By CJ Tiernan Have you ever heard someone’s name and thought: "oh, that’s delicious!" Well I have, and I did something about it. I made this list. I went through all the celebs I could think of and weeded out the ones with animal names (see that Top 11 List here) or location names (like America Ferrera, A’ja Wilson, and Diamond Dallas Page) or vacation option names (like Lake Bell, Tom Cruise, and The Beach Boys) and was left with this sweet and savory list. Here are my Top

By CJ Tiernan Back before we had our food hand delivered to our doorstep, we left our little homes and went and picked it up ourselves. But we didn’t completely encumber ourselves with the Sisyphean task of acquiring ready-to-eat snacks. Nope. We used the drive-thru (see also: drive-through). One simply placed their order from the comfort of their vehicle and moseyed around back to pick it up from a window carved in the side of a building. Pure, magisterial splendor. Since

By CJ Tiernan Consider this: statistically speaking, you will consume more meals off a table than any other piece of furniture. Did I just blow your mind or what? A table is both a landing pad for food, and serves as active, practical storage. Sometimes a table is for meals, other times it’s for laundry or gaming or beer pong. You could put a lamp on it or (back in the day, at least) a landline. Tables are everywhere and (outside of a Buffalo Bills tailgate) usually built t

By CJ Tiernan Soup or salad? Like being thrust into a game of Mortal Kombat, forced to choose your fighter, it is the question often foisted upon you at the outset of an evening out. I’m not a big warm liquids guy, so unless there is chili in the offing, I will usually opt for a salad. The problem is, the word salad covers a large swath of culinary options. There is a level of inconstancy. Sometimes the dressing is mixed in for you, other times you’re required to stir your

By CJ Tiernan Whether employed as a dipping sauce, or slathered atop a dish like special shampoo on a lice kid, the condiment is an essential piece on the cuisine game board. It can supplement, enhance, or straight-up drown-out the flavor of the food in question. I’m a big condiment guy. I’ve, uh, been known to apply liberally. I’m the guy at a restaurant who orders an extra side of sauce BEFORE the meal even comes because, c’mon son, one little container? Who do you think

By CJ Tiernan Magic Kingdom (or at least Disney World as a whole) is known as "The Happiest Place on Earth" (step aside DMV). It is a magical wonderland full of child-like awe and impossible thrills. You get to enter a piece of history and nostalgia, a world from various Disney properties, and have an uncompromising blast with friends and family. I have everlasting memories of spending time in Disney World, as I was fortunate enough to return over and over again as a kid. The

By CJ Tiernan I am writing this on Thanksgiving, so I figure it is an appropriate topic. We all have traditions we keep on Thanksgiving as well as different dishes we serve. While the world seems to be a more global society every single day, it is still fun to look back at the foods that someone first whipped up within the confines of the contiguous 48. Plus, your boy is into dessert. Like, big time into dessert. Much like the black box, I wonder why we don't make the whole m

By CJ Tiernan You remember that food pyramid thing? It had the 7-11 servings of grains at the bottom and then worked its way up to all the good stuff you were only supposed to indulge in with extreme moderation. Feh! What did they know (the "they" in this instance of course being the professionals who specialize in this exact area of study)? Well, the fruit was near the bottom, just above the grain and it is actually delicious (unlike its next-door neighbor: vegetables). Belo

By CJ Tiernan The smell of a freshly baked cookie makes the mouth water and the mind wander. It can take you back to Grandma's kitchen, as a child so small you held the cookie with both hands. Maybe you buried it up to your knuckles in milk. Maybe you even helped make the batter or spooned it onto the tray. A cookie is the perfect vessel for a shot of sugar or a batch of butter. It warms the heart and slaps a smile on your face. Here are my top 11 favorite cookies. 1. Sugar C