Flying Purple Pasta Eaters A Bit of History: While cooking my Easy Italian Vegetable Soup, I can’t stop the 1950s song the Flying Purple People Eater from running through my brain! Especially since my kids started singing a modified version, aptly titled, the Flying Purple Pasta Eaters, after they saw the soup. The wonderful color…
“Secret’s In the Sauce…” A Bit of History: Every time I hear the words green tomato, my mind immediately recalls the 1991 movie Fried Green Tomatoes with Kathy Bates. Set in Alabama, the main characters operate a small cafe near a railroad, where they specialize in serving fried green tomatoes. While this movie contains many…
Don’t Flip Out… About the Recipe Why spend time flipping pancakes over the hot griddle when you make them all at once in this easy recipe? Even better, Sheet Pan Pear Pancakes, store well in the freezer providing a quick toast and go breakfast for the rest of the week. Breakfast meal prep done and…
The Ultimate Finger Food… A Bit of History The date palm tree, Palma dactylifera, takes its name from the Greek word daktylos. Daktylos translates to finger and describes the shape of the cultivated date palm fruit. Historians postulate that date cultivation began in approximately 4000 BCE. Not to be outdone, scientists discovered date palm fossil…
Not Just for the Fish… A Bit of History Traditional Romesco sauce hails from the Catalonia region of Spain, known as Tarragona. Originally, fisherman concocted this sauce to accompany their daily catch. Using a mortar and pestle, the locals ground stale bread, almonds or hazelnuts, roasted tomatoes, garlic, and Nyroa red peppers with olive oil….
Circling Back… A Bit of History Gyro, a popular street food, in Greek, Turkish, and Arab cultures takes its name from the Greek word gyro meaning to circle or turn. Aptly named, traditional gyros contain meats such as beef, lamb and pork cooked on a vertical, oscillating rotisserie. Inspired by the wonderful spices and flavors…