The Foodies Companion

 COOKING TIP: Dry Aged Steak at Home Some time ago, I wrote a blog* post describing how one could prepare a steak at home with taste as clos...

COOKING TIP: SAUCES AND SOUP  PAN SAUCES: The base of a pan sauce is the “FOND”, the flavorful brown bits clinging to the bottom of a skille...

FOOD HISTORY:  JUNETEENTH, "RED DRANK" AND AFRICAN/AMERICAN CULTURE   Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan,1 1863...

FOOD TRIVIA: Cake, Crackers, Biscuit and Cookies The expressions, "Cake Walk", "A piece of cake" and "Takes the cak...

 COOKING TIP: Debunking Food Myths POTATO added to a TOO SALTY SOUP or STEW will NOT make the soup or stew less salty. This is a popular, bu...

 FOOD TRIVIA: How Food Expressions became Part of out Language Roman soldiers were paid, in part, by being given SALT, which in those days w...

THE FOODIES' COMPANION:  BOOK REVIEW OF MY BOOKS I AND II Since my fourth book, The Foodies' Companion Food Histories, was just publ...