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

Jun 27

Date Crystals, A Versatile Natural Sweetener

Shield's Date Crystals

Recently I wrote a post on trying a Date Shake from Shield’s Dates in Indio, CA and the additional purchases made of Dates, Date Jam and Date Crystals. There was no special reason for purchasing the Date Crystals for I had not tasted the Date Shake, but the idea of Date Crystals was intriguing enough …

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Jun 26

S’Mores for July 4th!

Smore

With the Summer Barbeque Season in high gear, how can any forget the fun we as children had when the adults allowed us to toast marshmallows over the cooling embers of the charcoal grill? Maybe the times have changed, but there is still fun to be had making S’mores whether with a charcoal grill or …

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Jun 24

Homemade Peach Liqueur, Capturing the Essence of Summer

Ingredients for Homemade Peach Liqueur

Fresh picked peaches are one of the finest fruits to be enjoyed. Once you have had filled your craving of fresh peaches, having made peach jam, sorbet, ice cream and even baked a dessert or two, what else can you do with the extra peaches? How does one capture the essence of a perfectly sun …

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Jun 24

Figs, the Easy to Grow Fruit Tree

Black Italian Fig Ripening on the tree

Before there was Fig Newtons (recently renamed Newtons), there were fresh, dried and candied figs. Unfortunately, most Americans have never eaten a fresh fig and that is unfortunate. Common Fig trees (Ficus carica) have been cultivated for thousands of years are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow whether in a garden or as …

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Jun 23

Nothing Better Than a Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie on Plate

I sometimes consider cooking a chicken or turkey not for the first meal, but the homemade pot pie that will be made with the leftover meat. I love homemade chicken pot pie and can think of few meals that I enjoy better. Whether you are using leftover chicken from a chicken roasted at home, a …

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