Welcome to All With Good Taste. I began blogging about four years ago establishing a blog called “Hot Cooking Guys”. It got to be a pretty popular site, having reached people in more than 30 countries around the world. It’s popularity came… Read More ›
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My Killer Chocolate Bread Pudding…Love at First Taste
Sometime ago, one of my friends invited us to their home for an outdoor Paella Festival. It was intended to be a mini-version of the one’s they hold in Spain, only it was held in Pittsburgh, PA. Close enough I suppose. We… Read More ›
Odd Couples, Watermelon and Chili Oil
For those of us old enough to remember the movie or TV series called the “Odd Couple“, you know the plot was all about the ups and downs of two recently divorced and very different men living together in a smallish… Read More ›
Get Flirting with Mussels
I know, I know…not everyone loves mussels, but personally, I think they are one of the most romantic things to share with your main squeeze or to share with your best friends at a dinner party. There is just something… Read More ›
Pizza Margherita–My Grandmothers Way
In case you haven’t figured it out already, I’m Italian. My paternal grandparents emigrated from Bologna and Naples, Italy and my maternal grandparents arrived from small villages in Sicily. Depending on whose home in which we were eating, there would be styles of cooking… Read More ›
Tomatoes, Peaches, Lemons and Heaven
A couple we had dinner with last week informed us they would be out-of-town this week, and unable to pick up and use their weekly fresh food basket from one of the local fresh vegetable cooperatives. They had told us in… Read More ›
Two Italian Guys and Seven Fishes!!
Last year, me and one of my neighbors, who is also Italian and a good friend, agreed to be auctioned off at a big Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Fundraiser in Pittsburgh. We promised to prepare an authentic, multicourse Feast of the Seven Fishes… Read More ›
Menu for the Money!!
Over the past six years, my wife and friends have volunteered me to be auctioned off by a variety of charitable organizations, helping raise money for important causes. The auction item typically involves collaborating with the winning bidder to create… Read More ›
My Vegan Friend, Beer Buddy, Guacamole and Salsa
Over the past five or six years, I’ve gotten into cycling–not just dabbling, but full-on cycling. Six years ago, I had one hardly ever used hybrid bike in the basement. Now I have four bikes. I ride a lot–nearly 100… Read More ›
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