Sopa de Ajo: Spanish Garlic Soup

Sopa de Ajo: Spanish Garlic Soup

Sopa de ajo (garlic soup) is the quintessential peasant food. Peasant food has always suited me. It leaves me feeling nourished but never too full. When I’m not feeling well, it’s always what I turn to give me energy and help me fight whatever it is that ails...
The Original Comfort Food: Hungarian Goulash

The Original Comfort Food: Hungarian Goulash

For some reason, Hungarian goulash has a bad rap. I have to admit, when I was a kid, the word goulash made me run away from my sweet grandmother in terror like she was an ax-wielding maniac. In my mind, goulash was a mixture of lima beans, liver, and that...
Easy Tomato Soup with Pesto Grilled Cheese

Easy Tomato Soup with Pesto Grilled Cheese

Late January can bring on the winter blues. As I write this, I find myself longing for a sultry summer breeze, my kids at day camp, a cold hefeweizen (with lemon), and time to chill with my wife. Fortunately, our taste buds can provide us with a virtual trip to a...
Potato Gratin with Goat’s Cheese

Potato Gratin with Goat’s Cheese

Potato gratin with goat’s cheese is spectacular! I love cheese! I know it’s classified as dairy, but I think cheese deserves to be its own food group. The magnitude of the world of cheese just fascinates me. Cow’s milk, goat’s milk, sheep’s milk, buffalo,...
Shrimp and Grits with Pimento Cheese

Shrimp and Grits with Pimento Cheese

I have been blessed to visit South Carolina for the last 14 years to stay on Hilton Head Island and in the Bluffton area. Though geographically close, and both serving phenomenal Lowcountry shrimp and grits, these two areas are quite different from each other. Hilton...