Good and Gooder

Hello there! I wanted to share two cellphone shots I took this weekend, along with a couple of announcements. When I posted our watermelon a...

So You Can Use Real Food to Lose Weight Without Dieting? – I Knew It!

I’ll probably never write a book on healthy eating (I know, you’re shocked), but if I did, I’d like to think it would be similar to “ Foodis...

Extra Mayo

I'm back in San Francisco, and tomorrow I'll finally post the long-promised, updated homemade mayonnaise technique. Homemade mayo w...

Memorial Day, Already?

I can't believe it's almost Memorial Day weekend! Seems like just yesterday I was watching people shoveling snow and scraping ice. O...

Why She Cooks and Why She Films

I wanted to share this video by my pal, and super-talented video storyteller, Liza de Guia , featuring another dear friend, Jennifer Perillo...

Back from the Desert,Thirsty for Food Wishes

I'm back from Arizona after a very relaxing week of golfing, watching baseball, and enjoying gorgeous weather that can best be described...

Chef John is Taking a (Real) Spring Break!

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be leaving Monday for Arizona's Valley of the Sun, for a week of baseball, golf, and not working on a ...

Great News! The Bones Were Right!

You can see here that the bones are clearly indicating the older "Harbaugh" would win. If you lost money betting on the 49ers beca...

Gaining Weight at the Taste Awards

No, not from all that Schiltz smoked goose , but from those two gorgeous medals hanging off my neck. Speaking of gorgeous, as great as getti...

An Award-Winning Smoked Goose

I’m heading down to Los Angeles tomorrow for the Taste Awards , and in addition to the medals we won for “Best Food Program: Web” and “Best...

Next Up: Sausage Ribs

We Won! Food Wishes Takes Down Two Taste Awards

Thanks to you, we ' re happy to announce that Food Wishes has won two Taste Awards ! We were a finalist in two categories, “Best Food Pr...

Giving Thanks

Michele and I had a very lovely Thanksgiving holiday with the family in Davis, CA. The food and company were wonderful, and as if that wasn...

Time to Vote! (and you thought the campaigning was over)

We are thrilled to announce that Food Wishes is a Taste Awards finalist in two categories this year! As you may know, we've won an awar...

Gluten Free? Don’t Look at Me!

My inability to help visitors to this blog with questions about gluten-free Thanksgiving baking has been well documented. I’m a gluten junki...

Giving Back to NYC

Since New York City and surrounding areas are still in such desperate need of help, I thought I’d post links to some of our favorite NYC-ins...

Warming Up with Beef Merlot

The weather just turned cold and wet here in San Francisco, and when that happens I always crave something hot and comforting, ladled from a...

Columbus Discovers New Sport – Competitive Salami Sandwich Making

I don’t do a lot of sandwich recipes here on Food Wishes, mostly because, well, they’re sandwiches, but today I’m making an exception. On Th...

Big Dipping

As you may have noticed, we are smack dab in the middle of televised sports season. Baseball playoffs are starting (Go Giants!), football se...

The Friday Night Fish Fry

I’m not exactly sure how it became such a staple of Western New York’s regional cuisine, but every Friday night, all over this part of the E...