
Pork with Chiles and Chocolate
One of Peter’s signature dishes. Rich and dark (because of the chocolate). NOT sweet. Mole-adjacent… and REALLY good.
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Recipes and food links, cuisine-adjacent notes and random culinary jottings, tales of memorable meals on the road, and the day-to-day adventures of two lifetime foodies who also write for a living.

One of Peter’s signature dishes. Rich and dark (because of the chocolate). NOT sweet. Mole-adjacent… and REALLY good.

Peter’s ruminations on US responses to a favorite meat

A terrific store-cupboard recipe for when you need something simple and substantial

Solid home cooking from Belgium’s Flanders region: substantial pork chops slow-simmered in cider with sharp apples
One of Peter’s signature dishes. Rich and dark (because of the chocolate). NOT sweet. Mole-adjacent… and REALLY good.
The rolled-up, lemon-juiced, sugar-sprinkled favorites
Possibly the best of all railway French toast recipes? You decide…
Basic and substantial French toast from the dining cars of the railroad that served the Omaha stockyards
