
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.
What you’ll find on our mind palate (as we get its online manifestation up and running):
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.

A promotional dumpling cookbook from the St. Johann Dumpling Festival in Austria

Need to cook long grain or basmati rice? This simple method always works. No special cooker needed!

Juicy sweet strawberries and thick cream on tender shortcake: from the Garden County, the taste of summer in Ireland

In the “Cookware You Probably Don’t Need, But Interesting Anyway” dep’t: For people who go through a lot of polenta.

A surprisingly delicate take on a commonplace vegetable

A hearty restorative soup for those late nights out (or the afternoon after)
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
