food

All men might be created equal…but the same thing can’t be said about the ingredients in trail mix. A single bag of trail mix may contain 8-10 different elements. Standard…

Austin enjoyed the time he spent with his grandfather, a tough old cowboy everyone knew as “Curly.” The hardened rancher showed his grandson how to ride, shoot, and mend fences. Along the way, Curly even shared little pieces of advice with Austin.

You’ve heard of “drunk dialing.” You’ve heard of “cow tipping.” But have you ever heard of “drunk tipping”? If not, just know two things:

It can be embarrassing. And expensive.

When perfectly sane humans with functioning taste buds swear off meat, they’re labeled vegetarians. The remainder of their sad, miserable lives is filled with the memories of how wonderful a medium-well ribeye tasted. Fortunately, a few vegetarians have discovered a way of coping with temptation.

They just eat meat.

In 1940, Langdon Gilkey, equipped only with a degree in philosophy from Harvard, went to China to teach English at Yenching University. Three short years later, he was taken prisoner when the Japanese Army came crashing into the city.

His confinement taught him a powerful lesson: fellow prisoners could be less merciful than the enemy.

Ryan called his mother and excitedly told her that he had just met the woman of his dreams, but wanted her counsel about what to do next. “Send her flowers,…

I love grilling. I love smoking BBQ. In fact, I love doing anything that involves searing meat on an open flame! That smell and the crackling sound – mixed with the taste of an ice-cold refreshing IBC Root Beer – compels me to break out my manly utensils of culinary creation on a weekly basis.

But while grilling the other day, I had a revelation about our fellowship as Christians.

A bald, wrinkly, little man was rocking in a chair on his front porch, smiling happily, when a passerby, charmed by his smile, walked up to him.

The passerby said to the content gentleman, “Sir, I couldn’t help noticing how happy you look. What’s your secret for a long and happy life?”

For many months in 1914, the night sky along the French and German border was filled with the sights and sounds of gunfire, shelling, and explosions. The world was at war with itself and millions were already dead.

But for one night, December 24, 1914, the weapons of destruction would fall silent, so that a Holy Night could be remembered in peace.

Recall, if you can, the absolute best-tasting sandwich you’ve ever had.

Keeping that particular sandwich in mind, let me ask you a question. If you were shot…and had to choose between going to the Emergency Room and eating your sandwich, would you delay the doctor to devour the delicacy?

Miguel Soto would.