The What and How of Food… Meets Why
Most everyone knows tartar sauce as that little packet or plastic cup filled with mayo and maybe pickle relish that you get with some fried clams or fish and chips… or that sauce that comes on a fish sandwich. It usually doesn’t taste like much beyond the mayo. And usually, […]
On a hot Saturday evening, we decided that we would order take out and sit on the deck. While deciding what to order I thought that ice cream would be good at some point but we were getting ahead of ourselves. I don’t know why but I realized I hadn’t […]
If you don’t know about the Long Island Iced Tea (LIIT), know this, there is no tea involved, the drink did originate in Long Island, and as the saying goes “one is not enough and two is too many”. Our adventure (or I should say Lynn’s adventure) with this drink […]
If you have followed at all you know that I am a rabid fan of Julia Child. In fact, so much so that there’s a whole page about Julia and a personal journey with her as my culinary inspiration. This recipe is the first post added to sizzle&STEM that pays […]
I am from New England so chowders are kind of a big thing here. Yes, and I mean dairy-based, not tomato-based (l’m looking at you Manhattan). Tomato based is good, but it is a soup, NOT A CHOWDER. But we can leave that debate for another day… maybe. I like […]
In my post on Seafood Chowder I referenced a cornbread that I made from a hack I found for Jiffy Corn Bread Mix. The whole thing started when we were chatting about memories of boxed cornbread from our childhood. Of course, I was being all cooking snob about it. When a […]
The other day Lynn said to me “ew, its chilly out”. Now if you know New England in April (or any month for that matter) you know that can change on a moment’s notice. In fact, as I write this Lynn is in the backyard drinking a beer, getting some […]