I’m back to follow up on Tuesday’s post, which was a hodge-podge of partial trip reports. Today, I’ll focus on food I’ve enjoyed and photographically documented in my home region. Most of these meals go back to before the creation of this blog. It’s too bad I couldn’t see into the future well enough toContinue reading “Eating Closer to Home”
Monthly Archives: March 2022
On the Road: The Leftovers
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any trip reports; be they old or new. After going through my online photo archives, I unfortunately determined that I don’t have any other vacations documented well enough to do a comprehensive report. But I do have some odds and ends from various trips and decided to combineContinue reading “On the Road: The Leftovers”
Phil & Jim’s Cheesesteaks: The Sum of its parts
I gave credit to Jim Pappas and his Cheesesteak Adventure blog in a couple of my early cheesesteak posts back in September of last year. He is currently running his third annual March Cheesesteak Madness contest, which has local judges picking the best cheesesteak in the Philly region. There are 64 sandwiches broken down intoContinue reading “Phil & Jim’s Cheesesteaks: The Sum of its parts”
A Tale of Two Cheesesteaks: Jersey Style
After threatening to do so in a post a couple weeks ago, I finally crossed the Delaware today – not to fight Hessian mercenaries, but to eat cheesesteaks. Granted, like General Washington and his troops on that fateful night, I didn’t venture very deep into New Jersey to take care of business. While most ofContinue reading “A Tale of Two Cheesesteaks: Jersey Style”
Ten Favorite Westerns
I’ve addressed my fondness for Westerns – both movies and TV shows – in past posts. Here are ten of my favorite films from the genre. I am not claiming they are the ten greatest Westerns ever made, although a few of them would also make that list. But these all struck a major chordContinue reading “Ten Favorite Westerns”
Tchaikovsky Didn’t Invade Ukraine
Whatever one feels were the geopolitical causes of Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, I’m not going out on a limb when I say that the Russian military’s actions in recent days and weeks have been nothing short of evil. The suffering we’re seeing on TV and online on a daily basis is absolutely heartbreaking.Continue reading “Tchaikovsky Didn’t Invade Ukraine”
Johnny Paisano’s of Springfield, PA
Johnny Paisano’s was one of the first cheesesteak joints that I reported on here. I loved the first steak that I took out from them, but there was an issue with the second one. It was assembled haphazardly, with the meat and cheese distributed very unevenly. I had a feeling that was not their normContinue reading “Johnny Paisano’s of Springfield, PA”
The Brownie Sundae
As a rule, I like to have the basics to make any number of soda fountain treats on hand. One never knows when a sudden craving for a milkshake, float or sundae will strike. This week’s object of my desire was a brownie sundae. This came about when I picked up a small container ofContinue reading “The Brownie Sundae”
It’s About Time: Curly’s Creations of Levittown, PA
I struggled a bit with how to headline this post. It includes reports on three different cheesesteak shops I’ve eaten at over the past couple days, one of which was a second visit to the place that served the cheesesteak I picked as the best I ate during 2021. But one of the two sandwichesContinue reading “It’s About Time: Curly’s Creations of Levittown, PA”
How to Make a Peach Milkshake
One of my dining highlights of 2021 was a peach milkshake from Ridgefield Ice Cream in Connecticut. I don’t expect to be in that neck of the woods again any time soon, and I had a hankering for a peach shake, so I decided to make one. My grandfather taught me to make milkshakes atContinue reading “How to Make a Peach Milkshake”
BZ Maestro Eats 