Josh Gunn
Occupation: Author, University Professor
Specialty: Southern Cuisine, Bachelor Food
Education: George Washington University, University of Minnesota
Lives: Austin, Texas
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Dr. Bachelor Says Ciao to Chow for Now!
I don't care what "they"---the proverbial "they," the one's who supposedly know, those know-it-alls---I don't care what they say, writing is not "a lot like cooking." No ma'am. Writing is nothing like...
Broke Bachelor Blues
Drawing on your own hard times experience, let us pretend we have a friendly, hardworking bachelor who puts in the overtime. Let's say he worked an extra job this summer to build up some of the savings...
Superchili!
As I've written before, every time I move to a new state I attempt to master the local cuisine. I grew up on Georgia soul food, so I have the collards and deep-fried this-and-that down.
When I moved...
Summer Drinks for the Dogs!
The phrase "dog days of summer" refers to the hottest time of the year—and certainly that's what it feels like outside here in Texas! The phrase derives from the ancient Greeks, who marked the hottest...
Summer Soup, Bachelor Style
This is the hottest summer I've ever lived anywhere. We solar-beleaguered Austinians are moving into toward our fiftieth day of triple digits, and the annual August exhaustion has only just begun! It's...
Tears Run Rings? Not With Vidalias
Who knows what Mark Almond is getting on about when he sings "tears run rings around my eyes?" Not me! But I'm pretty sure he's not singing about cutting a soft-celled onion. And even if that song is...
Goat on a Spit, or, Head-Butts and Barbecue
Although no stranger to controversy, recently the Texas legislature did something controversial: it ruled that not one, but two Texas towns hold the title of "Official Texas State Goat Barbecue Cook-Off."...
Hot Dang!
Central Texas is already in a heat wave, y'all—for the past two weeks it's been in the triple digits, and there's no sign of these high temps coming to an end. These temps bring irony, as the second...
Independence Pie and the Shroud of Hayden
Independence Day is an interesting holiday, if only because it's an excuse to blow stuff up with firecrackers. Black snakes on the sidewalk, bottle rockets, the smell of sulfur: these are the things the...
Getting Fishy in Greater Bachelordom
Single men and fish do not go together. I mean, it would be very strange to make out with a Mackerel. Just joshing, of course. More seriously, it does seem the case that when you think of a single guy,...
Try a Tex-Mex Chili Dawg!
Last week I discussed the "to bean or not to bean?" debate regarding Texas chili. I came down on the side of "no-beans," and debuted my own Texas chili recipe. My recipe makes a lot of chili, and as a...
To Bean or Not to Bean: The Great Texas Chili Debate
At a workplace potluck recently I ate, for the first time, Texas chili. I have never really cared for the stuff because, where I'm from (Georgia), the chili has kidney beans in it, and I am not a fan...
Summer Is Julep Season!
The mint growing in my small, bachelor patio garden is out of control. I mused last evening it was time to make some Mint Juleps, a perfect representative of the first and most important of bachelor food...
Fry Dem Green Maters!
The inspiration of this week's column is my patio garden. Since moving to Austin and buying a condo, I've become the owner of a small patio. The previous owner left a few plants (all but one have subsequently...
More Party Tips For The Bachelor Sophisticate
Last weekend I threw another party, and I think it is fair to say most attendees had a good time. There was dancing. There was eating. There was socializing. And more importantly, no one pranced around...
Frittatarrific! Or, Breakfasting in the Bedroom
Believe it or not, writing a column every week for over a year can exhaust one's creativity, y'all. This week I tweeted to Crackbook friends that I was needing some ideas for this column, and more than...