From Alabama to Wyoming, there’s a pizza for every state of the union. Here are 50 different pizza recipes that capture the unique culinary styles in the USA. There’s Something for Everybody There are 50 states in the USA — and 50 different pizzas! Many of these are well known; however, I’ll admit a…

A well-written recipe is more than a list of ingredients. A recipe should be informative, interesting, and enticing. Above all, it should be easy to understand. Why Are We Here? Please don’t look away. This is not a discussion of existentialism. I am here to share recipes. I read food blogs and visit cooking…

In the hot days of summer, we need a respite from oven-baking and stove-top cooking. Here are some recipes that will provide a hot meal but keep you and your kitchen cool as can be. When the temperature is up, we need to go low. Low and slow cooking. Yes…

Do You Remember the 1990s? Years ago, when my daughters were still in the single digits (under 10 years of age) life was so sweet. Gas was just $1.00 per gallon, the minimum wage was a whopping $4.25, slap bracelets were “in,” every child dreamed of finding a Nintendo Game Boy under the Christmas tree…

The traditions that bind us — Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture. — Mark Kurlansky, ‘Choice Cuts’ (2002) It is said that no two people are alike. Billions of souls have inhabited our planet, each one possessing their own unique beliefs and viewpoints, loves, and desires. But despite our differences, there are two activities shared by all of us which are central, actually vital to our being — our first action when taken from the womb is to breathe…

Those hands have cooked and baked for friends and family, wiped away tears, carressed a loved one, comforted a dying friend, and so much more. That is the value of your hands, and with that, they are beautiful.

And just for fun, a bit of food history too Tuna Salad Might Be Older Than You Think Food historians tell us that from colonial times, meat (typically ham) and mayonnaise-cloaked salads were popular in America. Our forebears, especially from Germany, brought traditional foods with them from Europe. In time ham was replaced by local ingredients (chicken and…

Salsa Isn’t Just a Tex-Mex Dip What Is Salsa? Here’s the dictionary definition: Salsa sahl-suh, noun 1. A lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music. 2. In Mexican cookery a sauce, especially a hot sauce containing chilies. Don’t get…

(… it depends) Here’s another excerpt from my Q&A column of years ago. (You can thank me in the comments below). 😉 “Today I bought some lettuce, as I was missing not having salads. But when I got it home, I wasn’t sure how to ‘thoroughly clean it.’ I dunked…