nacho cheese

All of the old faces ask you why you’re back

They fit you with position and the keys to your daddy’s Cadillac

In the darkness of your room your mother calls you by your true name

You remember the faces, the places, the names

You know it’s never over it’s relentless as the rain Adam raised a Cain
“Adam [...]

ham and potato soup

Wake up you sleepy head

Put on some clothes, shake up your bed

Put another log on the fire for me

I’ve made some breakfast and coffee

I look out my window what do I see

A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me

All the nightmares came today

And it looks as though they’re here to stay
“Oh! [...]

shrimp spring rolls with lime and cilantro dipping sauce

Get you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil
Fill it with new made corn mash and never more you’ll toil
You’ll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright
Watch them just a-filling in the pale moonlight.
“Copper Kettle” by Bob Dylan

I liked these even more than the pork dumplings I made.  The only [...]

quick meatballs

I ain’t gonna sing no lonesome tune

Ah, babe, I’m a-comin’ soon

I cannot believe I stayed so long away

But a man must look around

And you’re the sweetest thing I’ve found

Your lost high roller’s rollin’ home today
“No Lonesome Tune” by Townes Van Zandt

Another recipe from the great depression files…
While not completely necessary, this recipe aided by two [...]

taco seasoning

Still your hands

And still your heart

For still your face comes shining through

And all the morning glows anew

Still your mind

Still your soul

For still, the fare of love is true
“Breathless” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

As we all know, it is good to try to save a little money during our current great depression. Taco seasoning [...]

peach cobbler

All I need is someone like you

My dearest darling

Please, love me too

Within my heart I pray your answer’s yes

I’ll make your life full of happiness
“My Dearest Darling” by Etta James

Peaches remind me of my dad in two unique ways…
First, I remember that as a kid, my dad would sit on the front porch [...]

at the farmers market: peaches

They’ll steal your heart with a Southern smile

Well they talk a little funny, but they look so fine

The older they get, I swear its like good wine

I think they’re cute, think they’re cute as they can be

Talkin’ about a funny talkin’, honk-tonking Georgia Peach
“Georgia Peaches” by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Some of my favorite blogs do peaches:
Alpha Cook: [...]

india pale ale braised beef short rib sandwich with gorgonzola cheese sauce

Parachute woman, land on me tonight

Parachute woman, land on me tonight

I’ll break big in New Orleans

And I’ll overspill in Caroline
“Parachute Woman” by The Rolling Stones

Although it pains me to be away from my wonderful wife, it sometimes can be a culinary advantage.  For those of you that know us well, we spend a lot of [...]

sopa de ajo with pa amb tomàquet sandwich

Dipped in the ink of the fight

Written clean through the night

Mark my words upon the front page

To set my world straight
“Letter to Bowie Knife” by Calexico

A new tapas place opened up blocks away from our house that makes some really great Spanish food. Recently, we went with a bunch of friends and started our meal [...]

i’ve done it again: ribs

And I say your uncle was a crooked French Canadian
And he was gut-shot running gin
And how his guts were all suspended in his fingers and how he held ‘em
How he held ‘em held, ‘em in
And the water rolls down the drain
The water rolls down the drain
O, what a lonely thing in a lonely drain
July, July, [...]