(Editor's note: Please pardon the chef for a being a little tardy, but enjoy the barbacoa anyway.)

Covid-19, bird flu, botulism, E-Coli, salmonella, food terrorists, what’s happening to my America?

Are you on a diet? Which one? Atkins Diet, Body for Life Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet, Chocolate Diet, Grapefruit Diet, Lemonade Diet, Mediterranean Diet, New York Diet, Peanut Butter Diet, Three Hour Diet, the list goes on and on and on.

I used to think the grilled cheese was the greatest sandwich ever, but now, after I thought it over, I do believe the peanut butter and jelly is king.

What in the world is going on in the kitchens of America?

When chefs think of food for the spring holidays, my all-time favorite is at the top of the list, spring lamb.

How do manufacturers and food producers predict what consumers will buy?

When was the last time you went shopping for crackers or chips?

Why is Saint Patrick’s Day such a big deal?

Howdy! March 2 was Texas Independence Day.

My wife saves everything in sight when it comes to the kitchen and claims to be recycling to save the planet.

In 2010, the Philips Electronics Co. introduced the first type of air fryer for family consumers.

Close to 80 million people took their loved ones out to eat on Valentine's Day in 2020, according to the National Restaurant Association.

Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is Feb. 12.

Everywhere people are planning parties, ethnic or traditional, or just having a few friends over to the house.

You heard me! 

I love cooking with stock.

This week, I thought I’d offer some kitchen tips and tricks to start off the new year.

More people are eating take out than ever before, according to recent polls.

I wrote this article several years ago when times were not as troubled and everyone was looking forward to the holiday season with cooking, shopping and visiting relatives. 

I have a new stove . . . maybe

It wasn’t until Charles Dickens published his novel “The Christmas Carol” that Christmas was celebrated with lavish meals and gifts.

Each year around the holidays, I am contacted by Holly Smith, the communications manager for the Department of Health in Volusia County.

There is nothing better than leftover turkey. I can’t wait.

Store brands are more popular than ever.

My wife loves the Muppets, so eating frog legs are totally out of the question because Kermit is her favorite.

The holiday season is just around the corner, and it seems everything will be a lot different this year.

Election Day is just around the corner.

It is believed Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in North America, some 500 years before Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon introduced the new world to Europe.

I decided to clean out the kitchen pantry.

Restaurants not already opened with reduced seating capacity probably will be opening with Gov. Ron DeSantis ordering the state into Phase 3 and allowing full capacity.

Unfortunately we waste about $161 billion worth of food each year.

For the first time since World War II, we are running into shortages of certain foods and other products that many of us have never experienced before and don’t understand why.

One day I was cleaning out a closet trying to make some room and I found boxes of old family photos, and even found boxes of our children’s homework from elementary school.

Yes, Sept. 13 is Grandparents Day.

I just came home from some knee surgery. Like all chefs, we have to get body parts worked on from time to time like knee replacements, back surgery and bunionectomies.

Living here we sometimes forget how lucky we are to live in Florida, and especially Volusia County.

Our three boys and daughter are all excellent cooks.

Mustard, what would the food world be without mustard?

This article is dedicated to the hard-working people of the school lunch program.

Yes, July 31st is National Avocado Day, and it’s another one of those unusual holidays.

Being a chef can sometimes be very stressful – not at work, but at home.

How important are grapes? Today we pretty much take this wonderful fruit for granted and forget they changed the course of history like so many other foods.

When most people in America think of Italian food, the first thing that comes to mine is spaghetti and meatballs, pepperoni pizza, chicken parmesan, shrimp Scampi, Italian subs, marinara sauce, Fettucine Alfredo and Italian dressing.

Fourth of July is just around the corner, so what did our Founding Fathers eat on July 4, 1776 to celebrate the birth of our country?

For as long as I can remember growing up, my family would serve fresh artichokes whenever they were in season, usually March through May.

A lot of fathers won’t be going out to eat this year, around 50 million!

I remember when I got my first laptop back in the 1990s, how wonderful life as going to be – I imagined how easy it would be when someone called while I was on the road, I could just open the cover, tap a few keys and have all the information I needed at my fingertips. I also recall a failed…

One of my readers e-mailed me a great question: What makes a fruit a fruit and what makes a vegetable a vegetable?

The Emperor Napoleon noted the importance of food in wartime when he stated, “An army marches on their stomach.”