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The David Blahg Archives

Looking for your favorite essay by David? Or one of his tales of The One or Devil Cat. Perhaps you want to read the time he almost burned down the house? They’re all here!

2022
- June
  - 5th - Spanish Cod Fritters ~ Buñuelos de Bacalao
- May
  - 1st - Some Like It Pink: Classic Sno Balls
- April
  - 24th - How to Make Hummingbird Nectar
  - 12th - Bipolar Disorder and Julia Child, My Therapist
  - 10th - Abstinence Makes the Taste Buds Grow Fonder
- February
  - 14th - The Time We Almost Became Reality TV Food Stars
  - 5th - A Gay Man’s Super Bowl
2021
- November
  - 19th - Where is the Thickest Part of a Turkey Thigh?
- October
  - 10th - Love Food: Pork and Pie
- September
  - 19th - In Defense of Grandmother Cooking
  - 12th - Saying Goodbye to Devil Cat
  - 10th - Remembering Windows on the World
- August
  - 15th - The Garden That Almost Ate Roxbury
- July
  - 31st - How to Tell if a Tomato is Perfectly Ripe
- June
  - 25th - Whole Hog Barbecue with Ricky Parker
- April
  - 3rd - When Costco Gives You Croissants, Make Croque Monsieur Casserole
- March
  - 7th - Lasagne Bolognese
- February
  - 18th - Pastéis de Belém–The World’s First Pastéis de Nata
  - 13th - Potato Bacon Pizza
- January
  - 16th - Are You Causing Your Cat Whisker Stress at Dinner?
2020
- December
  - 30th - I Finally Tried Pimento Cheese: It’s Great!
  - 24th - The Goose of Christmas Past
  - 22nd - Homemade Maple-Espresso Bacon
  - 12th - Why The Great British Bake Off is the Best Show on TV
- November
- October
  - 31st - Halloween 2020: Not Six Feet Under but Six Feet Apart
  - 17th - The Jesus Rule
  - 3rd - A Friend in Knead
- September
  - 19th - Because I Can: Homemade Ketchup
  - 5th - Savior on a Stick
- August
  - 8th - My Problem with Balls
- July
  - 25th - How To Grill Salmon
  - 25th - Smoked Pickled Potatoes with Aioli
  - 17th - Rotisserie Chicken 101
  - 11th - How to Grill Steak
  - 11th - Chipotle Maple Barbecue Sauce
  - 3rd - If It’s July Fourth, It Must Be Deborah’s
  - 2nd - What is Portuguese Chouriço Sausage?
- June
  - 27th - When a Bifana is More than a Sandwich
- March
  - 20th - Let’s Hygge Together!
- January
  - 26th - The Garden of Him
2019
- November
  - 17th - Lost in the Atlantic: The Azores and Its Hearty Cuisine
  - 10th - Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese
  - 6th - Ham and Cheese, Italian Style
  - 2nd - How to Buy a Thanksgiving Turkey
- October
  - 29th - A Tale of Two Portuguese Stuffings
  - 11th - The Secret Behind Milk Mayonnaise
- September
  - 28th - A Better Brine for Chicken
- July
  - 21st - In a ’64 T-Bird, Chasing a Date with a Clam
- May
  - 17th - Forever and Completely
  - 11th - If I Were a Mother
  - 4th - Azorean Feast of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres
- February
  - 6th - Valentine’s Day Menu 2019
2018
- October
  - 13th - Chicken Paprikash
- May
  - 8th - Devil with a Red Apron on
- January
  - 16th - Tales of a Supertaster
2017
- December
  - 25th - The Ho of Christmas Morning
- October
  - 20th - Trick or Treat for the Childless
  - 4th - My Mystery Date With The One
- September
  - 25th - Tomato and Goat Cheese Cobbler
  - 21st - Barcelona Restaurants
- August
  - 19th - A Blackout Cake to Celebrate the Solar Eclipse
- June
  - 1st - Trash Can Alley
- April
  - 11th - Notes on a Banana: An Excerpt
- February
  - 23rd - Notes on a Banana: Chandelier
2016
- December
  - 3rd - My Memoir: The Cover Revealed
- November
  - 30th - Grandma’s Silver Spoon
- June
  - 25th - My Beans are Gay
  - 11th - David Hosts The Splendid Table
- May
  - 19th - When a Stranger Cooks Your Food
2015
- November
  - 21st - Procrastinator’s Thanksgiving Guide
  - 8th - Bow Tie Cheese Straws
- September
  - 28th - Mary Karr on The Art of Memoir
  - 12th - Cara Nicoletti: Books and Food
- August
  - 21st - Avocado Sorbet
  - 10th - World Elephant Day
- July
  - 24th - Morning Harvest
  - 8th - Ode to Summer Squash
- June
  - 1st - See What Happens When You Avoid Writing?
- May
  - 11th - Shauna Sever: Natural Sugars
- April
  - 24th - Tara Whitsitt: Fermentation on Wheels
  - 21st - Yeast Are Never Depressed
  - 17th - Embroidery Maker in Madeira
- January
  - 21st - The Mistress of Portugal’s Alentejo
  - 15th - Cod and Shrimp Stew with Quinoa
  - 10th - How Not to Talk to a Fat Person
2014
- December
  - 8th - Why Everyone Should Write a Memoir
- July
  - 22nd - Riding Off Into the Sunrise
- June
  - 17th - Breakfast Sausage Patties
- March
  - 20th - The Story of a (Pastured) Egg
2013
- December
  - 17th - Fresh Ham and Cheese Croissants
  - 6th - Liar, Liar Apron on Fire
- November
  - 19th - How to Crimp A Pie Crust
- September
  - 4th - Homemade Cultured Butter
- August
  - 23rd - The Door Creaked Open
  - 14th - Maine, At Last
- July
  - 30th - My Kitchen 2.0
  - 14th - Goodbye, My Pet
- June
  - 6th - If These Walls Could Talk
- May
  - 16th - The (Renovation) Honeymoon Is Over
  - 11th - They’re Alive!
  - 1st - I, Farmer David
- April
  - 22nd - Ep. 1: Why, Hello New Podcast
  - 16th - Not Relaxing in Baden-Baden
  - 3rd - Gritsapalooza 2013
- March
  - 27th - The Walls Are Falling Down Around Me
  - 17th - Fatty Daddy Cocktail
  - 8th - For God’s Sake, Stop It!
- February
  - 14th - Someone’s In the Kitchen with Ina
- January
  - 22nd - Slow to Warm Up
  - 18th - It’s Always Darkest
2012
- December
  - 24th - Call Me Puff Daddy
  - 17th - A Love Story, In 15 Cookies
  - 12th - Jack Frost Nipping
- November
  - 29th - Not a Creature Was Stirring
- September
  - 20th - Channeling Our Energy
  - 16th - Forgot to Look Both Ways
  - 14th - My Baggage About Baggage
- July
  - 23rd - That Paris Effect
- June
  - 27th - Carrot Cake of the Singaporean Kind
  - 2nd - Can’t Get You Outta My Head
- May
  - 4th - Our First Al Fresco Dinner of the Season
- March
  - 25th - Testing 1, 2, 3—I’m Hosting Martha Stewart Living Radio
  - 1st - Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit—Duck Stock, That Is
- February
  - 14th - A Very AARP Valentine’s Day
- January
  - 13th - Zen and the Art of Cooking for The One
  - 6th - Nutella: My Not So Secret Love
2011
- December
  - 28th - What I Learned in 2011
  - 7th - Kitchen Confessional: Burnin’ Down Da House
- October
  - 20th - P is for…Paris. And Peace.
- May
  - 30th - Write Your, um, Our Own Cookbook
  - 18th - What I Miss About Portugal
  - 8th - Macolytes vs. PC-Lovers: What Do You Eat?
- February
  - 27th - He’s the Reason You’re Fat
- January
  - 18th - A Cold Day’s Feast
2010
- December
  - 6th - When Food Doesn’t Heal
- November
  - 21st - Giving Thanks
- October
  - 30th - Portugal, Its Food, and Writing A Cookbook
- September
  - 21st - Singing Grocery List
- July
  - 11th - Where You Going? Barcelona? Oh.
- June
  - 22nd - I Have Taken a Lover, the iPad
- May
  - 10th - Mussel Bound
- April
  - 30th - Okay, It’s Not All About Me
  - 1st - Giada and Me: Separated at Birth
- March
  - 24th - Three and a Half Minutes of Fame
  - 17th - Four Minutes of Fame, Part II
  - 15th - Four Minutes of Fame, Part I
  - 4th - Eating Oscar
- February
  - 21st - A Light Forever Dimmed
2009
- December
  - 21st - We Heart Hearth
  - 19th - Blizzard Beef
  - 16th - 20,000 Thank Yous
- November
  - 30th - Paula Wolfert’s Beef Daube is as Authentic as It Gets
  - 22nd - Peace & Pleasure: A Holiday Menu to End Tryptophan Overload
- October
  - 2nd - When Advertising Works, It Works
- September
  - 4th - The Author and the Wonderful, Horrible, No Fun, Very Good Day
- August
  - 22nd - Tomato Harvest, Kind of
  - 10th - Where Do I Sign?
- July
  - 2nd - Craig Claiborne and the Invention of Food Journalism
- June
  - 19th - A Sweet History: Portugal’s Pastéis de Tentúgal
- May
  - 28th - Portugal’s Wine Regions Get a New Look
- April
  - 7th - Newark’s Portuguese Keep Easter Traditions Burning
- March
  - 9th - Vinho Verde Loves The New Portuguese Table
- January
  - 26th - All Tatted Up
  - 21st - Home Port: The Douro Wine Region Calls Back its Far-Flung Citizens
  - 3rd - What Goes Up, Must Come Down
2008
- December
  - 15th - Why I Left Advertising
  - 14th - No-Knead Bread: Your Experiences
- November
  - 17th - Tying Up Loose Thanksgiving Ends
  - 2nd - Getting a Life: Las Vegas Plus Meat, Meat, Meat
- October
  - 29th - Getting a Life: Tupper Lake
  - 15th - Huzzah, Huzzah! Finally, the Book Cover
- July
  - 9th - Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a Secret
- April
  - 26th - Get Your Licks: Absinthe and Bacon Lollypops
- January
  - 30th - Boycott McDonald’s, I Say
  - 11th - What Ever Happened to This Blog?
2007
- September
  - 17th - Notes from Portugal: Pois Café ~ Lisbon
- June
  - 12th - Notes from Portugal: Rossio Square ~ Lisbon
2005
- July
  - 5th - Grilling with the Steak Whisperer
2004
- October
  - 4th - The Lazy Man’s Brunch
- August
  - 11th - Confessions of a Hired Belly
- April
  - 14th - The Origins of Spaghetti Carbonara (Maybe)
2003
- November
  - 22nd - La Bouche Speaks: An Interview with Paula Wolfert
  - 1st - Whether Fresh or Canned, Pumpkin Takes the Cake
- September
  - 4th - Lisbon Trip Planner
  - 4th - Coming Home to Lisbon
- June
  - 28th - The Pan Snob
- April
  - 16th - The Franco-American Butter Wars
- February
  - 3rd - A Man and His Stove
2002
- June
  - 4th - Feel the Burn: Portuguese Piri-Piri Sauce Heats Up the Palate
- May
  - 22nd - To Sink or Swim in a Glass of Grenache
  - 4th - São Miguel Trip Planner
- January
  - 9th - Fat, Fat Everywhere But Not a Drop of Lard
1999
- December
  - 16th - Dining Through the Decades: 100 Years of American Food
1998
- October
  - 27th - Capturing My Portuguese Family’s Recipes

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