When my daughter first began expressing her culinary opinion there was one favorite dish: penne pasta with butter and cheese. As grade school social pressure exerted its influence that evolved into the blue box. Problem number one was this: my only real exposure to mac and … [Read more...]
TAILGATE CUISINE: Lobster Banh Mi
Tailgating before seeing your team play live is one of life's pleasures. Tailgating before seeing your least favorite team play live (and lose) is nearly as good. Doing so wearing the colors of that team's most hated rival is, as the Mastercard ads say, … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO-CINCINNATI: Ravioli with “Four Way” Cincinnati Chili
Cincinnati's signature dish – Cincinnati Chili -- would be largely unrecognizable as "chili" in Texas. The best chili joints in Houston, Dallas, Austin or San Antonio would have more than a spot of bother with the notion that something containing chocolate, cinnamon and allspice … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO-BALTIMORE: Crab Stuffed Baby Portobello Mushrooms with Arugula Chimichurri
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/kf_3iWwUm3U?fs=1" vars="ytid=kf_3iWwUm3U&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=¬es=" id="ep6357" /] In Baltimore, Crab is … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO-ATLANTA: Shrimp and Grits Cakes with Red Eye Gravy
That Atlanta is one of the capitals of the New South is both (a) beyond dispute and (b) not exactly right. It is one of the largest cities in the South and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the country. It is a commercial, industrial, media and cultural center for the entire … [Read more...]