Here is yours truly hosting the Central Virginia Public Access Television's special about the 2015 Gordonsville, Virginia Fried Chicken ...

    Green Fire Steak! This is a deliciously spicy way to trick out that steak. Just slice some fresh jalapeno peppers and sauté ...

Smoke roasted avocado with creamy eggs! Here is how I did it. 1.) Fire up the smoker/grill. 2.) Fry bacon in an iron skillet. 3.) Re...

Assiniboine Warrior The Assiniboine people, also known as the Nakota and originally from the Northern Great Plains, used to boil stews u...

Written by Louis Armstrong's wife in about 1927, this tune entitled "Struttin' with some Barbecue" isn't about food. T...

 Barbecue Hash & Grits So, you like to cook, do you? How about a dish that takes about eight hours to prepare? Here is the recipe...

Teres Major Next time you are shopping for beef, keep an eye out for a cut called teres major. Sometimes it's also called mock tende...

,You know the stew is done when your paddle stands up in the pot. Recently, I had the privilege of hanging out with the Proclamation St...

Here I am spritzing the barbecue while being recorded by Charles Thomas of CVTV It was a hot July day as filming (actually digital vide...

Virginia's Shenandoah Valley Barbecued Chicken The late Dave Shirkey is the Shenandoah Valley's most famous barbecue chicken co...

California Barbecue Cooks - c. 1890 In the latest issue of Smoke Signals Magazine is my article about the origins of California barbec...

P.D. Gwaltney Jr. in 1902 with the world's oldest country ham. Photo courtesy of the Isle of Wight County Museum. In a 1688 letter...

Damaged Apollo 13 Module. Photo courtesy of www.nasa.gov . So, the movie "Gravity" failed to win best picture at the 86th Ac...

This post isn't about food but, I did find it interesting. So, here you go. On March 21, 1782 near Walker's Creek in what is no...