"Better to die happy than thin." (Quote from  The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One,  Kindle Locations 644-645).  "Tequila is...

Just published last week: Milk: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky. As a big fan of Kurlansky's earlier books -- including ...

Trying to wake up? Golden Plovers and Caspian Terns at Howard Marsh Metropark , Toledo, Ohio Numerous warblers migrate through Mag...

"In the first half of the nineteenth century, a revolution occurred in the preparation of breadstuffs. Once they escaped the limitatio...

It's finally spring and local products are coming in after a long cold April. Here's our dinner: Pork chops raised on Ernst Farms...

"There may be no better method of job creation ever invented than a railroad." (from Train by Tom Zoellner, Kindle Locations 10...

American food, as explained by Michael Ruhlman's book  Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America,  makes a very readable and re...

Recent reading: Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman. Much in it is familiar to habitual readers of food ...

The latest trend in how to buy groceries may be meal kits. As everyone knows, these boxes of pre-measured ingredients plus recipe, delivered...

A split date stuffed with spiced ground lamb, garnished with parsley, lemon, and toasted almonds. A creative Israeli recipe! On our rec...