Pumpkin Sage Pizza

  A year and change ago at Thanksgiving, I had more pureed pumpkin than I had pie so I decided to try a little something different with it. I browned onions, deglazed them with vermouth, seasoned and simmered them with pumpkin the result was a savory, pleasantly sweet sauce that was glorious on a pizza [...]

Olives and Absinthe

  Last night Phil and I were talking about Mutineer and I realized that it has been nearly two years since started writing my column “Hungry Mutineer”. Time has flown by so quickly, it seems just like yesterday that I was harassing my editor to let me take the lead on food. Since then, I’ve [...]

Jo Potatoes

When I was a kid on nights my parents would go out, they’d pick up dinner for my siblings and I. Dinner was often  accompanied by savory potato wedges called JoJo Potatoes. I can’t stand the name, which probably has something to do with why we started calling them Jo’s. I hadn’t had Jo’s in [...]