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.

One summer, I picked up a job at a design firm, just doing intern stuff, the grunt work. I was assigned the task of making coffee every morning in one of those big urns. After a couple of weeks, people began to bitch and moan about the coffee tasting bad. I just made it the way they told me—fill urn with water, add Read more

My aunt had a recipe for mock potato salad made using Ritz crackers. I never understood why anyone would want to do that. Potatoes are cheap and plentiful compared to Ritz crackers!
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I can just imagine Mrs. C as she watched her husband adjusting the sexy mood lighting, and lighting the scented candles, then realising it was actually to photograph the remains of the blitzed sliders..... Read more

That’s wonderfully bizarre.  If you ever figure out the origins of that name, please come back and post it here!  My mom has seen it called “Rosemary Spoonbread,” which is the bougie version. Read more

Cheez Whiz fucking rules. Broccoli + cauliflower + a fuckload of Cheez Whiz + crunchy onion topping does it for me. Read more

Similar ingredients in meatloaf, minus the egg, so not a bad idea... fun article! Read more

Of course this tastes good. It’s white castle without the pesky need to chew. Any idea how I would scale this recipe up for a post-pandemic party? 
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I thought it just meant the patties and then I scrolled and saw you were puttin THE WHOLE BURGER IN THERE. *different emotions are felt* Read more

Now I want to know how this translates over to using Krystal's instead of White Castle Read more

There is an unlikely gem or two in each of those Midwestern church/school cookbooks. For me, it’s Corn Casserole from my elementary school recipe book.  It’s basically a corn souffle made from whole kernel and creamed corn (canned), a box of Jiffy cornbread mix, egg, sour cream and butter. (Low cal is not a trend in Read more

That video is disgusting. Yet I cannot look away. Read more

Especially now with the lock down, getting fresh White Castle is inconvenient for me. I bet the frozen grocery store White Castles would be perfect for this.
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Holy shit... I want ALL the terrible experiments now. Read more

‘For some reason I was laughing at the idea of going to a diner and saying, “I would like to substitute ravioli for my toast, please.”’ Read more

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Same. I get pumped hearing the theme song... Found it: “Shackleton’s Voyage of Endurance” (NOVA, 2002).