It’s getting just a little bit chillier and a little bit darker. This is making the monotony of egg sandwiches from the corner store and cold high protein cereal for breakfast nearly unbearable. Somewhere in early October, I started craving something fast and simple, but still hearty and rich, in the morning. I’ve already written about the many shortcomings of [...]
There was once a time when I sincerely believed I had come up with the idea of breakfast pizza. It was the morning after a pretty rough camping trip in flash flood conditions in Nevada. (When I say “flash flood conditions” I mean there was a flash flood.) I spent the night under a tarp, safely high but not very [...]
Breakfast casserole is a secret Internet celebrity. While exploring the mysteries of the World Wide Web recently, I discovered that “breakfast casserole” and “egg casserole” are among the top breakfast-related searches on Google. They’re right up there with “easy breakfast” and “bed and breakfast.” How can this breakfast casserole be such a sought after breakfast when I have never had [...]
I grew up on oatmeal. That’s why I don’t eat it. I feel as though I have paid my porridge-eating dues. As far as I am concerned, I have earned the right to eat something for breakfast that I can chew, dammit. The real trouble I have with nearly all hot cereals is their adjustable consistency. Some would say this [...]
Thu Tran is the host and creator of Food Party, an unpredictable puppet cooking show currently in its second season on the Independent Film Channel. The Food Party experience is a little like Alton Brown inhabiting the universe of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, and the show features as much high drama as haute cuisine. But between puppet romances, frequent shoot-outs, and surprise [...]
I must begin this column, which is meant to celebrate all the wonderful possibilities of a morning meal, by acknowledging the sad loss this month of Jimmy Dean, founder of the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company and recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. His contributions to breakfast history will live on in our hearts ― and as part of the [...]
