Benedictine Joe's Food 4 Thought Blog

This past week, signs have gone up around Scottsdale suggesting that commuters in the city should say “no” to panhandlers at specific street corners in the affluent neighborhoods. This story from AZ Family Channel 3 even quotes a sign spinner at one of those corners I pass every morning for his insight into the panhandling… Continue reading Stewardship, or Shanghai?

This week’s focus is on water. And it has to be local because even though water scarcity will be an issue in the future for most parts of our country, it will be more important in the nearer future for the Colorado River Basin. In the video above, Pat Mulroy, who served through several Presidential… Continue reading Water, Water, Everywhere…

Or, “Desert? What Food Desert?” Great morning at Singh Meadows. If you have been to Big Surf, it is just south of there at the old Rio Salado driving range. Peaches were just coming into season and I neglected to buy some of the fresh corn before we left. Not sure how I feel that… Continue reading Lovely May morning at Singh Meadows

Infographic based on the National Geographic Magazine’s Carnivore’s Dilemma

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

My favorite dish is from one of my many ATK cookbooks and is Spanish Pork Chops with rice. (America’s Test Kitchen, 2010) Because the dish will be topped with olives and toasted almonds, you must carefully toast almond slivers first in a shimmering clean pan and set them aside. The smell of browned almonds is… Continue reading Spanish Pork Chops with Rice