Tucked among the many U.S. Department of Defense emails in my inbox this week, nestled, in fact, between “Border Concerns” and “Coalition Forces Detain 12 Suspects in Iraq Operations,” was the rather more provocative subject line: “Easy Desserts.”
Yes, the Pentagon Channel has a cooking show. It’s called “The Grill Sergeants.”
Personally I was unable to get beyond “Turkey Time,” but perhaps you’ll have more luck than I did with “Flourless Chocolate Cake, Pumpkin Pie Cake, and Caramelized Apples.”
Anyway, check it out. It’s wistful and telling and weird in all the ways you don’t typically hear when you hear about the war.
Plus, where else can you learn how to cook the world’s largest turkey from a chef who says, “Can I get a military cadence?” to a uniformed band self-styled “The Tastebuds?”
