Food Adventures of a Comfort Cook
The “side dish” – what exactly does that mean?
After laying out the main meal, then come the sides, sort of like an afterthought. It’s sort of like, “Hey, we have all these extra cans of green beans about to expire. Let’s gussy them up and serve them with dinner!”
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines...
“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one.
“You can look around and there’s not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the...
The inspiration to go through various cookbooks, dedicated to Utah, was once again due to autumn knocking at the door.
Typically, we wait to see if woolly caterpillars will give us any hints as to what kind of winter will be around the corner.
If a few, not too much snow; if an abundance, better...
1987 was a year dedicated to Michael Jackson being “Bad”, Whitney Houston wanting to dance with somebody, “The Lost Boys” being found and staked, and most historically, Ronald Reagan’s visit to West Berlin, and his famous speech, imploring The USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the...
One of the best decisions we have made, about entertainment, is to get rid of DISH, and switch to using an Amazon Firestick. Besides Prime, there are a slew of streaming options that are free for watching like Tubi and Plex. Oh sure, you have to watch some ads, or pay for the privilege of ad-free...
Here we are, almost to the end of August and Labor Day begins the month of September. Farmers’ markets are laden with surpluses of homegrown vegetables, or baked goods, jams and jellies. One of our friends dropped off several bags of yellow squash, zucchini and cucumbers which, of course, got me...
“Crash Goes the Hash”, 1944, featuring Moe, Larry and Curly – aka The Three Stooges.
Disguised as servants, the trio infiltrates a party at Mrs. Van Bustle’s residence held in honor of a visiting prince. The Stooges unintentionally disrupt the event by presenting hors d’œuvres that are deemed...
“Take me out
to the ball game,
Take me out
with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,
I don’t care
if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don’t win,
it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out,
At the old ball game.”
Written in 1908 by...
A classic meal, not just in the United States, but in many other countries, is the hamburger. I am not referring to the minuscule hockey pucks sold at too many fast-food places.
I am not referring to the one-inch-thick rounds of seasoned meat, dripping with juices, layered between a bun and topped...
A number of times I have heard someone refer to my research techniques as being part ferret and part pitbull.
I believe I have always been like this, even as a child, being interested in a subject and wanting to know more and more about it.
Even now, my bookcases are filled with all kinds of books...
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