The Kamado Joe Warranty Came Through (About That Cracked Dome)
Kamado Joe warranty, tested live: a cracked dome and base, a claim filed on July 4, and new ceramics in the driveway 19 days later. Here’s the whole timeline.
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The Barred Owl Didn’t Show Up to Be Photographed
A barred owl sat twenty yards off our deck for ten minutes and I had the wrong camera. Phone shots, a call I couldn’t place, and why this isn’t a yard, it’s habitat.
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Friday Roundup #36
Remy takes National Dog Day personally, the collard seeds arrive, Hatch chiles are inbound, and I fall down a Scottish hoof-trimming YouTube hole.
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Sun Tea: The Slowest, Easiest Iced Tea You’ll Ever Make
Sun tea is the easiest iced tea you’ll ever make: tea bags, water, and a few hours of sun. Get my Meemaw’s Texas method plus a simple syrup for sweetening.
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Baked Hot Dog Casserole
Let me be upfront about what this is: it is hot dogs, in their buns, buried under chili and cheese and baked in a casserole dish until the whole thing goes bubbly and the bun edges crisp. It is not healthy. It is not fancy. I have never once promised y’all that everything on this…
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Oh Noooo, It’s Mr. Grill
Back in the kamado forum days we mailed a rubber Mr. Bill figure around the country. Here’s the week Mr. Grill toured my grill, my kitchen, and Johns Creek.
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Friday Roundup #35
Friday Roundup #34: National Avocado Day, a jumbotron birthday for Zach, Joro spiders in the garden, Olmsted’s Southern journeys, and a meh on The Odyssey.
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Thirty-Two Dollars, Four Stops, One Purple Candy Dish I Didn’t Need
I have a rule about thrifting that I break constantly: don’t buy it unless you have a place for it. Reader, I don’t have a place for a purple candy dish. I bought the purple candy dish anyway. Let me walk y’all through the damage. Here’s a thing folks don’t always know about me: I…
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Zucchini Gratin, Heaped and Bubbling
A spicier, garlicky zucchini gratin adapted from Ina Garten, baked in individual ramekins until heaped and bubbling. More garlic, less butter, big flavor.
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Blogging With Cats – Part 1 of ?
Food blogging in a two-cat house means feline quality control. Finn inspected the chili crisp, put his nose in the lens, and tail-bombed the hero shot.
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The Guy From the Front Yard Sat Down With a President
Kevin Espiritu toured the new Obama Presidential Center’s edible gardens with President Obama. On the Eleanor Roosevelt garden, Victory Gardens, and a little hope.
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A Dozen Drumsticks and the Ridiculous Rack I Bought as a Joke
Crispy Kamado drumsticks, a dozen at a time on a hanging rack: a two-zone Divide and Conquer fire, a good rub, and dark meat pulled at just the right temp.
