I found this years ago in some cookbook I intended to give as a gift and kept for myself instead. Sorry, Kari. Anyway, book long since lost, so I can’t even give credit. Adapted some over the years. Excellent little appetizers that can be made in advance and assembled...

I’ve made this with chicken, pork and steak — usually something leftover from a roast or a whole roasted chicken. Just shred and skip the first steps about cooking the meat. Turns out great no matter what meat you use. I imagine you could use shrimp....

As mentioned elsewhere, I’m a photographer who likes to cook. And eat. Not a chef, not professionally trained, and I don’t even work in the industry. I mainly photograph houses and buildings and designer touches. A lot of kitchens. A lot of money goes into kitchens from the cabinets...

A great spice mix for almost anything. I’ve used it in eggs and on shrimp, pork, and chicken. Ingredients 2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. garlic powder 2.5 tsp. smoked paprika 1 1 tsp. cayenne pepper 2 1 tsp. black pepper 1 tsp. granulated onion powder 1.25 tsp. dried oregano...

So I’ve lost a lot of weight recently. Intentionally. I did a variety of things and will talk about some of them here, but one of the things I did a lot of was substituting one better food for another. Not gonna call any food good or bad —...