Haggis I have often written that if I ever visited Scotland, I would eat haggis.

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Hibachi My family eats at the neighborhood hibachi restaurant, often.

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LAS VEGAS— What is a family man who doesn't drink, doesn't gamble, and has trouble staying up to watch David Letterman doing in Las Vegas with his wife and kids? Two words: The Beatles.

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Working for the Mouse ORLANDO— I am in Walt Disney World as a visiting chef of the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival.

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Catfish In Sunday’s New York Times Magazine there was an extensive article on catfish.

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It's mid September in Mississippi. Is it fall yet?Yesterday I was watching the Weather Channel and the announcer talked about "fall" weather in the Northeast. Fall in September? You've got to be kidding.

 I am a Methodist because my grandfather owned a pair of shoes.   My great-grandmother was a Baptist. My great-grandfather was a Methodist.

Mexican is my favorite ethnic cuisine.

I paid $100 to fill my gas tank today. Actually, the pump stopped at $99.38, but I kept squeezing the handle, topping it off, and eking the last $.62 out of the pump just to see if our economy had actually reached a point where it takes a clean, crisp Benjamin Franklin to fill the tank in my vehicle.

My friends at Turn Row Books in Greenwood, MS spent the entire weekend cooking from New South Grilling. The following is swiped from their blog at http://www.turnrowbooks.typepad.com/: