It's that time of year when the weather is crisp and so are the apples. My neighbors brought me a big bag of them last week and I've been enjoying them to no end. You just can't get apples this…
I'm about to make a confession of which I am not proud: I love TV. I don't think I loved TV before TiVo and DVRs, but now, like Depeche Mode, I just can't get enough. And with the Discovery Channel,…
I'm sure you've all heard of chicharrones. Also known as pork rinds or cracklin's and often sold in liquor stores with a small packet of hot sauce, these puffy pig fat treats are a mere shadow of the real thing.…
Lately I've been trying to determine my specific relationship to food. I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen, but I'm no gourmet. I love to eat, but I don't think I qualify as a "foodie." I think what…
Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy diplomat in the young colony of Virginia, best known for his instigation of the Virginia Rebellion, now called Bacon's Rebellion. Frustrated by high taxes, low tobacco prices and favoritism shown by Virginia's Governor William Berkeley,…