jcarruthers
John Carruthers
jcarruthers
Proprietor of a bootleg pizza shop located in an alley. Beer writer by day and author of three cookbooks. Jean jacket enthusiast.

Stay tuned for my next piece: Fritters and recollections on Brian Dennehy. Read more

A lot of it comes from letting the giardiniera drain off in a cocktail strainer. But none is surprising! What brand do you usually go with? Read more

Midnight Run Farina is when I eat giardiniera out of the jar and kill off a six-pack of Old Style tall boys. Read more

VINEGAR? Man, I feel like I’m talking to you through the looking glass. I also absolutely LOVE cherry pepper spread. My heart has room for many kinds of spicy preserved sandwich accoutrements.  Read more

Those were great! I actually shouted those out in my Italian Beef piece a few months back. Read more

I mean, it was Italians who created this back when, and that sounds delicious. Go for it.  Read more

I was kind of hoping he would bring back the power mullet for Money Plane. Alas. Read more

Not a SINGLE Timber Mill recipe. Wild. Honestly the only thing that makes this book memorable is the Frasier tie-in. But it was fun stomping through it for a bit. Read more

It was 1996! You’re gonna tell me G.D. Mother effing Starbucks doesn’t speak to the era?!? Read more

Ken was fairly hemmed in by the recipes I gave him. He gave it the ol college try.  Read more

Yeah, I’m just being a jerk here for effect. If anything, margarine sticks out to me because none of my majority-Southern family ever had it around. Read more

AMAZING. That’s fixed. Weird that the Frasier Title Card Generator doesn’t have the Grammarly tie-in that has apparently become a crippling crutch of mine. Read more

I think that song left a lot of us wondering things and none of them are our fault. Read more

Yes! Completely wordless cold open. Absolute masterclass in farce.  Read more