Joy of Cooking
You were there in Hawaii when I was young, guiding Mom and Grandmother through peanut butter cookies (p. 658) when I stood on my red stool and made crisscrossing fork […]
You were there in Hawaii when I was young, guiding Mom and Grandmother through peanut butter cookies (p. 658) when I stood on my red stool and made crisscrossing fork […]
Baby –> Toddler –> Kid –> Adolescent –> Teen –> Young Adult –> Chef –> ?? Often, as I tour a kitchen-in-need-of-remodel with a general manager, architect, and/or developer and […]
It was more than twenty years ago that holidays were not mine but I still feel so blessed this time of year that I am no longer a chef. That […]
In honor of Thanksgiving, here’s a reblog from 2011: Family traditions! Ours was the Thanksgiving sage stuffing. My immediate family now deceased, I’m not embarrassed to say this single tradition […]
A while back I was reading the paper and came across an article stating that Olive Garden no longer salted their pasta water. “Oh my God!” I said to my […]
This weekend I was rooting through old photos to find something to replace the bowl of mango pickle as the header of this blog and I came across a poem […]
…by my tag line which implies that chefs are not normal. Oh there’s a bazillion normal chefs out there but being Chef, for me, was simply an excuse to remain […]
Where? If you’re not from Florida, you may not be familiar with our “Forgotten Coast.” Surprisingly, many who live in our odd state are even unfamiliar with the best of […]
If I were a guy, I’d be him. For there I was in the eighties, slinging hash at some of the best restaurants in New Orleans, hanging out with the […]
As my memoir writing takes me deep into my past, I see from my current prospective of 2012, that had I run to the nearest patent office on a number […]