Colman Andrews
@colman.bsky.social
A "suave, Francophile food-and-wine know-it-all" and yellow dog Democrat who would rather be back home in Southern California.
I'm writing as fast as I can.
I'm writing as fast as I can.
I love how Google addresses vital ontological questions.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I love how Google addresses vital ontological questions.
A doctor I DEFINITELY trust more than RFK Jr.
September 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A doctor I DEFINITELY trust more than RFK Jr.
Finally got enough tomatoes out of the early-summer-weather-challenged plants on my balcony to serve a tomato salad for dinner tonight. Bumblebee Surprise, Bumblebee Purple, and Creole. Added some basil from the front porch, good olive oil, and Maldon salt. Perfect with grilled Montauk swordfish.
September 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Finally got enough tomatoes out of the early-summer-weather-challenged plants on my balcony to serve a tomato salad for dinner tonight. Bumblebee Surprise, Bumblebee Purple, and Creole. Added some basil from the front porch, good olive oil, and Maldon salt. Perfect with grilled Montauk swordfish.
My younger daughter is just back from CDMX with some loot. (The bag contains a small jar of salsa macha con chapulines.) Clearly I raised her right.
July 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My younger daughter is just back from CDMX with some loot. (The bag contains a small jar of salsa macha con chapulines.) Clearly I raised her right.
Life in the suburbs.
June 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Life in the suburbs.
In other news, this here grilled D'Artagnan bone-in Angus ribeye was mighty good for dinner tonight. The creamers roasted with shallots and morels weren't bad either.
June 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In other news, this here grilled D'Artagnan bone-in Angus ribeye was mighty good for dinner tonight. The creamers roasted with shallots and morels weren't bad either.
Yeah, and another thing...
May 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Yeah, and another thing...
Remembering Mom as she would no doubt like to be remembered. (Maybe next year I'll dig up the photo of her in the chorus line for "Gold Diggers of 1937," along with Jane Wyman and Carole Landis.)
May 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Remembering Mom as she would no doubt like to be remembered. (Maybe next year I'll dig up the photo of her in the chorus line for "Gold Diggers of 1937," along with Jane Wyman and Carole Landis.)
Peonies are such show-offs.
May 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Peonies are such show-offs.
Are those jackass ears?
April 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Are those jackass ears?
Blood oranges, chiles, and limes... Todo listo para el fin de semana.
April 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Blood oranges, chiles, and limes... Todo listo para el fin de semana.
I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but this is the dessert of my dreams -- polenta, olive oil, and almond cake with caramelized blood oranges, at the River Cafe in London.
March 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but this is the dessert of my dreams -- polenta, olive oil, and almond cake with caramelized blood oranges, at the River Cafe in London.
It was published in 2019, but this seems like it might be an interesting book to read today.
March 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It was published in 2019, but this seems like it might be an interesting book to read today.
Of course it does (right, @randallgrahm.bsky.social?).
February 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Of course it does (right, @randallgrahm.bsky.social?).
Democracy Dies in Dorkiness
January 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Democracy Dies in Dorkiness
An old friend and mentor/inspiration just sent me this passage as a Happy New Year message. @seeshespeak.bsky.social will perhaps recognize the source.
January 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
An old friend and mentor/inspiration just sent me this passage as a Happy New Year message. @seeshespeak.bsky.social will perhaps recognize the source.
And this is my wish to all of you, too.
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
And this is my wish to all of you, too.
You'd think the world's richest man could afford a decent skin care regime.
December 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
You'd think the world's richest man could afford a decent skin care regime.
Quite chuffed to discover that the little poetry magazine I co-founded with Michael C. Ford and the late Bill Yaryan back in the 1970s is apparently considered valuable in some quarters today.
December 22, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Quite chuffed to discover that the little poetry magazine I co-founded with Michael C. Ford and the late Bill Yaryan back in the 1970s is apparently considered valuable in some quarters today.