Chef Bolek

The history of oyster stuffing can be traced back to the 17th century where, in Britain, cooks incorporated oysters with the ingredients use...

"The product of genius." -- Anthony Bourdain A fried pork chop served on a buttered Portuguese roll. One of the most favorite food...

As the story goes, it all began in El Serralo, a neighborhood along the port of Tarragona. During the 1700s, fishermen would take ingredien...

Recently, a certain extremist Republican member of the United States House of Representatives uttered the following words on television:  ...

The history of Central Asia and the culture of its peoples are, to put it mildly, complicated. For Turkmenistan, it is tale of brutal dictat...

It is interesting how a decision to depart from a tradition could, itself, turn into a tradition.  Nearly two years ago, I decided to try pr...

For this holiday season, I decided that I would try something different.  Christmas Eve dinner is a well established tradition in my fami...

Maybe it is the times that we live in, maybe its because I love history.  Either way, I find myself drawn to earliest days of our Republi...

A caveat at the beginning.  This recipe -- Mauch Chunk Turkey Burger -- gets its name from one fact.  I came up with this recipe during m...

It is just an egg sandwich.  That is what my beautiful Angel and I kept saying to ourselves as we were preparing that dish for our Wine C...