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Salmon Chowder
Despite this near death experience with the ocean’s abundance, I really love seafood.
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Taco Salad
What we all agreed on is how awful Catalina dressing is. What the hell is it, anyway? It’s just a tomato sauce. It’s almost like a ketchup?
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Crunchy Hot Chicken Salad
Yes, rich women loved chicken salad: it was fancy and delicate and white-just like them.
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Spaghetti Sauce
I imagined him with these blank tapes and his records lined up, picking the songs he loved or maybe the ones he thought I’d enjoy. I wondered, since his health was failing, how he felt hearing the songs of his youth.
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Bacon (and Chicken) Casserole
The story I’ve been told is that the Baptists don’t like the Holzhausers because we’re a drinkin’, cussin’, figtin’ people…
Knife and Pen
Cooking casseroles, personal essays, and food history
Knife and Pen 