Time To Celebrate Halloween – With Food In A Can! Yes, it’s time once again to celebrate Halloween season – where you give out tricks or treats – so how do you define these? Time to bite down hard on… Read More ›
food history
Sharing A Unique Julia Child Recipe – For “Paella Americaine”! Here’s The “Taking Up Room” Story!
Cooking Paella With Julia! Everyone knows Julia Child for introducing French cooking to US audiences, with a massively successful cookbook and PBS cooking show. Well, the great website “Taking Up Room” took up one of Julia’s most unique offerings that… Read More ›
Chorizo Paella With Olives And Prosciutto – What Could Go Wrong? I Break All The Paella Rules!
Hey Hey Paella! You are looking at one of my favorite foods in the world: Paella. Here is the definition I found online: “A Spanish dish of rice, saffron, chicken, seafood, etc., cooked and served in a large shallow pan.”… Read More ›
Fortune Cookie Millionaires! TV Dinner Secrets Revealed! A Chop Suey Recipe + My Favorite Food Books!
This Fortune Cookie Can Make You A MILLIONAIRE! Got your attention, didn’t I? Well, it’s true! I will tell you how in just a moment. First, take a look at this Chop Suey: a classic Chinese food…or is it? And… Read More ›
“No Soup For You!” I Taste Test the Infamous “Seinfeld” Soup Kitchen!
“No Soup For You!” Yes, that was the sharp rebuke from the character known as “The Soup Nazi” on the iconic TV series “Seinfeld.” It is one of the most famous episodes of all, and it made me want to… Read More ›
Behold The “Floor Sandwich!” Funny Food Memes For Your Easter – Plus Recipes!
I laughed when I saw this – probably a gag but who knows? You see, food memes are all over social media, and I love them…I wanted to brighten your Easter with some of the funny ones I found –… Read More ›
My Homemade Paella! Here’s The Recipe For Langoustine / Chorizo / Seafood Rice!
My Paella Adventure! I’m always looking for some new recipes, and what better way to find one than looking in a cookbook I had sitting right on my shelf! I was inspired by this great cookbook we bought after our… Read More ›
Food As Culinary Art – A “Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownie Crunch” Recipe!
Bernadette shared this beautiful looking “Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownie Crunch” recipe as a teaser to the upcoming Thanksgiving season – but she did it in a unique way – with art! Bernadette had her friend paint this…as she noted: “Tina Kemps… Read More ›
Do You Know The Amazing Origin Of TV Dinners? Meet The Man Behind Frozen Meals! Great Food Writing!
Who Needs A Hot Meal And A Great TV Show? Sixty+ years ago, two great American traditions were changed forever: watching TV and eating dinner. Thanks to the invention of the “TV dinner”, Americans could step away from the stove… Read More ›
Classic London Food Shops! Beetleypete’s Trip Through London’s Food History!
Who Wants Pie? Well, as the picture shows, you better hurry…it’s closing! My friend Beetleypete has shared a terrific post on his blog all about the long lost days of food shops in England: Pete shows us some classic photos… Read More ›