Pimento Cheese Spread W White Stilton

Pimento cheese is a southern staple, but no one can agree on what “the recipe” is.  So I decided not to agree too and make my own, one that fits my taste.   This one has a Stilton cheese to add a little funk. (Those with no sense of adventure can leave the Stilton out.)…

Baltimore Cookie Pie (it’s the Bomb)

This is one of the three great food things Baltimore is famous for.  The “bomb” pie is a chess pie, a southern staple with a lot of chocolate and eggs.  Now my wife drove the bus on this one at my request and took it to a new level.  She had the idea to add…

French onion soup

If you remember in our previous prime rib episode I said you should get the bone-in prime rib.  This recipe is why.  French onion soup is delicious.  I never order it when I’m out because of my salt intake concerns, but if I make it at home…,, well I can control all of that.  I…

Chinese Pork Belly

We had this on Christmas Day as part of the afternoon appetizers along with pierogi; we don’t believe in food borders.  These are sweet, spicy. and kinda sticky. so serve them on a toothpick.  The key, as always, is the ingredients –  without good lean pork belly, all you get is a fat bomb.  Hope…

Why you should experiment in the kitchen.

I don’t believe in playing by the rules in the kitchen.  Why?  It’s more fun to break the rules – just ask any teacher, nun, coach, or supervisory person who had me as a youth.   My favorite thing to hear about my kitchen experiments are, “I never heard of that before,” or “How did…