Driftless Appetite

Recently I received a precious package of dried morels from my friend Jean of The Silver Star Inn.  If you have not tasted morels yet, you don’t know what you’re missing.  People around these parts go crazy for it.  In fact there is even a festival dedicated to this fungi.  Mark your calendars for May 15th [...]

Last summer while driving through Kansas, we stopped by a road stand marked “Pupuseria”.  I thought the name sounded funny.  It crossed my mind that the last two syllables of the word “pupusa” actually means “cat” in Ilocano but in Tagalog there is also the word “puso” meaning “heart”.  There were no pictures and no one [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Keith and I had the pleasure to eat some authentic Indian food at the home of friends Harshad and Smita.  The food was prepared by Smita and her mother in law who is currently visiting the States.  So naturally, we had to take advantage of her expertise and invited ourselves over [...]