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In Search of Lost Time

October 14, 2026

Returning for my high school reunion brings old friends, familiar places, and sharing good food

Unforced Errors

September 14, 2026

Cooking in Theory and Practice Observations on the Arcana of the Culinary World Life’s too short to eat bad food Scotty Harris Unforced Errors The […]

The Hunt For Red October

September 3, 2026

Cooking in Theory and Practice Observations on the Arcana of the Culinary World Life’s too short to eat bad food Scotty Harris The Hunt for […]

A Can Full of Memories

June 7, 2026

I think it’s fair to say that many have endured a parent’s jesting (mostly) about what will, or will not, be left to you in their Will. It can’t be just a Jewish thing. Usually,

Bitter Dregs

April 18, 2026

Now that Passover has ended, permit me to remark upon something that I have observed over recent years: Prepared horseradish does not keep its flavor as well today as it has in the past. Horseradish

My Love Affair with Mabel Claire

April 3, 2026

So, who was Mabel Claire? How could someone whose cookbooks seem ubiquitous in the 1930s be so lost from history?

The Marvelous Sauce hangs in the Albright Knox here in Buffalo. I refuse to call it the AKG. It's a favorite culinary artwork