Maybe it's immature of me to find so entertaining his use of phrases like, "butt cheap," "my bad," and article titles such as, "When Eating is Awkward," and "A Mississippi Minute, Lauren-Rhymes-With-Foreign Edition: Some people just talk in poetry." But, really, it's best to read about food from someone who doesn't take themselves all that seriously (at least, yet). Lam writes about things most of us wouldn't really think to, like what to do with leftover chicken fat (fry it in oil and make cracklins!), why pretty peas don't taste good, his fateful encounter with the dubiously named Tropical brand cheese. He's entirely relatable, I'd want to hang out with him; and really, wouldn't we all rather hear about food from someone we'd want to hang out with? Aw, just look at him.
(image courtesy of some other blog called up your architecture) Check out his writing at Gourmet.
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Yes, I agree with the above. I was just cooking in the kitchen and thinking about food shows and look forward to his handsome face and his acumen about food. Francis never makes you feel "less than" when he teaches us...he opens our thinking about food with his quirky, but reasonable, points.
Thanks, Pork Belly, for your post. We're on the same wavelength about the "new cool" teachers on television.
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