Gonzo Gastronomy

“Smarties???” I’ve got two Canarians looking at me with furrowed brows as I take another sip of an enthralling white wine. They lean closer, tilt their heads sideways a bit like dogs do whe...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2023/04/gonna-keep-on-trying-til-i-reach-my-highest-ground/

“Joe!” I called over and over, half expecting a neighbor to come crashing through the door at any moment, thinking I was in some sort of peril. “JOE!” He was showering. It took seven scre...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2021/05/hardline-hardline-after-hardline/

She called me one Sunday, wanting to go on a road trip up to Savannah…said she wanted to get away. The sooner, the better. And quite frankly, I’m at a place in my life where I’m pretty much...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2019/06/you-get-a-good-thing-goin-then-you-blow-yourself-out-2/

For as long as I lived in the Dirty Jerz, I always seemed to be the de facto voice for the entire Cuban American population, be it in school, or at work, or amongst friends. If Castro was on his ...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2018/01/yo-soy-un-hombre-sincero-de-donde-crece-la-palma/

The American Dream is dead. It is lying by the side of a winding stretch on the PCH, mangled, shattered and gasping for breath as it drowns in the blood that is beginning to fill its lungs. The A...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2016/05/and-while-the-king-was-looking-down-the-jester-stole-his-thorny-crown/

While unfortunately this blog has gone by way of the history books for the sake of my attention span being devoted to an upcoming line of Gonzo hot sauces (stay tuned), every once in a while some...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2015/09/im-the-man-im-the-man-im-so-bad-i-should-be-in-detention/

I remember sliding onto the operating table and the anesthesiologist bitching about something to a nurse, but then the world faded out to black softly, just like it does on the big screen. Probab...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2015/04/freedom-youve-gotta-give-for-what-you-take/

Things that are often described as difficult, high risk, and overly sensitive are nearly always worth both the wait and the trouble–yeah, damn right that includes me. So, I tend to have a weak ...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2015/04/im-not-dead-yet/

Those that have been watching the growth of the craft beer/microbrewery movement this last decade with a diligent eye know that Big Brewing has done its best to steal back at least a portion of w...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2014/11/but-glittering-prizes-and-endless-compromises-shatter-the-illusion-of-integrity/

I’ve just had the pleasure of spending the last couple of weeks with Randall Grahm. Nobody knew. In fact, Randall didn’t even know. Hell, if I’m being honest, I didn’t know until I had dr...

https://www.gonzogastronomy.com/2014/07/no-dont-sign-it-give-me-time-to-think-i-mean-hold-on-a-second-boy-cause-thats-magic-ink/