Tip on Roasting Vegetables

Ran into this tip on the food blog "the Amateur Gourmet". When roasting vegetables, let your pan preheat in the oven so it gets scorching hot, and then toss the veggies on, you’ll get maximum crispy/caramelizing.  

Flex Mex

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GTwrVAbV56o&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGTwrVAbV56o

Frito Pie

This is a newspaper account of the closing of  the Woolworth Five and Dime store in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1997 .
http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/wli/reading/woolworth.html

I was on my first visit to Santa Fe at the time. Surprised to find a Woolworth Five and Dime on the plaza which by then was mostly art galleries and native American women selling torquise jewelry. Big sign in window indicated they were closing at the end of the week. Not sure what led me to stop into a Woolworths after traveling all the way from Maine but the visit led me to the lunch counter where i had my first "frito pie". http://weeklywire.com/ww/08-18-97/alibi_extra.html

Have been making and eating them ever since. This is the official Fritos Co. recipe http://www.fritolay.com/recipes/recipe/fritos-chili-pie

Here is a recipe for a "frito pie" casserole. http://www.texascooking.com/recipes/fritopie.htm Notice the Wolf brand chili. I have this shipped in from Texas. Clearly superior to any canned chili I can find in local grocery stores.

A recipe from John T. Edge http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2UViOx/:gDtPQtOG:Xl+HgtUO/gardenandgun.com/article/frito-pie-recipe/  One of my favorite southern food writers.

Justin Wilson (Dirty Rice)

One of the first food TV shows that I can remember watching is the "Cajun Cook" where I became fascinated with Louisiana cuisine. This was in the early 1980's. Eventually realized that this show was somewhat of a schtick but it certainly was responsible for a 30+ years interest in cajun cooking. Including a couple of dozen cookbooks and several trips to Louisiana to eat. This video is a good example of the program. "I gar-on-tee"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3Y27LXFYw&feature=relmfu

Saigon (Restaurant Review)

Excellent Vietnamese restaurant in Portland,Maine.

http://www.blueberryfiles.com/2012/10/saigon-restaurant-review.html

Doritos-Grinder-Hack

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/doritos-grinder-hack_n_1937007.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Food#slide=more218966