The Turning of the Year

Bowing out of 2023 with a reflective look at the state of cuisine in Central PA

Lew and Kathy Bryson at the Allen Street Grill in December for their anniversary dinner. Photo courtesy of their server that night.

John and I took a road trip to Idaho Falls yesterday for car maintenance at the dealer and I suggested that we listen to a podcast on the way. I had Lew Bryson’s Seen Through a Glass bookmarked but was very surprised when the new episode was an interview with me that he taped in October.

Lew Bryson is relatively new to the Central PA region and his enthusiasm for the food and drink of his new home turf is admirable. I look forward to getting to know him and his wife Kathy when we return to PA in a few weeks. We are like-minded and like-stomached.

His FaceBook/Instagram post to accompany the podcast was interesting too, as he did a play-by-play of making two recipes from my Seasons of Central Pennsylvania cookbook. I appreciate someone not afraid to fess up to how things can go wrong. And they did for him. Check it out.

The interviewee and what looks to be a doomed Woodsy Potato Gratin from the cookbook.