Spicy Old Man
Culinary Confessions of an Old Cook and Fledgling Author
A blog that looks at everyday recipes and the stories behind them
I’m Jim Boatwright, and I’ve been cooking my whole life. There’s something wonderfully fulfilling about cooking a meal for the people you love, family or friends, even when they’re both. Don’t smirk. It happens.
This blog celebrates the everyday cook, that miracle worker who manages to create good-tasting meals every single day.
I have a motto that’s evolved over the years. And here it is:
Ordinary food prepared extraordinarily well
Well, that and a famous observation by Snoopy in the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” As Charlie Brown gives Snoopy his supper the adorable dog goes into a huge production number called “Suppertime.” Charlie asks him why he has to make such a fuss about his meals to which Snoopy famously and wisely said, and I freely paraphrase:
What’s wrong with making mealtime a celebration?
I wholeheartedly agree. So, this blog provides simple, easy-to-use recipes to make a family dinner a celebration. Then I’ll tell you the story behind the recipe. I call them “Side Table Tales.” And that’s when the meal gets personal, and the fun begins. My recipes are curated below.
