If my memory serves me right, this dish has now been savored in various forms in our family for two decades. When Mama Noodle unveiled this classic on New Year's Day of 1990 or 1991, we had never seen its equal. No one quite knew what to do. Many years later, when I was living 2,000 miles from Mama Noodle, my wife Yankee Noodle Candy was sweet enough to prepare me a taste of home. Her first couple attempts were abject failures for various reasons (make sure you rinse the beans!). But in October of 2006, she aced it, and...

If my memory serves me right, my amazing wife first created her inimitable Lasagna Rolls on a hot, humid day in the summer of 2006. Since then, she has come up with many variations, but this remains my favorite. Lasagna is one of those foods that I did not like as a young eater but came to love as my palate aged. The question is: was it a change in the composition of my impeccable tastebuds, or did I simply open myself up to the possibility of new forms of lasagna? It's quite possible that the lasagnas I consumed in the...

Growing up, we were a fairly traditional "meat-and-potatoes" kind of family. Mom had us three children to take care of and our Dad selflessly worked shift work...I'm sure that didn't leave much time to be thinking of extravagant meals. As I've grown older, I've unleashed my palette to the wonders of Asian and Indian cuisine and I must say...it's been an unforgettable journey!!When my friend said she was coming over and making me butter chicken I could hardly wait! Here's what I knew about butter chicken: it was an Indian...

It's only been in the last year or so that I have tried my hand at quinoa and it turns out...it's delicious in almost anything! With so much versatility and so many health benefits it really is a power food! I've tried it in a stuffed pepper recipe, I've tried it as a warm cereal with milk and cinnamon, I've tried it as an alternative to rice and pasta, and I've tried it in chili. My most recent achievement, however, is a quinoa and chickpea salad. I lifted flavours from the Southwest and combined it with a bit of Greek...

Time for our first review of a grocery store item. This week, Mrs. Noodle, a fantastic couponer, found one for a new Hershey product called Air Delight. Hershey has always known how to make even a wrapper look scrumptious and nearly edible. As any veteran chocolate eaters knows, this is actually nothing new. It is a decades-late ripoff of a widely circulated British product called Aero. Hershey seemed to try to introduce this "aerated" chocolate as something revolutionary, which is laughable. The bigger letdown,...

If my memory serves me right, Chick-fil-A has been my favorite fast food restaurant since I first discovered it around 2003. I don't know how it eluded me for so long. Perhaps it was its apparent aversion to the ubiquitous advertising so beloved by the rotten fast food chains. But I shall never forget the first time I set foot in the store near Pittsburgh, in Robinson, PA. Let's start with the fries. They are waffle fries. With PEEL left on them. Nearly always crunchy, almost never soggy a la McDonald's. A salty, savory...

If my memory serves correct, it was back in the Christmas of 2010...the presents patiently awaited us under the beautifully lit tree, the fire was on, and the snow was piled high outside. We had just finished our Christmas dinner at home with our parents and were basking in the gluttony of the season when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Mom pull something out of the freezer. Immediately my mind began to race...wondering what could possibly be coming next. It was, in fact, time for dessert; however, it never usually...

In the aftermath of my pizza fiasco, Yankee Noodle Candy was kind enough to make me a favorite dessert... Fruit Fiesta is always an eye-popping array of color. The beautiful green and red fruits with their juices surrounded by the cinnamon sugar tortilla chips reminds one of a desert cactus flower in April. This dish was discovered a few years back and is a rare treat in the Yankee Noodle household. This dish begs the question: at what point does food become art? Is there a point at which the value of a...

My wife, Yankee Noodle Candy, and I will go down as one of the great couples in kitchen history, although I do nothing but eat. However, there have been several occasions (diminishing in number each year) for which I've been allowed into the kitchen to do something other than "test" the food and burn the toast. To celebrate the launch of CUPS & CAKES, she was kind enough to reluctantly let me help make pizza tonight. She quite foolishly figured it would do no harm to let me chop some bell peppers and add the ingredients...

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Yankee Noodle has always been very secretive about his eating career. His reluctance to grant interviews to members of the mainstream food media has become as legendary as his eating methods themselves. However, to celebrate the launch of CUPS & CAKES, he has graciously agreed to discuss food with his wife, Mrs. Yankee Noodle Candy, in this exclusive interview. MRS. NOODLE: As you enter the fourth decade of your eating career, you've started the CUPS & CAKES blog with your brother Hot Dry Noodlin’ and your sister...