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The RV Chronicles — Thank goodness we’re not total kindred spirits
I’m a smarty pants. Always have been. Don’t know why. So is Baby Girl. Thankfully though, she didn’t inherit my ‘go down with my middle fingers in the air’ temperament. In all fairness, I graduated...
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The RV Chronicles — Home cooking … on wheels
To me, it conjures images of chicken & dumplings, fried chicken and porcupine meatballs. My wife, on the other hand, thinks of spaghetti and meatballs and stuffed cabbage. Home cooked comfort...
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The RV Chronicles — Lucky Me
I’m fortunate. Extremely. As I’m gallivanting around the nation’s fourth largest city and relaxing most evenings in some fairly comfortable digs, my wife remains on Chestnut Lane trying to ready our...
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The RV Chronicles – Alone and lonely
I am awakened each morning by an alarm clock and a 1960s sitcom. My hand, by habit, extends to my right and finds nothing except mattress. I’m alone. When I cook, it’s mainly for one person. And only...
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The RV Chronicles – No Le Creuset? No worries!
To say that I’ve changed the way I cook since I’ve been batching it in the Jimmy Rockford (my RV) would be an understatement. For starters, there’s no Calphalon saucepan here. Neither was I allowed to...
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The RV Chronicles — Maybe it’s the beer talking, but I’m no longer ashamed
Fine, I’m not ashamed … Just a little embarrassed. Still, sometimes the best therapy is to just lay it all out there and move on. Thanks perhaps to the beer tastings today at a regional grocer, I’m...
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The RV Chronicles — Sweet Black Pepper Sauced Scallops w/ Bacon
My family is odd. First, I have a child who’ll eat canned tuna day and night but won’t touch fresh Gulf shrimp with a ten-foot pole. Then, there’s the offspring who noshes on sushi rolled in spiders’...
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The RV Chronicles — Mexican Shrimp Fried Rice
What happens when huge Gulf shrimp go on sale and I’ve just received a telephone lecture from my long lost bride about spending $300 weekly on groceries? This… Before you go thinking I’m being a smarty...
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The RV Chronicles — Beer Battered Shrimp and Chips
Well, I went and did it again. And I honestly don’t even regret it. I deep fried. When I first made the decision to break out the oil, I thought that perhaps I should do it on a day that Baby Girl was...
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The RV Chronicles — Cider Brined Pork Chops for my bride
I’ve been acting a little strange lately. Even for me. When I’m not laughing at 5 in the morning at the homey antics of Mr. Ed and Wilbur Post, I’m tucking back in the disheveled mess that is intended...
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The RV Chronicles — Chinese Beef & Snow Peas
When it comes to eating for the first time in a restaurant, I’m unflinching in my ordering routine. In Tex-Mex joints, the tamales and enchiladas get my first nod. In a home style or Southern place, I...
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The RV Chronicles — Salsa Grilled Shrimp
It was always true in my old neck of the woods and it’s even more the case in the Houston area — weather changes at the drop of a hat. One minute, I’m harvesting basil from my little plant to make a...
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The RV Chronicles — Minestrone Soup … On a budget and a time crunch
The best recipes have at least one thing in common — a storied history. Some of those stories only go back a generation or two, such as my mamaw’s chicken and dumplings. She made her version from the...
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The RV Chronicles — There’s some Seoul happening in the ‘Jimmy Rockford’
Let’s face it. Despite that multiple flights leave here weekly, the closest I’ll likely ever get to Seoul (as in South Korea) is by watching M*A*S*H. But thanks to the information age, I can eat...
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The RV Chronicles — Fond memories of campfire fried potatoes
Cane fishing poles. Cold grape soda. The beckoning aroma of bacon, onions and potatoes cooking beneath a canopy of loblolly pines, sassafras and water oak. The setting played itself out annually...
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The RV Chronicles — Lightning fast chicken & dumplings … just like Mamaw’s
I’ve always figured that my daughter was my true kindred spirit. But when I mentioned that I had chicken gizzards in the freezer, I was shocked to hear that she wanted a mess o’ dumplings — chicken...
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The RV Chronicles — Getting schooled, and then some
‘Every year you wait to go back makes it harder to go back at all.’ — Dad, 1990. I tend to do things the hard way. Always have. And for no particular reason. Whether it’s choosing to write a...
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The Unorthodox Epicure: Unplugged
Want to know the one thing about me that I’ve never discussed in these pages over nearly five years here? Grab your headphones and head over to Food Blog Radio, where I had a sit-down with Gary House...
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The Unorthodox Epicure — Chicken & Bamboo Shoot Noodle Soup (Bun Mang Ga)
For the next couple of weeks, the Jimmy Rockford and I are getting a well-deserved separation from one another. I will instead be celebrating Christmas on Chestnut Lane — and cooking in a real kitchen...
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The Unorthodox Epicure — Meyer Lemon & Thyme Roasted Chicken
What does one do when nature gives lemons? Well, quite a bit actually, considering my Meyer Lemon tree tends to produce enough luscious fruit to start a roadside stand. But my first harvest this season...
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