Steve Albini's Food Blog
 

yum yum!

this explains the girth of recent years. at least he's getting there on quality rather than junk food.

"I kill what I eat"

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I really appreciate his approach. I've been cooking regularly for about three or four years now, and I've gotten to where I can make some pretty decent dishes. I'm vegetarian and have a taste for Indian food, so I tend to make a lot of curries (in a broad sense) but enjoy experimenting and using what I have laying around to come up with new concoctions.

This says a lot: " I don't give quantities or exact recipes because I eyeball and taste everything like anybody who cooks a lot."

Anyone that has any desire in learning to cook needs to take this approach. People that constantly adhere recipes are not cooks. No problem using recipes as a guide, especially if you're starting out, but overtime, developing a sense of flavor and how different flavors interact is a really amazing thing. It's really great to see how he's fine-tuned his skills over time; it looks like he's made some really amazing dishes. I'm very impressed.

He was supposed to have a cooking show with David Yow on Chicago public access. I pray that this will happen before I die.

this i do, chickens, ducks etc, but not sure i have the balls to kill a pig or a cow. it is good to do, humans have lost the repsect for the animals that become food and killing the animal you are going to eat is a way of giving thanks to that animal going into your belly. mmm tasty tasty duck.

I liked Carrie Brownstein's blog better ;)

Well, Albini's still clearly a prize cunt, but I'm all in favour of the eyeballing technique. I'm constantly surprised at how many people struggle with a simple cheese sauce.