Bakers throughout Louisiana are breathing a sigh of relief, hiding their King Cake recipes away till next year.
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Some Thoughts on Blogging & ADHD
One of the pleasurable things about writing – and fine arts like painting and ceramics – is that you have tangible evidence of your work at its height, unlike cooking, where once the meal is eaten there is no way to go back and truly taste it. To know with certainty that was the silkiest…
The (un)Importance of Place: An Interview with Arizona Sake’s Atsuo Sakurai
HOLBROOK, AZ – In dusty Northeast Arizona, a Japanese import is behind the 8-Ball, cranking out international-award-winning sake not nearly as fast as people would like to buy it. People like the Japanese chefs in Tucson and Phoenix, diplomats at the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles and sake connoisseurs alert to his influence in a…
Tourist Chocolate
Unloved by locals in Costa Rica and Mexico, dark chocolate is a bittersweet business in pandemic times.
My Smoky Pilgrimage to Helen’s BBQ
Fewer than 10,000 people live in dusty Brownsville, TN. It would be easy to blow right past downtown if you were, say, trying desperately to find anything at all worth listening to on the radio. But even if you did, you still wouldn’t miss the town’s biggest attraction, Helen’s BBQ, which sits a mile removed,…
Accidental Chef in the Wild West
PORTAL, AZ – As if we were all Wild West outlaws lowering our bandanas for the first time, my neighbors in tiny Portal, Arizona and I are finally seeing one another’s faces. Never having seen their mouths, I made many of them extravagant Thanksgiving and December holiday dinners, alongside my friend Zola, who’s pushing 90…
Keweenaw Leaf-Peeping Color Cruise, Houghton Canal
A Benefit for Donny Kilpela’s Copper Harbor Christmas Lights Display
Michigan Spring on a Plate:
Pan-seared walleye, ramps, morels and radishes combine for a spring plate pulsing with color and flavor.
Charlotte the CouchSurfing French Chef Cooks Vegetarian Shakshuka Eggs
Charlotte the veg chef makes spicy shakshuka eggs.
Oh, Boise!
There is a lot to love about Boise, Idaho. Unfortunately it’s about to get hugged like Portland and Seattle.