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Pizza

Pizza

Favorite food poll ? One of the top 10 is pizza. Hawaiian pizza is right there in the top of the food poll since our trip to Oahu ..(Oahu Hawaii, the gathering place) .. the pizza? Pineapple and Canadian bacon. Life & Culture of the […]

Summer Dinner ‘Turkish Fritter’ (or zucchini pancakes)

Summer Dinner ‘Turkish Fritter’ (or zucchini pancakes)

The Denver Post 09.01.2021 feature has a recipe worth saving. Denver post writes about zucchini pancakes. No, that’s what I thought also . Not sweet pancakes. the cheese and onion take it into a different direction. The DP says this is a Turkish fritter with […]

My Kitchen

My Kitchen

You enter the kitchen not through a door, but between the old wooden butcher block and the ever-cold counter. My mom is standing at the stove, eyes frantically checking all the pots balanced around the flames. Warm gushes of spiced and seasoned air come flooding […]

Grillin’ Veggies

Grillin’ Veggies

Denver post Life & Culture June 30 2021 starts by move over beef and chicken, veggies are the stars of the summer.. the article writes about dry high heat and caramelized vegetable’s sugars. D&D host Guy speaks to ‘a bit of char”. I would like […]

The query is what to cook when you don’t have the time. Following that thread is how to enhance with big flavor?

The query is what to cook when you don’t have the time. Following that thread is how to enhance with big flavor?

20 sauces to add big flavor is written to spark that idea by Genevive Ko of the NY times. 2021-07-21 DenverPost. the article answers and could be fresh ideas from {#DDD} ‘flavortown’, a range from Green Sauce, Blueberry syrup to Buffalo sauce. What’s in my […]

Guide to Colorado’s Fruit Season

Guide to Colorado’s Fruit Season

Life & Culture July 21, 2021 speaks to Colorado Grown fruit. The supply chain is still strained (Covid Protocols hit even in the supply chain) and with the Glenwood Spring shut down of I-70, Supply for the interim is slowed to stop. The result is […]

‘HOT DOG’ Major League Baseball comes to Denver for All Star Week.

‘HOT DOG’ Major League Baseball comes to Denver for All Star Week.

What a better week to capture a bit about hotdogs than All Star Week. Simple and Classic are often as good as it gets. favorites include Chicago Style (#at Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dog) to reindeer (#at Biker Jim’s gourmet) and the classic at Henry’s Hot […]

Road Trip … ‘for the scenery, but also the food’ part 2

Road Trip … ‘for the scenery, but also the food’ part 2

The road trip riding through the Monsoon edge continued… the route is second star on the right and straight on until morning (” translation … head south to Arizona and turn right“). The open road is a delight after being in Covid lockdown for the […]

Road Trip ‘Head out for the scenery, but also for the food’.

Road Trip ‘Head out for the scenery, but also for the food’.

Life and Culture, Wednesday July 2021 wrote about heading out to Jackson Hole for the scenery, but also for the food. Well this road trip 2021 was not destined … still to make it to Jackson Hole. As destiny had it we were on the […]

Book Review ~ Kitchen Confidential

Book Review ~ Kitchen Confidential

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain ISBN 978-0-06-089922-6 I received this book for Papa said there are true -tales in the trade from Chef Bourdain with my experiences. The names are changed to Protect the guilty. Chef Bourdain, when writing this book, was […]