Growing up with canned tomatoes brewing in a large pot of Mom’s sauce was a real treat. She made her sauce spicy with red flake peppers and always added meatballs and hot sausage. Mom wasn’t Italian, but we never tasted…
Broccoli Bites
Broccoli Bites Growing up in the South End of Albany, there were many grocery stores to walk to within a city block or two, but we also had a fresh fruit and vegetable store on the corner of Bassett Street…
Spinach Ideas
Spinach Ideas My earliest memories of any green vegetable were of Popeye squeezing a can of spinach down and singing those words, ‘I’m Popeye the Sailor Man,’ and showing off his muscles. My youngest brother Richie would parrot the song…
Creamed Corn
My earliest memory of any dinner is canned creamed corn on toast or corn chowder. We weren’t vegetarians growing up, but proteins in our diet they were mostly beans, split peas and lentils. Occasionally, we had a can of Spam…
Wok 101
Wok Cooking My first introduction into Asian cuisine was when I was living in South Carolina. The military base was like an extended worldly neighborhood. Jim had many friends he served with from Guam and their wives taught me how…