Norman Van Aken
WLRN
Florida, United States
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Past articles by Norman:
Empanadas
COLOMBIAN PIPIÁN STUFFED EMPANADAS Norman Van Aken ©, 2001, “New World Kitchen” The natives of Southern Colombia inherited pipían from the Inca Empire, → Read More
Baleadas
Click play to hear this week's edition of A Word On Food. Airdate: August 22, 2015 → Read More
Hot Fudge Sundaes
Click play to hear this week's edition of A Word On Food. Airdate: August 15, 2015 → Read More
A Word On Food: Dim Sum (Toa Toa)
Not lost in translation. Dim Sum “Touches the Heart”. → Read More
A Word On Food: Katsuobushi
The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, wrote in “Ode to Salt” “I know you won’t believe me, but it sings, salt sings… Dust of the sea, in you the tongue receives → Read More
A Word On Food: Fried Chicken
When I was 19, 20 and 21 years of age … I seemed to be on a yo-yo between my boyhood home in Illinois and the place I was seeking. I wanted sunlight. I → Read More
A Word On Food: Steak House
Our father was a fan of professional boxing and so-called professional wrestling. He laughed out loud when he watched the wrestler’s like ‘Gorgeous George → Read More
A Word On Food
Chef Norman Van Aken Credit www.normanvanaken.com Norman Van Aken has been described as ‘legendary, visionary and a → Read More
A Word On Food: Cinnamon
The way my mother taught me to make cinnamon toast was to start with raisin bread and toast it to perfection. She might have timed it by how long it took → Read More
A Word On Food: Mojos
Many North Americans would look at the word "mojo" in its printed form and pronounce it “mo-joe." In Spanish of course, it's pronounced "mo-ho" because the → Read More
A Word On Food: Chilau
A play of light mesmerized me as I lay in bed, savoring the last moments of an unmoored consciousness. I allowed my mind to wander as I simply enjoyed the → Read More
A Word On Food: Roast Beef
The very words themselves call up ancient things. I imagine it on the menu that day in the year 1215 when King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta at → Read More
A Word On Food: Taco Lingo
I learn words in many ways, but the best may be in eating. The words on the menus and in the cookbooks I have from around the world have helped me conquer → Read More
A Word On Food: Sandwiches
I was near a small sandwich stand in an open-air market. It was like many you would see almost anywhere in the world. A radio was playing a vaguely → Read More
A Word on Food: Menudo
Long before any Hispanic boy bands tormented or tantalized the radio air waves, the soup/stew Menudo was a siren song sung to me for the first time back in → Read More