Try Some Grilled Pizza

Ally and I love just about anything cooked on the grill, and this goes for pizza as well. Yep, pizza cooked on the grill. Don’t worry. You won’t have to learn to toss dough over your head like those cool guys in high end pizza eateries. But I do think that would be fun to…

Baked Bread and Coffee in World War Two

 Here is a revelation that I had when I was working on my new book The Meals of War – Feeding the Great to the Grunts in World War Two. Bakers were a major factor in winning World War Two for Allied forces.  Sure, some people can argue with me. And I understand the efforts put…

Cooking on the USS Alabama

I have always been fascinated with the USS Alabama. On a trip to Mobile Alabama in the late 1960’s my family stopped by the massive battleship for a tour. I have some pretty firm memories of the trip even though I was still in diapers. It’s one of my first “big” memories. And, I have…

Greats to Grunts WWII Chow

An amazing thing happened when my wife Ally and I were visiting our son when he was a military cadet at North Georgia College and State University. North Georgia is one of six Senior Military Colleges in the USA. We met some people that were veterans who also had children who were cadets. After an…