It’s barbeque season.
I love to get my grill on, but when it comes to the perfect barbeque meal, it’s all about the beans. Just click on the arrow to hear the audio post. And the recipes mentioned in this post are featured below.
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Tis the season to eat burgers
Burger season has officially begun.
It’s not that we stop eating burgers at any particular time of the year because burgers are part of the American epicurean experience. But the gastronomy of the burger with its infinite iterations and mash ups heightens as the summer draws near and the outdoor grills are dusted off.
That’s one theory. Continue reading
Fluttering free with a fancy roast
The Easter story is an ancient one.
Not the story about the Easter Bunny or why PAAS decorated eggs nestled in a wicker basket filled with synthetic, colored grass and marshmallow candy PEEPS have anything to do with the original story.
Nope. I’m talking about story of Christ and the resurrection.
Easter Sunday is one the few times I remember the pews of our little Baptist church in Pacomia, California being filled to capacity with new visitors and returning members dressed in finery and the blooming fashions of spring. Back then, they reminded me of a flock of Monarch butterflies that were happy that they had finally emerged from their cocoons. Continue reading
Thanksgiving is all about the turkey, but does it have to be?
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving.
The large, browned to perfection, glistening turkey is a monument that marks this hallowed occasion.
It’s the centerpiece at the table. We circle it like wagons and glaze upon its roasted image with wonder, delight and torrid, tasty desire. The cook who prepared it must be a saint. Surely no sinner could create something so phenomenally divine. Continue reading
collard greens and caviar 