Comments on: Michael’s Roadside Diner

By: Ginny C

Ginny C — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:58:27 +0000

Jewel,
When I come home from work, after a day of tending to the needs of others, all I can think about is winning 10 years of my own personal chef. But my day dream is turning into a nightmare! Peter has become addicted to the cooking channel and the first thing he wants to talk about after my busy need tending day is “what Tyler says about EVOO or how he made meatloaf”. And he loves tthe Barefoot Contessa lady…she’s all soft spoken and smiles dreamily about bistros and duck she ate in Paris (I attribute this to the $150 bottle of wine she cooked with). So I just want to slap together the good old meatloaf we have always had and be done with it…but then look over and see my love with his head hanging down…he wants it like Tyler’s with the 34 ingredients, not including the sauce! I ain’t in the mood and there is no expensive wine in my house and I haven’t been to Paris. By the way, who can afford to cook like that and who cleans up after these guys?

By: Jeremy Dick

Jeremy Dick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:28:57 +0000

The sad truth is that Michael would like to eat like this every night (though he would prefer that someone else do the ‘cooking’) and I would guess that spaghetti sauce on bread is as much a vacation from complicated life as not eating was for you. Incredible that, so far are we from the agony of starvation, we delight in not having to bother about food! I love Michael like no one else and I have to say (and he knows this well, deep down in his heart) that I would have taken him up on this dinner without a moment’s hesitation. It is one of my favorites. Mike: Would have been better with some sweet young buck in it, eh?

By: Dorothy Sooter

Dorothy Sooter — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:41:07 +0000

I love the picture and had a very good chuckle. Julie, I know exactly how you feel – day before yesterday – I made your mom’s chili cause everyone loves it so much. What I like about it is it takes care of two days dinner and the rest is in the freezer. I am in a different situation cause Kacie cooks sometimes and they also eat out a lot so when I get to cook, usually really enjoy it. Your dad was so easy to cook for although I felt he was not eating very healthy. His diet is not what took his life though. My dad lived to be 84 and he put his head down on his bed and was gone. His eating habits were not the best but I always felt that he was such a positive person and so kind that when he ate anything, it was his happy spirit that made the food do a good job for him. Your dad had the same kind of spirit when he was eating and he sure loved what he ate. I just now started baking pies again, did not have the desire cause it was what your dad ate for breakfast every day, cherry, apple or pumpkin pie.
Love, Dorothy