You have probably had a frozen French bread pizza. Cheese, maybe a few pepperoni, some sauce. Ok if you are hungry but not going to satisfy you. So here are my upgrades: plain mozzarella has been cast aside for burrata cheese which is mozzarella cheese covered ricotta cheese. Arugula for a little peppery bite. Everything…

Loco moco is a classic Hawaiian dish considered comfort food. Rice, hamburger patty, an over easy egg, maybe some kind of green, and always some gravy. I have made sure I will never be invited to Hawaii with my changes on the dish. The rice is not going to be invited to the party today….

This is a Puerto Rican staple which may look like an empanada but is not fried but baked. In this recipe it has a sofrito base and sweet crab meat all in puffed pastry. I hope you like it. 1 sheet puffed pastry8 ounces crab meat1 small yellow onion, diced fine3 cloves garlic, minced1 green…

Give me one way to make a bratwurst better. Bacon. Stuff it with cheese. Smoke it. Then grill it to make the bacon crispy. Oh, that’s more than one, but I did them all. Then put it in a nice bun. I hope you like it. 5 bratwursts (Hayfield Farms)10 strips bacon (Hayfield Farms) 5…

It is peach season, and the Warrenton farmers market had a bunch last weekend. Buy local, buy seasonal. Peaches, brown sugar, and bourbon, what a combination. Oh, I forgot the spicy pecans; a little crunch is alway good, and the cayenne pepper makes sure all your taste buds get involved. With the bourbon, it’s like…