Break out the Bread and Meat. It’s National Sandwich Month!
When I was a kid, I only ate one kind of sandwich. Peanut butter and jelly. Yeah, I had unsophisticated taste buds back then. My parents couldn’t take me anywhere. They tried Chinese restaurants. They tried buffets. They even tried a restaurant that claimed to sell everything under the sun. But nobody sold peanut butter […]
Grab A Rascal Burger and Go to Your Happy Place: It’s National Hamburger Day!
They say hamburgers are supposed to take you to your happy place. Which is kind of redundant because I’m already at Rascal House getting ready to bite into a Rascal Burger. I guess I can pretend I’m at my 2nd-most happy place. But that’s my hometown, Cleveland. And Cleveland is the birthplace of Rascal House, […]
Golden Delicious Rascal House Fries Are No Small Potatoes
Hey, golden delicious Rascal House Fries. Fancy meeting you here. What’s that, it’s National French Fry Day? I suppose you want a story. Not now, golden delicious Rascal House Fries. I’m writing about Rascal Burger. Go play with Waffle Fries or something. You can do that “You say Potato, I say Potahto” bit you love […]
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
I’ll never forget the day I learned Cleveland was hosting the 2019 Major League All-Star game. January 27th, 2017. I was standing in front of Rascal House, admiring it like it was the 8th Wonder of the World, when a newsboy nearly knocked me off my feet. He was clutching a stack of Plain Dealers […]
Will The Real Inventor Of Caesar Salad Please Stand Up?
It’s National Caesar Salad Day. Can you guess which one of these stories about Caesar Salad is true? Ave, I’m Julius Caesar. I was a military general who was responsible for the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. One day I whipped out a head of romaine lettuce and […]
It’s International Picnic Day (or as I like to call It, The Superdelicious Start of Picnic Season)
The very first day of picnic season is like Opening Day for me. That’s because Rascal House has 5 different Box Lunches and each one is like hitting a game-winning home run. Sure, you can get them throughout the year and eat them wherever you want. I just had one yesterday while standing in line […]
A Father Questions Why He Got Macaroni Art Instead of a Philly Steak Grinder on Father’s Day
Dear Son, Thanks for the macaroni art you made me for Father’s Day. Your depiction of an astronaut walking on a moon made of cheese was quite unexpected. But I need to ask you something, and don’t take this the wrong way. Did you fall and hit your head or something? I mean, you treated […]
Remembering Our Heroes: Fallen Soldiers and People Who Serve
Many Americans will spend today, Memorial Day, remembering our fallen soldiers. It could be all the heroes we read about in history books. But all too often it hits closer to home. We are all connected to the heroes, fallen soldiers and people who serve. From novels like The Red Badge of Courage to modern […]
A Mother’s Day Appeal (A Few Days Before Mother’s Day)
Dear Son, I love you very much. But a mom can only take so much macaroni art. I have macaroni art in the kitchen, the living room, all three bedrooms, the basement, garage, and on every square inch of my cubicle at work. I was hoping now that you’re 23, and working, you’d spring for […]
Rascal’s BBQ TRIO = Best. National. BBQ. Month. Ever.
There are some things in this world that awaken our senses and bring us closer to understanding the meaning of life. For some it’s walking barefoot on hot coals, petting piranhas and racing down a roller coaster with a cup of hot coffee in their laps. For those of us who value limbs, but still […]