Tasting Notes Hearty, rich, soul satisfying this lamb stew for two is the perfect comfort food. Serving it with a few slices of a country-olive bread makes for a wonderful delicious dinner. What You Need 1 medium-sized onion, peeled and cut into small pieces. 1 pound cooked leftover lamb, cut into small pieces. We had…

Italian desserts are special and unique – fruit, cream, cheese, a hallmark of many of these treats. Most Italian deserts are not super sweet. The use of a lot of sugar often absent – given that once it was super expensive – so bakers were forced to choose other ingredients, creating delicious treats with terrific…

A birthday party in Detroit. The beginning of a powerhouse group, their Motown musical renditions creating endless hits. The formation of the Four Tops – one of those aha moments. Two friends went to the that birthday party. So did another two friends. They did not know each But one thing they had in common…

It was a small sign on the highway – Montepulciano. We decided – my wife Linda and I – let’s take it and see where it leads to. We were in Tuscany on a three-week holiday, exploring the Tuscan countryside from our home base – a farmhouse on a vineyard – in our small rented…

Tasting Notes What You Need 1 1/2 pounds of chicken wings¼ cup soy sauce¼ cup gochujang (Korean red chile paste) or sriracha2 tablespoons rice vinegar2 tablespoons honey1 tablespoon sesame oil2 tablespoons minced garlic1 tablespoon minced ginger 4 tablespoons olive oil. 10 small nugget potatoes. Salt and pepper. 1 1/2 cups of store-bought coleslaw. Equipment 2…

Tasting Notes This dinner is for two. The beans are out of this world – a bit sweet, rich and luscious, the bread crusty. What You Need 5 tablespoons olive oil. 1 medium onion. 1 thick slice of cooked porchetta about 8 to 10 ounces – store bought. 5 fresh sage leaves. 3 tablespoons tomato…

Tasting Notes This is a common German dinner – easy to make, no muss, no fuss. It serves two. Great food is the sum of all of its parts and this is right there. The sausages are juicy with that robust pork taste, complemented by a terrific German style mustard. The potato salad with bacon…

Jeff Beck – one of rock’s greatest, most influential, guitarists. His guitar skills and mastery legendary. For nearly 60 years, the mercurial Beck, used his guitar, especially the Fender Stratocaster, to unleash adventuresome sounds. And no wonder. “My Strat”, as he called it “is another arm. I’ve welded myself to that. Or it’s welded itself…