Who is this Oddball?
I don’t co
nsider myself to be any quirkier than the next guy, but family and friends disagree.
My name is Adam J. Holland and I put stadium hot dogs and chips & salsa on the same culinary pedestal as dry-aged beef and white truffles. Though I harvest Meyer Lemons and Kaffir Lime leaves from my own organically grown trees, I’ve also driven to mult
iple food markets in search of those elusive taco-flavored Doritos. My guilty pleasures include sucking the marrow from chicken bones, and sneaking a bite of fat from a pork roast. But I also became a vegan for three months during 2010 — just for the heck of it.
Professionally, I work in public relations. For the most part, I’ve spent my adult life as a radio newsman and news
paper reporter/editor between New Jersey and Texas. I also went off the deep end for a few years and tried to make a career from one of my hobbies: growing dwarf citrus trees. I enjoy everything food — from growing and cooking it, to talking, reading and writing about it. I hope you enjoy what I have to say here.
If you do, please help me spread the word by:
- Hanging with me on Facebook. Be sure and hit the ‘Like’ button to join in on the regular conversations.
- Follow me on Twitter @unorthodxepicur.
- Hook up with me on Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/unorthodxepicur/).
And, by all means, if you really like what you read here, please tell 50 of your closest friends. I really appreciate you.
Adam, I’m so happy to have found your blog! It is so full of your energy and makes me smile all the time. Thanks! I will visit often.
Thank you, Nadia. Please tell 50 of your closest friends.
What newspapers in New Jersey? I’m from NJ and wrote for quite a few of them (in NJ and NYC).
Hi Mary Anne. I got my start at Ocean County’s Observer in Toms River (was working full time as a WJRZ newsman at the time); then wrote for a few years for the Press of Atlantic City. I also wrote for The Sandpaper, a weekly freebie rag on Long Beach Island. I felt somewhat out of place there, because I was the only one without an Ivy League diploma. Still they were very nice to me and made me feel like one of them.
Cool! I know both the Observer and the Sandpaper because I’m a fan of the New Jersey shore area and visit often (I’m a little more north in Union County).
I lived in Manahawkin — the gateway to LBI. Coming from Texas, it was a little bit of a culture shock for me. But my girlfriend (now wife) helped me find decent Mexican food and allowed me to cook chicken fried steak for her on occasion.
Oh, I know Manahawkin! It’s nice there.
Wow you are extremely unique. Love your picture! Thanks for following my blog! I’ll definitely visit yours more often!
Thank you, Lily! Welcome to my unorthodox world.
Adam, thanks for following my blog! We have some things in common (confession 39). Your commitment to food is enviable.
Thank you for stopping by! Just know that I grew out of (most) of what you read in Confession No. 39.
What fun that you stopped by All Mussed Up, and just as fun to follow you back here. I’m very tempted to get into dwarf citrus trees, too – just for the pleasure of bragging about such a badass hobby! We all know fresh Kaffir lime leaves rock freeze-dried any day. (:
And so do fresh Meyer Lemons, Yuzus and Limequats! (I give the Kumquats away though.)
Humor? Food? I’m in!
Looking forward to more of your posts. (And thanks for following my blog!)
Thank you, Karen. Welcome to my world! (Please tell 50 of your closest friends.)
Hi Adam! Thanks for following my blog! I love the name of your blog and everything you stand for in your about write-up! Look forward to getting to know you and your blog! I can’t, by the way, live without my meyer lemon tree, though I could never make a living growing them
And in any given week, my family is just as likely to eat hot dogs and mac n cheese as shaved truffles on Italian imported pasta. Yippee for eclectic food lovers!
Thank you, Beth, for stopping by. You know why your family might eat hot dogs? Because hot dogs are just outstanding! Especially served with truffles, Stilton and Meyer Lemon curd for dessert!
Oh, I LOVE anything unorthodox, lol…great blog.
Thank you, Mamacino! Please help me spread the word!
Thanks for the follow Adam! I love your story/recipe format… look forward to digging in
Thank you!
Thanks so much for the follow. I am going to enjoy reading your blog!
Thanks!
I think I just found a kindred spirit in blogging about food, but not blogging about food! Thanks for following my blog Adam, and I look forward to following yours! (and in the interest of full disclosure, I feel I have to mention I’m a Yankee fan since 1977, against the will of my Brooklyn born and raised family….it just happened….I couldn’t help it.)
I am glad you visited my blog because now I am a fan of yours! Love the blog. Very funny and relatable. LOVING it!
Thank you, Steph! Glad to have you here!
Thanks for stopping by and for “liking” my blog enough to consider following it.
You have a very unique and ‘relatable’ voice. It’s definitely appealing, and I look forward to more.
Thanks, Stash!
Hi Adam,
I agree with the previous comment! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I’m so glad I got the chance to check out your blog! Looking forward to more posts!
Best,
Nathalie
guayagourmet.com
Thank you, Nathalie!
Thanks so much for following our blog. Hope you like it!
Thanks for following my blog Adam. I’m happy you also appreciate a good tasting hot dog. I look forward to reading your blog.
Love this. Quirky is good. (Of course, I’m biased.)
Thank you for visiting and following my blog – looking forward to more of yours.
I really appreciate you stopping by.
Thanks for the follow, neat blog!
Thanks. Confession: I really like the the name of your blog.
Thank you for following me – I’m returning the favor! Your blog is awesome, I already know I’ll be spending a lot of time here with you.
Thank you, Laura. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, Adam! My husband buys those elusive taco Doritos and then hides them from me. I look forward to reading your blog!
Welcome to my world! Your husband must’ve learned the hard way … just like I did.;-)
Nice blog, Mr Holland! Thanks for visiting and following furrylittlegnome.
Thank you, Sophia .. err.. Furrylittlegnome.
Thanks for the follow, Adam. I feel validated knowing that my site attracts dwarf citrus tree growers. Your site looks like fun. I’d tell 50 friends about it if I ever make the effort to know more than eight people.
Thank you, Nancy, for your kind words. I never believed that my dwarf citrus hobby could help me gain favor with someone who hangs with the Great Gazoo. I’m glad you stopped by.
Ah! So I had you at Gazoo — nice to know Adam.
Thanks for following bananasandprunes. It’s not always about food, but I try to make it always about fun . Hope it gives you an occasional laugh. Loved the info on salt. My husband is the gourmet cook of the family so I’m turning him onto your blog. Great info!
Thank you, Patt. How could I not like a blog called bananasandprunes?
Adam –Thank you for signing up to follow my blog! I hope that you will find my recipes, photography, and comments on life in general entertaining!
Thanks for following my blog too, Adam! I’ve just read a couple of your posts, and they’re so very much fun. I’ll definitely be back!
Love your picture! Look forward to keeping up with your posts…..And thank you for following my blog too!
clever guy and great blog-nicely done holland
Thanks, Janis!
Hi..thank you for dropping by my blog…and because you did, I discovered your blog – which is great, btw!
Thank you, Shirsha. Please tell 50 of your closest friends about me.
You are assuming that I have 50 close friends!
Hey There Adam!
Love the blog! Thanks for following! Looking forward to reading more about you and hope you will tell your friends as well!
Thanks,
Mrs.B
Thanks, Mrs. B. I always spread the word about blogs that I enjoy, and yours is definitely on that list!
Hi Adam,
You seem to combine your journalistic aptitude with your passion for food and the result is very interesting. I’ll be coming back with pleasure.
Cheers,
Magda
Thank you, Magda, for your kind words.
This is the first “About” I read that made me chuckle … a good chuckle … it was after I read the raising dwarf citrus trees hobby. I don’t know why but it did. Thanks.
…because dwarf citrus trees are just funny.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hooray for food and fun and YOU! Thanks for the follow. Looking forward to more of your funky stuff.
Thanks, Lynna! Glad you stopped by!
Thanks for liking and following my blog. It’s most appreciated.
Thanks so much for following my blog Adam! I’m glad we’ve connected, I’ll be back to visit you often
Thanks for visiting my site. I think your site is awesome! I’m enjoying it greatly, and I can’t wait to read more.
Great blog. Good recipes and great style, so full of joie de vie! Thanks for following my blog, I will definitely be following yours.
Hey Adam,
Nice work with your blog and I definitely enjoy your enthusiasm. Thank you for following my blog nirvanaseeker.wordpress.com. Looks like I have a lot to learn from you as a blogger! Will definitely check back for more awesome recipes!
Fon
Thank you, Fon. I don’t know that I have much to offer in the way of being a blog expert. Still, I appreciate your kind words and am glad to stopped by.
Thank you for visiting and following my little garden blog–checked you out–and 2 mins in–LOVE YOU! Can’t wait to visit more and I am so making the potato salad! Stacey
Stacy – I love you too! Thank you for stopping by.
Hi Adam, thanks for the follow. Your blog is so much fun! I love the mac & cheese post. The use of ramekins for portion control is genius! Can’t wait to read more!
Thank you, Megan.
Hi Adam! I’m enjoying checking your blog out and like your humor and quirkiness
I also work in PR and was born and raised in NJ. Thanks for reading my blog!
Let’s go Devils! (clap-clap clap-clap-clap) Glad you came by!
Ha, I’m not so much a hockey fan, but I am a big football fan. G-I-A-N-T-S!
Nice to meet you Adam, following you on Twitter!!! Follow me back @JerseyNana Thanks!
Done!
Hi Adam, thanks for visiting my blog.
Looking forward to reading more from you. Have a great day.
life is so much more interesting for us oddballs…
*anna
In appreciation of your recent blog-following-kindness (and fab potato salad): http://wp.me/p2myYW-9d
Thanks Adam for following my humble blog……if you ever discover some good gluten-free recipes send em my way!
Jackie – Thank YOU for stopping by. I’m not sure what gluten is, but I’ll look it up.
I’m probably intolerant as well, but I tend to ignore my body.
That’s ok Adam…..I’m going to enjoy following your blog I’m sure….you sound like fun….have a great day!
My grandmother used to suck the marrow out of chicken bones. I thought she was the only one! Thanks for following my blog and liking my last post.
Your grandmother had excellent taste! Thanks for stopping by.
Great blog.
Thank you! Please tell 50 of your closest friends.
Hi there Adam! Hey thanks for the follow! I enjoy everything food too so I’m glad to visit your blog for delicious ideas!
Hi Adam,
I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award: http://thejottersjoint.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/accepting-praise-recognition/.
Best,
Gail
Thanks, Gail. I’m flattered.
Hey Adam,
Thanks for stopping by and deciding to follow my blog. I hope you enjoy it
I agree with other comments here, you’re posts (well, the two I’ve read so far) are very well-written and energetic. I look forward to reading more.
You HAVE to be my long lost brother.
I knew it, I just knew it! A fellow Jerseyite; love your blog!
I’m an *honorary* Jerseyite. I only paid state income taxes and bought GSP tokens for four years. I do miss it though! Thank you for stopping by, and for your kind words.
I was born in PA, but raised In NJ. Left for college and to start the family in MA, but moved back to the Garden State in ’86. Now I’m a Southerner for nearly a decade. But in my heart…the Jersey tomato is the best
Someday when I have extra time I’ll tell you the story of my first meeting with fried okra in a minature apartment in Staten Island back in the ’60;s. LWS
Hi Adam, I’ve nominated your for the Illuminating Blogger Award on http://foodstoriesblogcom/food-stories-award If you are interested visit http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/ Keep up the great blog!
Thanks for the follow! I love how your recipes are formatted! :] Very unique! I look forward to reading em’!
Thanks, Farrah!
Excellent blog from another foodie! I love the way you write, so I’ll be following you, too.
Thank you @AnUrgeToCook!
Hello and thank you for following my blog! It is an experiment in writing and cathartic as well. Yours looks like fun and am looking forward to following you on your adventure in life! Food is a great way that God has given us to enjoy His many blessings! We can have confidence in Him, in part, because He’s given us such creativity to take the food He supplies and make hot dogs or truffles!! Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Adam,
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I look very forward to getting caught up on yours.
I appreciate you, Lorrie. If you like what you see here, please tell 50 of your closest friends.
Will do!
Hi Adam,
It’s my dream to be at the level of “foodie” you are right now. Seriously, your blog is amazing– great mix of food, hilarity, and quirkiness (is that a word?) Anyway, I love it so much I’ve nominated you for the Pink Tree Award! Read more here: http://wp.me/p2gmDL-7h
– Nicole
Thanks, Nicole. You’ve made my day … But I’m just an aspiring foodie (or food ‘snob’) — a guy with an attitude and a few extra minutes on my hand.
Thanks for the follow – although I think I have to be honest here – I’m a veggie (the antichrist to most foodies). I’ve been married to a meat eater for 16 years and we have some baby carnivores – so I cook a ton of meat, fish and fowl. Your posts are hysterical – and totally up my ally. So hope you’ll keep reading my silly musings, and I’ll definitely be tuning into to se what you are up to!
Antichrist? Nah.. Thanks for your kind words.
New Jersey and Texas? (reminds me of a Pace Picante commercial). Doritos and home grown Kaffir? (Seeming) contradictions in art, writing, music and people are much more real and believable to me than boring predictability. I think human nature is quirky–but not everyone is courageous enough to admit being entirely human. I’m following your blog–it looks fun.
Thank you, Tracy.
Adam, thanks for following my blog! After reading some of your posts, I’m hooked and have followed back. Happy blogging. -Will @ Life in Kansas http://www.williamkpalmer.wordpress.com
Thanks, Will!
I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award because I enjoy your site so much (and partially just to give you are hard time and make you do more work).
http://griffinsgrub.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/versatile-blogger-award/
Thanks, Jason. But, I’m really not that versatile. No worries though, I’ll link back to that badass blog of yours!
Thanks for following us on The He Said She Said Experience! It’s always nice to meet fun fellow foodies!
I love your energy and quirky smile!
The very name of your blog has got me hooked! I could almost be you!
Try to expose my kids to a variety of food and flavours including eating Kudu and Ostrich in Africa……to the Sunday night special at ours…..Instant or pot noodles!!!
Is youth wasted on the young, or what? Good news though is that there are more of these garden fresh goodies for me. Thanks for stopping by!
I love your blog!
…and I love you — just for saying that to me.
Thanks for signing up! I love picking the fat off a roast!
Thank you Cycling Grandma! Isn’t that fat the bomb? Especially the pieces that are browned nicely.
Thanks for the reminder about salting the eggplant. That little step slipped my mind and the eggplant wasn’t quite what it ought to be…. now, if you could just help plug the hole in my brain….
I’ve got a pretty big hole in my own brain. I don’t always salt the eggplant. Sometimes I forget. Or I’ve had too much to drink.
Adam, I love your humor – along with all the great recipes. I am trying to figure out how I can grow dwarf citrus here. Had a Meyer Lemon tree once, moved it outdoors for the summer and the wind blew all the blossoms off! Because I have been enjoying your blog, I have nominated you for the Illuminating Blogger Award for informative, illuminating blog content. I know that not everyone participates in awards, but if it is for you the details can be found at :http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/ Keep up the good work!
Thank you for nominating me. I’m flattered. Shoot me an email and tell me what’s up with your Meyer Lemon. I think I can help you, or at least alleviate your concerns.
Thanks for following my blog, Adam! The way I feel about music is similar to the way you feel about food- I listen to pop music on the radio during the ride to the opera house.
So what do you listen to, or sing, while you’re cooking?
Whatever I like
folksongs are a top choice because they have nice melodies to sing when I don’t have a recording to sing with. Because I don’t have my own kitchen (I live in a dorm room until the end of the summer, with a community kitchen two flights upstairs) it’s too much trouble to always be bringing a radio with me. It’s much easier to just sing things that sound nice without accompaniment.
Hi Adam! Thank you for following my blog! I’m so glad it led me to yours because I love it! I’m just starting mine so it’s got a long way to go. Any tips for a newbie?
Hi Lindsay. Here are my tips: Write like you speak – Tell us a story. We love stories; NEVER start a blog entry with “Sorry I haven’t posted lately” (I tend to boycott those blogs); Use a spell-checker and an editor (can be anyone .. but everyone needs at least a 2nd set of eyes); Blog consistently — whether it’s once a week, or whenever (just don’t bite off more than you can chew); Only blog when you have something to say (which means you might need to brainstorm and make a list of topics/recipes for those times when ideas are hard to come by); Visit other blogs and comment, or at least hit the ‘like’ button (if you really like it); Get yourself onto Facebook, for the little moments and day-to-day photos (I’m at Facebook.com/UnorthodoxEpicure); Get a Pinterest account; and Have fun. I hope that helps you and I wish you luck in your blogging endeavors.
email to unorthodoxepicure @gmail came back. In re Chicago pizza – I happen to have the recipe from Ono’s, a famed pizza restaurant in Chicago. You might want to compare it to yours. julierose601@gmail.com
Thanks, Julie. Don’t know why it bounced.
I have nominated you for “One Lovely Blog Award”! Here’s the link: http://encourageoneanotherdailyblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/one-lovely-blog-award/ Congrats! And thanks for sharing your words!
Thank you, Wendy. I’m flattered.
I don’t often enjoy food blogs. I enjoy finding recipes – that are often on food blogs – but in general, not my thing. But yours? This is the perfect collection of reflections, pictures of deliciousness, and instructions to bring that deliciousness into the range of my tastebuds. Perfect. I’ll definitely be back.
Thank you, Saracita!
Thank you for finding and following my new blog … And because you have a mad happy smile i’m going to follow you!
Why, thank you Anita!
Hi Adam, thanks for stopping by
The follow
Thanks for the follow. I thought it was funny that a man, like yourself, a lover of food, began following my blog from my Canned Peaches chapter.
Your blog is so full of energy and humour. Reading it almost makes me want to cook proper meals again, try something different… almost- I am too lazy for that
Commander – I prefer canned spinach over the fresh stuff, and laziness has nothing to do with it. Thanks for stopping by and keep up your good work!
Thanks so much for stumbling across and then following my blog! I’m a crazy picky eater who’s been driving my family nuts for years, so your blog is an awesome find! It’s an excitingly un-typical food blog.
Thanks, Jessica. We crazy picky eaters need to stick together!
Hi Adam,
This is Lisa from sheslosingit.net. Thanks for following my blog! I am from NJ too – Exit 8. Which part are you from?
Hi Lisa! I lived at GSP Exit 63 (LBI) for about four years.
Hi Adam – I’ve enjoyed getting to know your blog recently. I nominated you for an Illuminating Blogger Award in my most recent Tea Foodie blog post. Check it out, and consider passing along the award to other bloggers you find illuminating. Thanks!
http://teafoodie.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/illuminating-blogger-award/
Thank you, Zanitea! I’m flattered.
Hello! Thank you for becoming a follower of blog
. You seem to have a very cool sense of humor and different taste in foods, so I will definitely be sure read some of your stuff as well 
Thanks!!
Thanks, SweetPotatoesandOreos!
Thanks for visiting my site. I really enjoyed yours – great stories and engaging writing style!
Appreciate you, Kim. Please visit here often to keep me on my toes.
Your blog is so fun! I’m enjoying reading through it. Thanks for the follow
Thank you Corrie!
Thanks for following my block … I so love your blog Adam …. so professionally done … and full of energy & jive
Thanks for the following
and love love love your energetic blog
Thanks, Jenny!
Your welcome Adam
Thanks for the following on my Jenny’s Serendipity Blog!
My pleasure.
Thanks for following A Medley of Life! I’m looking forward to what you can teach me… hopefully some great things about avocados!
Thank you for stopping by my little corner. All you need to know about avocados is that they are the fruit of the gods.
So glad to find your blog, Adam. You’re a super talented and insightful writer! I’m looking forward to reading your future posts. Also, thanks for following my blog.
Hi Adam. I just wanted to say thanks for following my blog!
You have a great blog and I really enjoyed looking around. Have a wonderful day!
Howdy Jessica. How could I not follow a blog with ‘lemon tree’ in the title? Besides that, it’s a great read. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Adam. I get a kick out of your blog, so Ii have nominated you for the ‘lovely blog award’. you can get detailed information here: https://haijinamin.wordpress.com/lovely-blog-award/
Thank you, Kim. I’m flattered.
I love your blog. I will tell 50 of my closest friends!
Thank you, Twitchyface. I’ll love you forever!
Thanks for visiting my blog. I think your blog is as interesting as it is hilarious. Completely agree with you that hamburger can be as good as dry aged prime rib roast!
Welcome to my quirky world, Stefan. I hope you become a regular around here.
I just followed you. By the way, has anyone ever told you that you look (at least in this photo) like a famous Dutch chef by the name of Joop Braakhekke? http://static.depers.nl/beeld/w178/2007/200710/20071008/fotocrop_04-12-2006_0063.jpg
Thanks, Stefan. Can’t say that I’ve heard that, but I’ve been mistaken for Drew Carey a few times. Don’t know why.
Hi.. thanks for following my blog. I am glad I visited your blog. Such amazing stories and all the food! I am going to visit your blog often for some of your “vegetarian” (:D) recipes. I have recently started visiting my kitchen for cooking
I am in Indian staying in Hong Kong. I am happy to talk about food from two big countries of Asia in case you are interested 
Thanks! Welcome!
Hi Adam, thank you for following my blog on living and eating in Nicaragua. Love the fresh fruits and veggies here, and the different food. I am looking forward to your posts.
How could I not follow a blog with Marty Robinson in the title? (Plus all that awesome food!)
Just wanted to stop in and say thanks for following my blog. I hope you are enjoying the recipes.
Absolutely, Teresa! Welcome to my neck of the woods. Feel free to stick around.
Hello There,
I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Check your link here: http://bunnypawfarm.com/2012/08/15/very-inspiring-blogger-award/ . Thank you for inspiring me!
Best Wishes,
Bunny Paw Farm
Thanks, Clover! I’m flattered!
Thank you for following my blog!, Look forward to checking your recipes out.
My pleasure! Welcome to my wacky world.
I’m now following you on Pinterest. I love the Cooking forum but have become addicted to Pinterest.
I am nominating you for the One Lovely Blog Award…
Whether it be through photography, content, or writing style the blogs I nominated make me smile, make me laugh, make me think, and inspire me. I’ve enjoyed reading your blog, thanks for sharing and inspiring my inner chef
Thank you, Kayla.
Even though you continually fail to show up and cook things for me, I’ve still given you the So Sweet Blog award – now THAT is forgiveness, my friend.
http://beckysaysthings.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/becky-says-things-about-only-another-ruddy-award/?preview=true&preview_id=711&preview_nonce=f21569d69e
You are pretty awesome yourself, Becky. Thank you.
Hurrah!
Hi!
i have awarded you with the ‘Versatile Blogger Award’ http://daisyandthefox.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/fresh-start-new-name-revamped-style-versatile-blogger-award/ – congratulations – you most certainly deserve it!
Daisy and the Fox
I’m flattered, Daisy and the Fox. Thank you.
Hey there! I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. To accept and participate visit: http://tamaraleighauthor.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/kitchen-novelist-blog-nominated-for-very-inspiring-blogger-award/ P/S: This stuff is new to me, so I hope I’m doing it right
Thank you, Tamara!
Howdy!
I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Check out the link to your blog here: http://sweetspellbaking.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Best wishes,
Joh at Sweet Spell Bakeshop =)
Thank you! I’m flattered and very appreciative.
you’re welcome =)
Hi Adam, I found your blog very inspiring and interesting and I had nominated you for Very Inspiring Blog Award. I believe participation is optional, in the case if you are keen, please check :
http://rabbitcancook.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/very-inspiring-blog-award/
Cheers
Thank you, Meilita. I’m flattered.
Hey, great little blog! Thanks for the follow – humbled to say the least
I appreciate your kind words, Vicki.
I peruse this every so often and could not fathom why I wasn’t getting updte…derrr, i forgot to click the follow button. sigh!!
however, I have nominated you for the Liebster Award…take a peek
http://amysomday2.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/the-liebster-award/
Thank you, in turn for following my blog some time ago
My pleasure, Amy. Thank you of thinking of me for such an honor.
Thankyou for following my blog, huge fear of needles too.. in my head, if someone comes near me with a needle, im running out the room
Welcome to my world! Glad you stopped by.
Hi Adam
Thanks for the “like” on my post. I’m SO excited to start following your blog… as you probably gathered, I LOVE FOOD. I mean, LOVE. Can’t wait to do some back reading …. Keep it coming! – Melissa 
I enjoy browsing through your blog. Some interesting recipes you have there and your write-ups bring a smile to my face
Thanks for the follow. I will definitely come and visit again.
Hey, Adam, I have nominated your blog for the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award. If you are interested in participating you can pick up your badge and the rules for this award here: http://cantstayoutofthekitchen.com/2012/12/06/wonderful-team-member-readership-award/
I’m a big fan of yours, Teresa, which makes this nomination very special. Thank you!
You’re very welcome. You deserve it!
Hey Adam! Thanks for following my blog. Your’s is pretty awesome… So much so, I followed you too. Looking forward to your future posts. Thanks again.
My pleasure! And thank you!
Just found your blog! Love it! I am an aspiring Meyer lemon grower.
Howdy and thank you, Martha. The secret to growing Meyer Lemons (and most other citrus): let them grow. Feel free to shoot me a line any time I might be able to help you with your tree.
Howdy from Richmond! Just found your blog and enjoying it immensely!
Howdy! Glad you stopped by! And I appreciate the kind words.
Hi there, I’ve nominated you for the Blogger of the Year 2012 Award. Here is the link for the info. http://ourgrowingpaynes.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/blogger-of-the-year-award-1st-star/
Thank you! I am flattered.
You’re welcome.
Your blog is a blast to read…
ciao! luvFAB blog.
thebestdressup
Thank you! Please tell all your friends!
Hi Adam! I was wondering if you would consider writing a piece on herbs/seasonings and what food they compliment. For example, when I make string beans I know there is something I could do to jazz them up but I haven’t the faintest idea what I should use.
I do get a little wild and crazy and use rosemary on my roasted potatoes and squash, but that’s only when I am feeling a little dangerous.
Other than a little butter (can we all say in unison: Butter Makes Everything Taste Better!!!) and salt I am clueless as to what to make my very bland cooking edible (please see my post “The Kitchen” to understand what I subject my family to).
I always recommend a large pinch of MSG and a boat-load of salt. If that doesn’t work, deep fry your veggies in a heavy batter, then add MSG and salt! If it’s still bland, call customer service and tell them that they sold you a bill of goods. — But seriously, other than the email about six months ago asking me to tone down my salty language, yours is my first request. So, how can I not? (I’ve also been working on a Thursday – Food Snob Chronicles – post about dressing up the otherwise mundane canned, pre-made stuff.)
You, my friend, are an answer to my family’s prayers. Thank you!
If it’s OK with you, Megan, I’m going to print your comment — then frame it. It will go on the same wall with other heard-only-once comments such as ‘I need you’ and ‘Your children are so well behaved.’
You have a wall like that too? Mine includes: “That was the best dinner I ever had” (they were drunk) and “Has anyone ever told you that you resemble Michelle Pfeiffer?” (they were also drunk.)
Please, Megan! Please tell me you were sober when you uttered those words! I don’t want (another) asterisk on my wall!
VERY sober! Asterisk not needed.
I nominated you for the Illuminating Blogger’s Award…here’s the link!
http://godssceneryandpromises.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/illuminating-bloggers-award/
I’m flattered and very appreciative!
Thanks for the laughs!!!
If only we were neighbors…! I could smell the smoke from your grill, walk to the property line and look pitiful until you invited me over. (smiles)
You wouldn’t have to go through all of that trouble. Just c’mon over. We always make more than enough for a crowd.
I’ll have to print this out – just in case… (smiling again!)
Hi Adam–I found your blog today and I am so happy I did–it is up my alley–food and fun—come by cookiecrumbstoliveby.wordpress.com if you ever find yourself wanting in the area of free time—happy cooking Adam–Julie
Thanks, Julie. Nice to meet you.
very good blog adam!! go on!!
Thank you!
Morning, Adam
First the obligatory but sincere “Thank You” for following my “Randa Lane…” blog. Otherwise, I would not have found the most creative comedic voice in this little spiral arm of the Milky Way. You are TRULY hilarious! I’m not a cook, but I’ll read ANYTHING you write and am following you with pleasure. –:) –
-R- (Born and raised a Texan – “Cowtown…Where the West Begins”)
You are very kind and, whatever you are smoking to believe that I’m a creative comic voice … well, I’d like some.