Pan fried mid-rare salmon with roasted asparagus and a creamy hollandaise with dill and tumeric.

I have a new tool for belt alignment for the big compressors. It's a frickin "laser beam"!

Semolina pasta, from sheet to Ravioli. Filling is spinach and mushrooms cooked down with garlic, nutmeg, S&P and then cooled. Added to Ricotta, egg and Parmesan and then chilled again. Piped into sheets and formed by hand.

The colors of Italy. An hour to make and ten minutes to eat...

Sushi rolls tonight with a thought on Wasabi: Too little - Meh. Just right - Woo Hoo! Too much - JESUS CHRIST!!!

Fresh from the market Cod poached in a presto pan ragout and served over spaghetti rigatti. A delightful and quick meal for a Wednesday.

Ran into an old friend I haven't seen in a long time... Here's to old friends, and all the new ones we make along the way!

Ginger snappy five spice pork and shrimpy meatballs. I serve these with Kimchi and sweet-hot Thai chili sauce. Texture, flavor, two different heats, ferment and slow burn.

That's a definite SMASH

Baby back ribs from the smoker. 4-1/2 hours at 225°. Tender with a chewy bark. Hickory and Apple wood.

Last Wednesday, 3.5 pound ribeye sous vide for 12 hours, complete with good pan sear. Thursday, steak and cheese with mushrooms and onions sandwich.

This sauerkraut goes to eleven (pints). After four weeks of slow ferment to a pH of 3.0, today was the day to can it. Looking forward to great things. And gas. There will be gas.

Single ladies, who have affinity for dogs and gardening... Please, please, call Rick. Hang out, get involved.

On May 2, 1945, and Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" Won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1949. My creative writing class, foisted to read it, graduated in 1991. I had a friend who went by "Biff".

Here's to Ruth Buzzi! And a great Coffee-milk in the sky! Thank you for your comedy, ever knowing a part of our condition 😉 Our lives are less without you, though more because of you, shall miss you and will surely join you. 🙏 RUTH BUZZI 💔