Pollo Alla Barontana – Tuscan chicken
Thoughts on lying fallow, and a great Tuscan chicken recipe.
Santa Fe Chiles Rellenos
This is a repost, but I couldn’t resist. I saw the photo again and my stomach started yipping like a New Mexico coyote… Weird, mouth-watering New Mexico Back to New Mexico again, the unrivaled epicenter of wackiness in the U.S if not the entire planet, Ground Zero for the brilliant and bizarre, spectacular and spooky, […]
Chicken fried steak
This post comes later than usual because I was lolloped by the flu last week, sacked out at Pen Bay. Skip over the flu part and dive into one of my favorite truck stop meals – Chicken Fried Steak.
A little love letter to Fort Kent
A brief sojourn to a town far, far away to the north – as far as you can go without a passport – to watch sled dogs race and marvel at 200 inches of snowfall.
Grab bag – “Nyoo?”, guitar fun, Batzina, Bots
a potpourri of stuff – Maine greetings, guitar dreams, Batzina butternut pie… read on.
The self-doubting novelist
A personal essay on the challenge of starting another novel project, and what may be needed to drive the creation of any large writing project.
Harissa sauce – warm up your winter cooking!
Harissa is a staple in our fridge – a terrific, not-too-hot addition to winter menus. Easy to make, no canning, and it keeps for 6 months or more.
New Mexican green chile stew
Quantum physics pays a visit to the ski slopes of northern New Mexico, and a fine recipe for genuine New Mexican green chile stew. (Note that it’s chile, not chili.)
Off to MARS, with a couple of friends
MARS – the planet, the NatGeo TV series, and two friends who had much to do with bringing it all back to earth.
Once again, our famous bourbon balls
Our famous bourbon ball recipe, with a brief guest appearance and commentary by a movie icon.
