The Peripatetic Engineer

My wife came up with this as we wanted to bring a snack dish to the Mother's Day crawfish boil. It makes about 100 poppers. Cut about ...

Louisiana goodness. (This was a test post from my Android phone. Getting ready for an extended trip and posting will be done from the ...

Yep, PE took a cooking class in Paris. Well, I kept my wife company anyway. Here is the main dish - Sage and Walnut Stuffed Pork Loin Star...

I had an early morning medical procedure at the ambulatory surgical center the other day. Afterwards, my wife and I decided we needed some g...

We spent Thanksgiving in Paris this year. For me, it was a normal work day and since turkeys are difficult to find in France we took an even...

What a concept! It combines the two things men want most. Take some bacon, coat it with sugar, lay it out on a rack and put it in a 400 de...

I popped over to London on the Eurostar last weekend. I was looking for breakfast and came upon Gail's Artisan Bakery . I noticed that t...

Here's a little something my wife dreamed up last night that makes turnips taste good. She deviated from the usual Holy Trinity (green p...

The oldest grandson had been expressing an interest in trying Korean food. NOLa only has one Korean restaurant and, since he was the only on...

My wife whips up a cranberry relish every holiday season. The youngest grandson took a liking to it. He will eat it by the bowlful. Every fa...

When we had family dinners at Grandpa's house, Grandma would make a sauerkraut dish. (Grandpa made his own kraut) She put in pork chops ...

One of my childhood memories is my Finnish grandmother making cardamon bread. I remember her weathered but strong fingers kneading the doug...

Here's a pork recipe......My wife developed this one to get rid of excess apple juice and cream from Christmas. Use a bone-in pork loin ...

My wife called and asked me to pick up some andouille and oysters on the way home from work. The turkey carcass was simmered down last nigh...

I married into a large Italian family. If you learn nothing else about Italians, you learn that they cook enough food to challenge the mirac...

This is my wife's mac and cheese. The grandsons love it and won't eat any other kind. The classic pasta shape for this recipe is elb...

My wife's grandmother, a lady of Italian heritage, ran a corner grocery store in Algiers . She used to make roast beef poor boys and sel...

I don't know about you, but I have noticed a disturbing trend in fast food restaurants. It seems that wherever I go, whether it is the s...

Last night I went to a Brazilian steak house, or Churrascaria. It's name was Tradicao. If you love charbroiled meat, go to a churrascari...

My hotel is near Houston's Indian district and I was craving Indian food. I went to a little strip mall place called Mezban . It adverti...