HowieCOOK: HowieCOOK Lights the Fire

My name is Howie and I am obsessed with food. I am not a chef, never intend to be, and I do not play one on TV. I've been surrounded by great dining since I was a kid. My family cooked a random assortment of comforts on the weekends; my Mom fashioned entertaining and delicious build-your-own pizza nights; my Dad brewed a mean turkey stock after the holidays; my little Italian Grandmother filled the house with the aroma of old Napoli...or was it Hoboken?

In the late 1990's I lived in China for a spell and quickly fell head over heels for one of the world's great schools of underestimated cookery. My kitchen's been (figuratively) on fire ever since. Though China helped solidify this identity for me, I maintain a global perspective when it comes to food and I don't discriminate. I walk the Earth looking for my next perfect meal.

Where my bank account doesn't actually allow for the previous sentence to be true, I cook every day to keep up with a quickly spinning globe of cuisines. I even went through culinary school! I live for food. I love for food. I can talk food until the cows come home...to become a Beef Wellington. I am obsessed.

Now, I want nothing more than to share my obsession with you. I'll answer any question about food. There is no question that is too small, too big, too absurd, or too controversial. At times, I may take sides, I may piss you off, and I may make you squirm. Yet, every time, I will leave you hungry for more...

meal combinatons
recipes
ingredients
methods
fixes(!)
history
culture
sociology

...anything you want to throw at me! Every topic is on the table (witty, no?). I will give you more than you ever wanted to know. After all, food is life and life is huge. This is how we cook - or rather - this is...