Here in the south, the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, we like good food. Some common items on the dinner table at supper time are things like southern fried chicken, biscuits, gravy, rice, with homegrown tomatoes, taters and green beans fresh out of the garden. Top that off with some peach cobbler for dessert and you can say you have lived the life of Riley.

I was never partial to food from other locations, until one day a couple of years ago, we had used a grill wok to Barbeque some chicken and steak kabobs over charcoal with fresh green peppers, onions, mushrooms, pineapple chunks and cherry tomatoes. After boiling some rice, I sat down and poured soy sauce over the mixture. There happened to be some Hidden Valley Ranch Honey Dijon Dressing on the table so I poured some of that on too.