On Monday night, Doug and I went to a feast held at our local Turkish mosque to break the evening fast since it’s Ramadan. We’re Christian, but our pastor has befriended the local imam in the spirit of interfaith dialogue and so we were invited to observe evening prayers and enjoy a meal with them.Read more
There are a few basic foodstuffs that have earned themselves an automatic place in our hearts (and our table, and our recipe books). Chief among those are the Big Three – bacon, bourbon, and maple syrup. Anything that combines at least two of these three ingredients is almost guaranteed to be pinned to Ali’s PinterestRead more
My wife’s favorite restaurant was the Daily Grill in Tyson’s II Galleria. I say “favorite” because it not only served genuine California cuisine like sourdough bread and fresh Cobb salad, but had a bartender who was a wizard at mixing Sidecars just the way Ali loves them. I say “was” because the property managers atRead more