But where’s the protein?

Another cookbook from my friend Julie, another reminder that even the simplest recipes used to be more challenging.

Maybe I’ll just eat some mac and cheese tonight.

Seasonal interruption

I know that this cartoon starts out with “Jingle Bells,” and then it moves into Mendelssohn’s “Spring Song,” but maybe you can use something like this right about now. No crude racial humor, no homophobia, no extreme violence. Spoiler alert: the hero gets eaten at the end, but it’s somehow okay.

The scrap menagerie

If you’ve ever driven on the 5 freeway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, you may have seen a sign for Highway 198. Highway 198 indicates that it is the road to take if you want to go to Lemoore or Hanford. You may not have ever thought you needed to go to Lemoore or Hanford, but you do. Tomorrow we’ll look at Lemoore, but right now let’s check out some guys in a front yard in Hanford.

These guys were really big.

Like “Here’s a Honda Fit for size comparison” big.

I don’t know if this caterpillar was made from Caterpillar parts, but I hope so.

Here are my favorite guys in Hanford.

So now you know why you should go to Hanford. Hanford – Home of Really Big Guys.