Shrimp Tempura Pasta Salad

In the summertime I desire cool, light meals of delights I call Salad Samplers. The Shrimp Tempura Pasta Salad is one I prepared for a birthday party of ten guests. Casual enough for a barbecue but fussy enough for fancy friends, this salad is always dressed to impress. African-American cuisine or soul food is often…

Spring Rolls w/ Picante Peanut Sauce

Tonight I read that “springing forward” to daylight savings time leads to an increase of heart attacks, strokes, car accidents and workplace injuries during the days after. I’m certainly feeling a bit out of it and I live in a state where we thankfully do not change to daylight savings time. All I know is…

Guaymas Shrimp

Musing on Guaymas Shrimp made me realize there are a number of things people don’t know about Tucson. Like many Black Arizonans, my grandparents migrated from Texas during the Depression. Family legend has it that they were on their way to California but my grandfather took a sudden liking to Tucson so decided to stay…