Cooking

 Carbonara, an old Italian peasant dish popularized in this country back in the ‘50s, is made with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara - cite_note-Gosetti-1 bacon or pancetta, and black pepper. Spaghetti is often the preferred pasta of choice, although fettuccine, rigatoni or linguine can also be used.

 According to history, the first Thanksgiving feast was in 1621 at Plymouth Colony. It consisted of turkey, waterfowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin and squash. But it wasn’t until the Wampanoag Indian guests came and joined the Pilgrims that they decided to extend the affair.

Today, we celebrate Thanksgiving for one day, or maybe two, if you count Black Friday.

 My first taste of escargots was at a fancy, high-end restaurant called Tangiers back in Akron, Ohio, many, many, many years ago. A salesman had taken me out for lunch and he recommended having a plate of these French delicacies. 

 While most of us enjoy cooking, whether on the stovetop or grilling outside, we sometimes tend to ignore all the various sauces that can really enhance the flavor and aroma when cooking everything from steak to chicken to pork to fish to vegetables and even certain fruits.

If cooking chicken breasts, why not liven it up with a zesty lemon and green onion sauce? Or how about some pork chops with a mushroom bourbon sauce?