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Love

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:23:59 -0500

Food is love

New...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:52:10 -0500

It’s a new year. 2010, are we supposed to say, “0-10” now? Or just “10” ? I’m confused, are you? Either way I can’t believe that ten years ago I was sixteen and my parents thought that when the clock struck midnight on Jan 1, 2000 the earth would end. I can vaugly remember my mom and dad filling all the recepticles in my house with water, just to make sure we didn’t die when the system went.

In the last decade I have gained and lost forty pounds, changed my diet from crash- no carb disaster, to just regular healthy dude. I have went through kicks where I wasn’t sure what life was bringing me. I have seen God’s work in my life, I met and married the love of my life, been to every continent ( excluding Antarctica) and made five full lenght records and one ep.

This year I will eat healthier, I will serve God, my wife and my friends. I will strive to be transparent and honest, true and real.

I encourage you this year if you are making a ” food- based” change. Diets do not work! The water, oatmeal cookie, la supermodel, cayenne pepper, meat only, vege only diets don’t work. They make you crave. They make you insane.

What does work is a life style change. Eating balanced. Trading out that cake for fruit, trading out those greasy fries for a salad, and maybe eating eggs for breakfast instead of chocolate cereal.

What’s your resolution?

I don’t care if Christmas is over

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:01:35 -0500

I don’t care if Christmas is over

array

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:09:03 -0500

There is a seriously massive array of things you could be eating today. Are you a grazer? do you eat little nibbles of holiday treats all through out the day? Are you a binger like myself? do you save that hunger, then proceed to eat massive amounts of turkey, ham, and all the nutmeg and spice laden treats?

This holiday is epic for food, i know for some of you, your mother and/or any different combo of loved ones has been slaving away at cookies all day and night for the last week. Some if you may be like my family and make baskets out of all the treats you labor over, giving them away to loved ones to taste the fruits of your labor.

Either way, if your a grazer, a binger, a baker, or even just a sit back and watch the Christmas-storyer, from my family to yours, Merry Christmas. You are loved today, you are someone today. Even when all the signs pointing to you say you are not. You are.

aaron gillespie

read Luke chapter 2

Holiday

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:20:00 -0500

Whatever you are eating, and wherever you are eating it. I want you to know your loved. Life can throw rough stuff at us, it can throw wonderful things at us. This season is hard for alot of people, no matter where you are tonight, you have a purpose. Jesus loves you. I get that It can be hard to believe and hard to buy into, but I know it’s real.

Be blessed, eat a wad of turkey for me, or is it ham on Christmas?

Photo

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:46 -0500

Store bought is not as good as homeade, just so you know

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:22:42 -0500

Store bought is not as good as homeade, just so you know

Merry Christmas

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:21:12 -0500

Merry Christmas

God bless you new Orleans

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:55:24 -0500

God bless you new Orleans

In route

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:41:11 -0500

I’m currently in route to the best food city in America. New Orleans, got any suggestions?

Where’s your favourite po-boy? Where’s the best gumbo? Most epic oyster spot?

Lemme hear it! Who knows your spot might be in the blogosphere!

Stubbs

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:11:14 -0500

Stubbs BBQ is so so so good.

Gus’s aftermath. Best chicken I’ve ever eaten....

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:33:23 -0500

Gus’s aftermath.

Best chicken I’ve ever eaten. Period

Memphis. Sweet Memphis

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Memphis. Sweet Memphis

Back

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:13:27 -0500

I’m headed back to Memphis tomorrow. Memphisonians, what’s your favourite haunt in this culinarily rich city?

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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:17:11 -0500

Wendys or chick fil a

bad. bad. bad.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:04:57 -0500

Man we all do it don’t we? We wake up at like midnight, or we go out for a few drinks after dinner then end up getting the ever-sinful, perfectly-in-time late night snack. Whats your fav thing to get your late night appetite satiated.

I reach for the always bad. You know the solids, pizza, cheeseburgers, doughnuts. Why is it when we get late night foods we always end up eating trash? You never think to reach for a wheat grass shot and a smoothie after a night out or whilst studying for a test at four a.m. do ya? Heck no.

Maybe somewhere in our senses we reach for the bad when we are tired? Maybe grease aids in hangovers? Maybe committing carbicide helps ace that chemistry exam for your uptight teacher?

Oh and whats the deal with late night eats always being soaked in cheese? Breakfast delights at two a.m.? I bet we are thinking we are just grabbing a jumpstart on the most important meal of the day right?

Whats your late night poison of choice? I’d love to know. From now on, i’m gonna start getting salad as my nightcap. No no no,no i’m not.

Understand

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:29:27 -0500

I always say rediculously poetic things like,” go to you local restaurant ” or the ever popular, ” food cooked with love is better “. I bet your sometimes annoyed by my obvious sentiment for the gastric arts. I bet if your not annoyed you wish I’d just chat about food and lose the mushy garbage. Yes? No? Maybe so?

I realized something tonight. No matter what your cooking and where, if your with friends it’s better. Period.

A really long time ago a fella fell on some less than optimum times and sorta, “made lemons out of lemonade” . This fella owned a salt deposit and sold a heck of alot of said salt to the confederate army. He recieved ALL, say it with me…ALL his payment in confederate bills. As we all know the confederacy lost big and as they fell so did there currency. Capital B bumout. This dude risked it all and ended up with the fat ZERO.

He started messing around with some peppers. He eventually began growing them on his island salt palace and even started making hot sauce with them.

With the help of his famiy and friends Mr. Edmund Mcilhenny invented Tabasco sauce in Avery island, Louisiana. The business has been in the family always, with thier friends roundng out the charge.

My point? Whenever your loved-ones and buddies are in on it, foodstuffs turn our amazing. Hope, love and comraderie are wondrous ingredients.

It’s the holidays, grab someone you love and make something incredible.

Aaron

Day off. Get sauced

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:29:33 -0500

Day off. Get sauced

Rockit grill, Chicago,il

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:03:51 -0500

Rockit grill, Chicago,il

Help

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:34:17 -0500

I need some suggestions on what is awesome to eat in Chicago. Im exited to write about it. Help me out!