Garlic Parmesan Roasted Brussels Sprouts Sophisticated fine dining dishes have not been part of our life's schedule lately but it is nice...

Cornbread Casserole

Persian Naan Bread

My mentor, Julia Child, wrote "Like pie crusts, biscuits are a measure of a baker's talents and a pastry in which bakers take particular...

Pop's favorite bread? Pop = soda, get it? It took a lot of words to describe making bagels. This Irish Soda Bread is the exact opposite....

Remember the old joke, "Why are seagulls called seagulls? Because if they flew over the bay they'd be called bagels." Well, this was my...

I haven't forgotten my mentor, Julia Child, but Mastering the Art of French Cooking isn't much of a help when you're in the mood for...

I'm not sure why I've taken so long to make this and write about it since Mexican and Tex-Mex food is no doubt my favorite type of ethnic...

While living in the panhandle of Florida, we learned about red beans and rice and what a wonderful meal it can be. I've made it in the...

I'm sure there are those anti-vegetablarians who'd consider cabbage a weed but I think we'd all agree that combining fire, smoke and...

This might not be "French" cooking but it had enough butter that I'm pretty sure Julia would have approved. This recipe was recommended...

When I came across this recipe it immediately caught my attention when I saw two of my favorite words -- "easy" and "garlic." Easy...

This definitely doesn't come close to the definition of what one would call "Fine Dining" but in the spirit of Halloween (hey, that's...

It is peach season!! Woooohooooo!! My sweetie, Elizabeth, came across this very simple "recipe" (probably on Pinterest, for which I...

Remembering the old saying, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade," it seemed to apply equally well to mushrooms. I was given some...

When we think about bombing something it usually has negative connotations. Bombing a test, for example, is not a good thing. I've...

Here's another of the dishes I came to love while living in Koreas and is actually the first one I was treated to when invited to dinner...

Anything that has a name that starts with two "K"s has to be great, right? Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi) certainly is. It certainly is...

Elizabeth and I decided to make a nice Mexican meal for dinner and I was responsible for figuring out how to make Spanish Rice. Have I...

This is my second favorite Korean dish and it is a realllllllly close second -- Jajangmyeon (Black Bean Sauce Noodles). The English name...