Most Halloween monsters can’t stand candy! Vampires lust for blood. Zombies chomp at the brain. Ghouls fiendishly feast on fresh and funky corpses. The bright red paprika and meaty chunks in a Hungarian Ghoulash will satisfy the most distinguished demon panging for your vital vittles. Bubble and brew a large cauldronful for your next posthumous potluck. Continue reading
Give me a home where the bison roam and the water buffalo make mozzarella. Bison bison are the big brown beasts of the open prairie plains, but they are often called Buffalo. A true Buffalo (or water buffalo) Bubalus Bubalis is also a member of the Bovinae family indigenous to Asia, but best known in Europe for producing fatty milk used to make creamy mozzarella cheese. We can blame the French fur trappers for mislabeling the Bison, a misnomer that still to this day has folks using Bison and Buffalo interchangeably. To alleviate any naming confusion and showcase the difference between these two bohemeth bovinae here is a pizza topped with the distinctly delicious Bison pepperoni and Buffalo mozzarella. Continue reading
The Tooth Fairy suggests you exercise caution during cherry season. She advises you to slow down when approaching a bowl of fresh juicy pit-filled cherries. Please enjoy this classic eggy French Clafouti dessert responsibly and make sure everyone knows you left the pits in the cherries or the TF will be left to pick up the pieces. Continue reading
Scarborough Fair was an annual raucous medieval festival of merriment organized to conduct a little bartering. This pleasant peasant party lasted from The Feast of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug 15) until the Feast of St.Michael (Sept 29). Raise thine flagons of good-cheer beer and snarffle down a herby minced meat hand-pie whilst thou sing a classic ballad in honour of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
