Archive for April, 2006
Death by Po-boy
Thursday, April 27th, 2006This week I’m reporting from my hometown, New Orleans. I’ve returned to the city that reared me for the annual Jazz and Heritage Fesival (aka Jazzfest), to join my mother and some other fine, carnivorous folks as an official food-taster for the Times Picayune (a paper which, I hasten to add, just earned itself not [...]
A Tragic Turn of Events for Chicagoland Carnivores
Thursday, April 27th, 2006Every time it seems that the culture of meat is on the up-and-up, that maybe carnivores are winning a few battles against the protestations and proselytizing of the vegan militia, something happens that demonstrates how delicately the carnivorous cause hangs in the balance. Truly, a harsh blow has been struck here. The thing I find [...]
Theoretical Vegetarianism
Monday, April 17th, 2006I swear, this is the last post I’ll do on vegetable people for a while, after which I assure you we’ll get back to all things meat. I was sent this link, though, and I thought it was just too perfect. The punch line is is awesome. There was also once a chance to buy [...]
Soylent Green is…Tofu?
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006Although it’s super fun to joke about with friends (not to mention that it provides leagues of witty copy), there are a variety of reasons that I do not actually eat the meat from my fellow human beings. A brief list: First, I’m The Shameless Carnivore, not The Shameless Cannibal. Very different concept, very different [...]
This just in…
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006Now folks, I’m not saying explicitly that subsisting on a raw vegan diet (double blech!) will actually turn you into a raging pervert who exposes his genetalia on the subway, but you know… Actually, the most fascinating part about this article is the description of, I kid you not, “breatharianism,” the mind-blowingly idiotic concept that [...]
Raw Meat and Snails: An Evening of Delicacies at Brasserie Les Halles
Monday, April 3rd, 2006A “delicacy,” says the Oxford English Dictionary, is “Something that gratifies the palate, a choice or dainty item of food;” and, “A luxury; a sensual pleasure.” How exactly Helix aspersa — the slimy little lump of hermaphroditic mollusk that feeds on dirt and decayed plants, a creature more widely known as the common brown garden [...]
