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Further investigation has more or less confirmed that the Herb used for the Herb Grilling, was indeed Shiso. In an article called, “An inviting herbal accent” the LA Times describes, “It’s a captivating herb that’s sort of cinnamon-y, sort of basil-ish, kind of anise-like. You might catch a note of cumin or curry leaf, [...]

One of the nice things about growing your own herbs is that many of them are enthusiastic growers and you will often have more than you can possibly use.
This leads you to do things that you normally wouldn’t do, if you were buying your herb portions in $4 plastic packages at the supermarket.
Lemon Balm (Melissa [...]

Dearest Vegetarian Friends and Sympathizers,
As you may know, even though I am not a vegetarian, one of my pet peeves is bad vegetarian food. There is no excuse for much of the pathetically inedible and not tasty food which passes for vegetarian in the US.
I blame the hippies.
In any case, I recently dined at [...]

Odd that I haven’t posted this on the blog, I get asked for it so often.
In any case, it is based on a Chicken and Sausage Gumbo recipe by Mr. Chuck Taggart over at the the Gumbo Pages. Be sure and check out his excellent blog, Looka! while you are over there.
Here’s a [...]

When we discovered that the Packers would be playing in the NFC championship, as good expatriate Wisconsinites, we, of course, had to stay home and watch.

Pot roast seemed like a fun idea. Football games take three or four hours to play themselves out, and so does a pot roast.

Pot roast reminds me of Sunday [...]

One of my favorite cookbook authors is Jeffrey Alford.
His big picture looks at food and its significance for cultures and peoples are a pleasure to read. And his wife, Naomi Duguid’s, wonderful pictures just add to the pleasure of reading their books.
One of the dishes from their “Seductions of Rice” book, which we come [...]

I am lucky to have a boss who fishes in the Pacific Ocean off Half Moon Bay.
If I’m lucky, I sometimes get to share in the catch.
So far I’ve had Dungeness Crab once and Lingcod a couple times.
Last week he brought in 3 small-ish Quillback Rockfish he’d caught over the weekend.
He described how his wife [...]

Whenever Mrs. Underhill Lounge is away or out for the evening, it is traditional for me to make a big pot of Jambalaya.
I’m not quite sure how I decided Jambalaya would be my bachelor dinner of choice.
In any case, I’ve been making versions of this Jambalaya for almost as long as I’ve been cooking.
The recipe [...]