Author Cary

Eick sent me some free food on behalf The Lazy Baker.  I was initially very excited about this.  My life has been rather...ahem...hair-pulling out insane recently. Moving from the suburbs of Chicago into...

Someone recently pointed out to me that there were at least 3 cake-making shows on television these days. I've blogged about this before, but the whole "It works on one network, let's inundate five other...

On a rather nice evening in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, my life is changed by two pizzas.  It is at Great Lake, named by Alan Richman in a GQ article as the best pizza in America. Pizza has been a...

Eick sent me some Nature's Valley Granola Nut Clusters the other day.  I was pretty hungry so I ripped it open and hucked some into my mouth.  They were dry and strangely boring, which is why this review...

While watching a fantastic Law & Order: SVU Marathon last Sunday, a  commercial appears.  Two children conspire to make their mother buy them the new Mega Mighty Bites.  They employ the fantastic...

If you're anything like me, you enjoy an online existence.  Said existence involves not working, reading news, humor websites, screwing with people on 4chan, and trying not to read message boards on...

Before Meat Madness, I made some predictions.  I knew bacon would win, figured steak would be upset, and knew pulled pork would make a run.  In turns out I won, no rigging involved.  And my reward?...

Human beings are territorial creatures.  Always have been.  Which leads me to my next point:  YOUR PIZZA IS AWFUL.  No, really, I don't like the pizza where you're from.  Be it New York City,...

Granted, the title of this post sounds strange, but consider following excruciating choice: Option #1: You have to eat a squishy over-ripe banana every day for the rest of your life. Option #2: You can...

Due to gentle goading from Eick, I shall wade into the beautiful, twisted world of Would You Rather. Option #1: You can never drink coffee again Option #2: You can never drink soda again. Things to...