Published in 2003, “I Can Cook You Can Cook” may not be the most historic in my collection, but it does offer a snapshot of a Maryland food personality and a time and place from whence it came. (Most cookbooks do, which is why I love them.) The book itself hearkens to a less “sophisticated”…
“From 1896 to until 1954, they never really accepted the doctrine of “separate but equal” to which they now look back with so much longing.They embraced the “separate” all right, but with stubborn consistency rejected the “equal.”One gathers the impression that the only decision which has ever won their wholehearted approval was that of Chief…
Mid-century food has been a running fascination/source of mockery since the early days of the internet. Even before the widespread popularization of organic, homegrown ingredients, people had largely turned away from the technicolor kitchen adventurism found in old recipe cards. A few weeks ago there was a New York Times article addressing what I have…
With the citizens of Baltimore eager to look forward, the 2016 mayoral election is already an issue that has been generating a lot of interest. That’s as much as I will say on that topic which I am opportunistically using to segue into yet another excuse to bake cornbread. This corn pone recipe was contributed…
November is upon us, and although the autumnal comforts of the past few posts (biscuits, pies, and cornbread) have been pleasant, I thought I’d better branch out, lest I lose my *edge*. For this week’s installment, I turned to the news for inspiration. The fate of the building once occupied by the famed Haussner’s restaurant…