THE WITLESS FARANG

PART ONE: The From Away Getaway     Mainers use the expression "from away" to describe...

SOME “MUST HAVE” THAI INGREDIENTS

FISH SAUCE (Nam Plah)   Fish sauce is probably the most commonly used ingredient in Thai...

KHAO PAD PAK (Thai Stir-fried Rice & Vegetables)

INGREDIENTS   You can use any vegetables you like in this recipe.  I shoot for either a nice...

CHICKEN IN THE LAND OF SMILES

After a week of undertaking exhaustive research of the poultry industry of Thailand, I have...

SIMPLE PROSPERITY

  The automobile has always been a symbol of progress, status and prosperity.  That is usually the...

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“God Sent Meat and the Devil Sent Cooks”

“God Sent Meat and the Devil Sent Cooks”

I Googled this quote thinking it would be attributed to one person, long ago, of some renown. Apparently, this quote has around for as long as cooks have been around. Perhaps it was a pearl of wisdom grunted by a Neanderthal philosopher, observing the tribal cook...

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The Non-Exploding Pie

The Non-Exploding Pie

The picture of the pie on this and my previous blog entry is not the "exploding pie".  Rather, it is how the exploding pie would have looked if I hadn't screwed it up.  It was an aesthetic failure and, simply, a god-awful mess because I was careless.  You can't be...

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Bake a pie or blog?

Bake a pie or blog?

I'm broke. My restaurant went belly-up two months ago. My arthritis is giving me fits.  I have a chest cold. My older dog, Moses, has been dead for three days.  I'm an unemployed, achy,  snot-clogged, one-dog chef in his late fifties.   It is a wonderful day to...

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