Food Adventures of a Comfort Cook
Ah, the English countryside with rolling hills of green grasses, wildflowers, and forests, valleys with villages nestled deep within, cattle grazing, and sheep blocking the roadways.
Driving into one of these quaint villages, parking outside the pub, walking in, and being greeting by the publican...
Many a time I have written about a worldrenowned comfort food called bread. Every culture, every country has a version that dates back historically to when grains were grown, ground, and used to feed the community.
So, yes, it is a foundation for the continuance of a society, as is water. But why...
Now and again, I will write about recipes that originate back to the pioneers that followed Brigham Young in their 1847 trek.
Finding recipes that deal with the Hole in the Rock pioneers has been more of a challenge. So, while attempting to find more recipes associated to San Juan County only, a...
“When the moon hits your eye,
Like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.
When the world
seems to shine,
Like you’ve had too much wine,
that’s amore.”
– That’s Amore, sung by Dean Martin (sigh, oh Dino!), 1953.
According to another national food holiday calendar, February 7th is Fettuccine Alfredo Day; 9th...
Whether seeing recipes online, reading through a myriad of cookbooks, or finding a product at the supermarket, I am always looking for something new to cook or bake. During the 2024 holiday season, I discovered a new product from frozen food diva, Marie Callender, Sweet Corn Casserole. The...
According to another “National Food Days” calendar I found, January 13th is National Korean-American Day. Which, of course, got me to thinking about my experiences with Korean cuisine, and how few they were.
It was not till the middle to later 2000s that Korean food began to make an appearance in...
Recently I discovered there are various superstitions regarding what you should, or should not, do on New Year’s Day. I have no idea where I must have been when these superstitions came about, but have not ever heard of them before.
Supposedly you should not shower or bathe, clean anything, or any...
People are more similar to books than one realizes. There are three ways to get to know what a book is all about. Look at the cover only and form a conclusion based upon no factual information.
Read the tease on the inside, or back, cover and form a conclusion based upon rumor or gossip. Read...
The basic tradition for welcoming, and bribing, Santa Claus is to leave out a plate of cookies, and a glass of milk.
It is a given that Santa, therefore, must love sweets, and be able to tolerate dairy very well.
But what if, and I am just throwing this out there, you threw aside the traditional,...
From experience, coming up with recipes in the mind, figuring out ingredients and putting it all together can be either delicious success, or “what the heck was I thinking!” failure.
However, once in a great while, a recipe seeming to go wrong ends up creating an amazing yummy mistake.
Take, for...
Pages
San Juan Record
49 South Main St
PO Box 879
Monticello, UT 84535
Phone: 435.587.2277
Fax: 435.587.3377
news@sjrnews.com
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday