Ok, I'm not going to mince words here. I've done the work. I've tried everything. And I can say, without a doubt in my mind t...

In my recent entry about Peoria Packing Butcher Shop, I talked about how I bought a pork belly to experiment with making my own bacon. Wel...

A recent search for a cheap, serviceable pickup truck led me up to Waukegan for the Waukegan Auto Auction , and while I didn't buy a tru...

People all over Italy have widely varied accents and often speak regional dialect from back in the days before Italy was a unified country (...

As some of you may already have read, I'm actively working on a project for which I'm researching burgers. Everything about them; ...