A Sucker for a Crab Cake
My wife Ally will tell you that I'm a sucker for a crab cake. I have no idea why, it's an addiction that pops up from time to time. When the urge for a crab cake hits me I have to have a crab cake right then or in the next hour, or day or two. The downside is that we live in East Tennessee... not known to be prime crab cake territory.

So, I'll order a crab cake somewhere and it will be good... but not "the" crab cake that quenches my desire for one of my favorite foods. This means that every where Ally and I go for a meal over the course of the next few weeks I'm almost guaranteed to order a crab cake. I've stumbled across some darned good crab cakes from restaurants doing this and I've hardly ever had a sub-par one. Knock on wood.

It's Derby.... Pie Time!!

The Kentucky Derby is right around the corner! Two things happen in my family when Derby weekend approaches. First, my wife Ally starts her search for the perfect Kentucky Derby Hat. This year the hunt started between New Years day and Easter. Secondly, my mom starts talking about Derby Pie. Actually, with my family a Derby Pie conversation can pop up any time of year.

I was born in Louisville Kentucky so the Derby comes naturally to me. Its pageantry, sports, tradition and Southern Charm combined with NASCAR style tailgating, cold beverages and city wide block parties. Food is a natural ingredient to any Derby Day celebration.

Directions for Perfect Eggs... maybe!
Hey Kent !  Congrats on the new book.  Here's one for future reference.  When we lived in Chapel Hill NC our good friend Kimsey King was a former member of the U.S. Air Force.  His job was to write instruction manuals for consolidated mess hall cooks.  Complaints started coming in that the scrambled eggs tasted awful and somebody better do something.

Kimsey went to one of the complaining units and watched as breakfast cooks dumped 40 lb. bags of egg mix into the cooker.  The instruction manuals were incuded inside the bags and all went into the cooker together.  So the troops were eating the manuals along with the eggs.  Problem solved.  Best regards to all ya'll from the Page Family

World War Two memory shared by - Mr. Les Page

Are You Ready for some Chow?

Hope you enjoy the long and short versions of the book trailers for my soon to be released title from History Publishing Company - Bullets and Bread. Both book trailers are listed below. The book is about the untold story of how the troops and the homefront were fed during World War Two. Bullets and Bread features memories and stories from World War Two veterans about the best and the worst Chow served up during the war.

Bullets and Brea also includes the story of Allied Ration development, how they fed crews at sea, on land and in the air. I've also include a section on famous faces during the war from generals to national leaders and even a few hollywood stars!

You can't have a World War Two culinary history book without including a few recipes for Chow! So I've included 1939-1945 period recipes from military cooking manuals as well as some from magazines and newspapers. Yes, there's a healthy serving of "Mock Meals" including a salmon patty recipe from my grandfather Angus Campbell.