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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A Long Island Walpurgisnacht!
Tomorrow the evils of Winter are conquered by Spring--but not before the custodians of that dark season have a little fun! The eve of May Day is the official evening of revelry for witches and the workers...
Car Cooking for the Bachelor Sophisticate
My cooking career began as a Boy Scout at the tender age of ten, heating up eggs and bacon in a cheap aluminum pan over a sterno canister in the woods. As I grew into my teens, my fellow scouts and I...
Bachelor Bar Basics
Y'all might have noticed I've been stressing "host" style tips and meals in Bachelor Chow. I do this because if you are a single man living alone, you probably need some company, and the best way to entice...
Jam-On-It Jambalaya
When I was ten years old I had three passions: drawing, Boy Scouts, and roller skating. I've since traded in drawing for writing, the Boy Scouts for the Freemasons, and roller skating for . . . well,...
Everyone Lubs Pineapple Boats!
Have you ever struggled to get a reservation at one of the finest restaurants in town, then waited patiently for an hour as they "found" you a table? Then, dressed in your Sunday best, you and your dining...
Hard Boiled Hangover
The Easter holiday is over, and now all those pretty eggs you dyed with your nieces and nephews are sitting around the house. What do you do with these things?
I remember growing up, the week before...
Beans and the Modern Bachelor
If there's a classic image of the bachelor seared into the collective American imagination, it's of some dude hunched over in a dirty, old armchair dressed in boxers and a t-shirt. He has a bad case of...
Green Beer and Blarney
If you're caught downtown in a major or close-to-major city on March 17th, you'll be seeing lots of green. Although St. Patrick was neither from Ireland (try Wales) nor responsible for the many legends...
Clobbering Da' Crud
About this time of year the flu is full-blown, and here in Austin we're treated to something called "cedar season." This is a couple of months when horny juniper tress and bushes—called "cedars," because...
Dem Dirty Dish Blues
As an undergraduate I had a roommate, or rather, I had roommates, since my buddy's girlfriend practically lived with us. We were crammed into a small efficiency apartment in the Foggy Bottom district...
Vegetarians Get Gumbo Too
If it's not obvious by now, y'all should know I love to eats-da-meats: chicken, steak, alligator, or snail--if it is seasoned right, I'll put it in my mouth. Okay, well, not everything: I turn up my nose...
Gumbolicious
Last week I toured Louisiana in search of friends, love, and beads. Along the way I bit into a plastic behbee eating King Cake (ouch), drank some Bloody Marys, saw a bare breast or two among the Mardi...
Of Cast Iron and Cornbread
Typically, admitting one is a bachelor to someone usually says to them that you ain't got a stocked kitchen; you're probably still using the cheap pots from the dollar store that your Aunt Edna gave you...
Smothered Greens and Gettin' Reg'ler
When I was kid and my mom made greens, I'd find myself singing the refrain of an old Lynard Skynard song, the lyrics of which I cannot repeat because they'd sue us. What I said, however, was "yuck, what's...
The Shopping Cart Blues, Or: Don't Buggy My Basket
The other day I thought I might go to the supermarket for a steak. I also decided to replenish my detergents, soaps, my cache of spring water and soda, and other various items that require the use of a...
Hillbilly Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits
Some years ago one of my best buddies invited me to join him for a family gathering in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His selling points were twofold: good lookin' ladies in short-shorts on Dixon street at night...