Bill Retherford

Neither a trained chef or culinary expert but a true lover of food including the history, background and even the science behind what makes a great dish. With twelve years as a manufacturing consultant specializing in food processing, I have a unique perspective on how much of the food we purchase is created. Being fortunate to have travel extensively for work and pleasure provides me with ample opportunities to experience new foods and regional variations on a regular basis. I have an obsession for Reubens and will select a reuben sandwich without consideration of anything else on the menu if available.

Most commented posts

  1. Oven Baking Sausage: Quick, Easy and Minimal Mess — 32 comments
  2. Homemade Peach Liqueur, Capturing the Essence of Summer — 28 comments
  3. Easy To Make Homemade Wild Grape Jam — 27 comments
  4. MacGyver’s Fat Separator, Simple Way to Make Homemade Gravy — 22 comments
  5. Homemade Garden Grape Jam, Welch’s Take Note! — 13 comments

Author's posts

Aug 22

Fire Roasted Hatch Chile Omelet

Hatch Chile & Habanero Cheddar Omelet

The other day I was at the grocery store picking up some items for a dinner that I was going to make when it was more than apparent that Hatch Chile Season was in full swing. There were piles of fresh Hatch Chiles, bags of fire roasted Hatch Chiles for sale, not to mention food …

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Aug 18

All American Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe

Breakfast Sausage made at Home with Fried Eggs

When was the last time you ate real homemade breakfast sausage? For most of us the answer is never with the most likely response being when a thick slice of sausage meat was cut from a plastic chub of breakfast sausage infrequently purchased from the grocery store. Unfortunately, the reality is that we have eaten …

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Aug 16

Mud Bug Sausage (Louisiana Crawfish Boudin)

Saltine Cracker Topped with Crawfish Boudin and Hot Sauce

Cajun and Creole Cuisine from the steamy streets of New Orleans to the back bayous of Louisiana is a unique mélange of cultures, frugality and inventions of necessity that has brought us Jambalaya, Gumbo, Etouffée, Dirty Rice, Beignets and Andouille sausage. There is another contribution that although not as well-known but for me personally defines …

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Aug 13

Corn Dogs…Before We Deep Fried Twinkies

Hand Dipped Dixie Dog

Every time I eat a Corn Dog, I seriously ask myself, why did I just eat that corn dog? I then say to myself I will never eat another Corn Dog again. Inevitably, it is like watching the movie Ground Hog Day with Bill Murray. I repeat the same question and statement year after year, …

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Aug 12

Julian Cherry Bomb (Hard Cider)…I Want More!

Julian Cherry Bomb Hard Cider Bottle

In addition to purchasing a few bottles of Julian Hard Cider (Apple) in Julian, CA; I also purchased three bottles of the Julian Cherry Bomb (Hard Cider). I did not know what to expect prior to cracking open the bottle. What I did know is that if Julian Cherry Bomb was anything like the Julian …

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