R.I.P. Robert Goulet
October 31, 2007
For me, music came first. My mother is a musician and our house was always filled with tunes. Many of us grow up hating our parents' music. I did not. This is not to say I didn't develop my own…
Blind Pigeons Are Not Road Kill
October 18, 2007
Just like I love to freak out non-coal crackers by offering them scrapple, nothing blows their minds more than asking if they'd like a blind pigeon. A blind pigeon is a cabbage roll. I believe…
Bleenie (spell it any way you like)
October 11, 2007
Allow me to continue the food section of the Kerry Zukus Official Stalker Site Blog, for to understand a geographical area one must understand its cuisine, and THE FOURTH HOUSE most certainly does…
May I Have the Last Pierogi?
October 6, 2007
Along with your gray meat, it is also incumbent upon you, as a good coal cracker host or hostess, to have some starches available for your guests. Might I suggest the classic pierogi? There are two…
Scrapple: The Other Gray Meat
October 3, 2007
You can't eat like a coal cracker if you don't eat scrapple. What is scrapple? No one really knows for sure. It's like a trade secret, although more of the Spam variety rather than the Coca Cola…
How to Eat Like a Coal Cracker
September 27, 2007
I just received a wonderful piece of fan mail (yes, I actually get fan mail – and not just from my mother). It was from a self-identified non-native who presently lives in what we affectionately…
Of a Feather
September 11, 2007
Forget skateboarding, playing video games, or reading celebrity gossip. The new hot trend in America is birding. Yup, birding. I should know; the New York Times told me so. And my old pal Scott…
Here’s the Weird Part …
September 8, 2007
OK, so the good news is that THE FOURTH HOUSE has sold many thousands of copies. Again, blessings to all who have helped make that happen. But here's the weird part: See, 99% of the people from my…
Labor Month
September 6, 2007
I've been feeling guilty lately about the growing infrequency of my posts. But then again, perhaps it's a regionalism. As you probably know, I come from a blue-collar upbringing. People basically…