Hot Cash From the King of Spice

Key Ingredients I’m a cook, not a chef. I did not attend culinary school, nor do I own or operate a professional kitchen. It’s merely semantics, at this point. Just as one is not a doctor without an M.D. or Ph.D, my path to prominence in the food landscape was not charted on a traditionalContinue reading “Hot Cash From the King of Spice”

Clash of the Beards and Bellies

Week 1 After a soul-snatching season of head-to-head DFS prowess against poor Nimble in 2020, I met the man this summer. I held him close, his pupils narrowed to pinpricks and pulse fluttering like a wounded moth. I whispered into his ear a message that made his graying beard hairs stand on end. “You stillContinue reading “Clash of the Beards and Bellies”

Hot Cash From the King of Spice

Winning for John John Dwight Eller was born on June 22, 1958. John grew up big and athletic, like most of the Eller family. Football was (and still is) life in Corning, California, the Olive City. Eller played all the sports, excelling every step of the way. John played receiver and linebacker for the CorningContinue reading “Hot Cash From the King of Spice”