cutlery so I figured it made sense to start with a gyuto, the Japanese version of […]

Ultimate Victory

Nothing journal-related here. Just pure awesome in the form of Jacques Pepin being a boss.

Ultimate Victory

When I get around to trying this, I will post about it.

It’s So Hautt Right Now

It never fails.

When I go shopping, I get waylaid by the goodies at the checkout stand. If it’s a grocery store, I’m apt to pick up a copy of More magazine and a York Peppermint Pattie.

If it’s a place like the Dollar Tree, my impulse item is likely to be a multi-pack of […]

I Never Forget a Taco. Fish.

An introduction to fish tacos (giggity), and how I got some of my own (double giggity). Recipies, that is. […]

Huevos Fritos

How to properly fry an egg […]

“Honorable” Purchase

Even in the 21st century, a time when a national egg recall competes with propaganda delivered by the corn lobbyists in favor of that all-natural food additive, HFCS, and when the emergence of Chickie-Nobs seems inevitable, one can find local food. Real food. Food that smells like dirt, and worms, and chlorophyll.

Most larger metropolitan […]