Ham Sandwich Indicted!

I'm on it!....and yes, it's true, what all the other bloggers, foodies, and Columbus insiders say--it's an awesome ride. Why aren't you on board yet? Last night, DF and I hit up two of the most popular trucks on the West side....Los Potosinos and Los Gauchos. Los Potosinos is in the parking lot of a tiny strip mall, on Lincoln Park Ct., just off of Georgesville Rd. and Broad St. (For maps and more details of many of Columbus' fine taco establishments, check out Taco Trucks Columbus .) At Los Potosinos , we shared an order of the pollo al carbon , juicy, grilled chicken that was deliciously seasoned and accompanied by tortillas, refried beans, rice, lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, and two amazing sauces--a salsa verde with a mild, but noticeable zing, and a thick, creamy, orange-tinted, and super spicy (but also delicious) habanero sauce. Actually, the habanero sauce was so tasty, and we only needed the slightest bit of it, that we took the rest of the container home fo...

My fruit CSA from Wayward Seed Farm has been just prolific over the past few weeks--pears, apples, plums, and melons have been piling up on my dining room table. To cope, I dug out two of my favorite recipes and refitted them for use with my current bounty. First, a plum tart that I modified from a New York Times pear tart recipe: Upside Down Plum Tart 1/4 cup honey 5-6 plums, peeled, quartered lengthwise and cored 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a 9-inch ovenproof skillet (not nonstick), simmer honey until it begins to reduce, caramelize and darken in color, 6 to 10 minutes. Don't let it burn! 2. Arrange plums, close together and cut-side down, in a circular pattern in skillet. 3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together sugar and spices. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Fold in flour and salt...

A couple weeks ago, I came across an article by Elie Mystal , the editor of abovethelaw.com , offering some alternative ideas on how to cope with the crushing student loan debt that I (and many of my cohorts) are dealing with right now. Today, Elie was on a clip from FoxNews , making a case for changing the interest rate to 0% for government students loans. The UK just recently made a decision to do this, and Elie argues that it was a good one. By releasing some of the pressure on college/post-college graduates, you're enabling them to help increase the consumer spending needed to jump start the economy. On the front end, knowing that your debt isn't going to include excessive interest will (ideally) motivate more students to consider bettering themselves through higher education. In regards to law school grads, lower loan debt could mean more grads would be willing to take jobs in the public sector--I know from personal experience that some really great public defenders and pr...