Author: vicSocotra

Deirdre’s STUFFED FRENCH ONION BURGER

STUFFED FRENCH ONION BURGER A BASTILLE DAY EXTRAVAGANZA! Hi, Gentle Readers! This is Deirdre with some exciting plans for another in the carnival of Holidays! I’m too tired to slow down, so here goes another of those core menus I use to keep lurching forward regardless of the crisis situation! This on is a big […]

Dierdre’s Baked Spaghetti Pie

My baked Spaghetti Pie recipe is easy enough for a busy weeknight meal and sure to be loved by everyone on the watch-bill. It’s also a great take-and-bake meal for people on the scoop-and-go.That is why I asked Ahmad to stop by- he is my go-to Uber guy and he manages to get my little […]

Bill Reddig’s Rogue’s Galley

05/06/1966 Has Hi-Fi Recipe File! By HERMINE MARIAUX, Special to The New York Times Kitchen for the Future Has Hi-Fi Recipe File CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 1966 — William E. Reddig, design director for the Kelvinator Company, has constructed a “Rogue’s Galley” to which even the owner’s girl friends may be summoned by pushbutton. The hexagonal […]

Minimizing the Mess

I want to thank you for staying with us as we work through conflicts overseas and an increased production load shared by the Boomers who provide the technical expertise and the Zoomers who can still drive. My part is keeping things moving between the Conference Room, the Galley, the Russell Cooktop, and the Weber grill […]

Virginia’s Seventh District Fritters

(Rep. Eugene Vindman, Virginia SEVENTH Congressional District). We have not written about events in the Chairman’s old home County of Culpeper. As you are aware, his grand design of retirement in the rolling green fields was almost perfect until he noticed all his medical specialists were still up in Arlington and Fairfax. Which led to […]

Bastille Day 2026

En Parie… Unfolds Across Two Extraordinary Days We are should have had enough of random explosions this week here in Washington. But we are still tempted to head to Paris for Monday’s remarkable celebration of a mob that assaulted a prison holding all of seven inmates. It is their version of Lexington and Concord, celebrated […]

Sanctuary County

Juan Arevalo Mendez (Image Fairfax CO and ChatGPT). We were reminded by Miles to publish a correction at the top of this morning’s edition. Alert readers down in the sunny climes noticed an infrequent—and much regretted—mechanical error in yesterday’s Daily. Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has been beset by a cascade of damaging allegations for […]

War Returns

The war appears to have returned this morning, with the President delivering some unusually blunt remarks about the craven, lying zealots with whom America has been dealing for nearly forty-seven years. It prompted a discussion at Socotra House about how landscapes—and the people who inhabit them—can change over time. After the cheerful chaos of sports […]

It Is Finally Over!

Hi, Gang! Deirdre here with the morning shift. I am doing That looks a little somber up above but with the carnival of amazing activities that have played out since the Olympics I am about entertained out. I am particularly pleased this morning that it looks like that idiot Platner appears to be on the […]

Deirdre’s Oven-Baked BBQ Ribs

My oven-baked BBQ ribs can be also be done on the grill down on the west patio if I can deputize some of the Happy Hour crew to maintain a tender, flavorful, and satisfying dish that brings all the smoky, sweet goodness right upstairs. They key to it is the connection we have with Autumn […]