For quite a few years now I have been convinced of the health benefits of eating fish, such as my salmon recipe here, but would like to include wild caught fish that avoid some of the problems that have cropped up with intensive farming operations. I have not yet trained myself to like the flavor […]
Merletto Glass Vase Demo
This past summer (2019) I was fortunate enough to advance my glassblowing hobbyist skills by attending a class at the Corning Museum of Glass in NY. Each summer they offer loads and loads of classes, each tackling glass from a different angle, such as torch work, flat glass, sculpture, beginning glassblowing as well as a […]
Tangy Tomatillo Salsa Verde
On a recent family vacation my daughter stumbled upon a tangy tomatillo salsa that she wanted to bring home with us. But packing salsa is luggage is not very high on my to-do list, so I figured I’d learn how to make it instead. Lucky for me, it’s not very difficult. Doubly so if you […]
Tomato Cilantro And Radish Salad
If I am counting correctly, this Tomato Cilantro Radish salad may be the third recipe that I’ve added to my website that was directly inspired by a menu offering at my local TacoDeli spot in Houston, with my guacamole and pozole recipes rounding out the trio. And I haven’t even seen this dish! It was […]
Boneless Chicken Breasts In 7 Steps
I have been taught over the years that there really isn’t much that I could make as a home chef that would be more boring than boneless chicken breasts. And I believed it. For a long time. And then my wife and I went to Blackberry Farm in Knoxville, TN, which is (pretty)-well known for […]
10 Steps To Making Glass Optic Cup
In my late 20’s and 30’s I pursued a glassblowing career, creating, marketing, selling and shipping hand made glass vases and bowls to shops and galleries across the country. But there was a lot that I never learned, even skills and techniques that I probably should have picked up in college and definitely when I […]
