Chef Neil Ravenna makes "Tomato Pie"

This is Neil Ravenna.   Chef Neil Ravenna.

And this is also a testament to how cool technology can be:

Neil is a very, very, very old friend of mine. Knowing him goes so far back, it's almost a reptilian memory for me, it's so old. Therefore, finding him, via facebook, was something of a shock to my memory cells. I simply didn't think they worked that far back.

Turns out even though I knew him as a kid in pre-1970 Vermont -- he's now gone even farther back to my old stomping ground, (the south.) And is currently a chef at Miss Melissa's Cafe in Moundville, AL!

Holy Moses!

This is from a podcast off their site called The Liars Table. I love it.

Here he is cooking something so delicious that I'm going to have to go out and make it for us all tonight.

Yes, Chef Neil Ravenna, you do need a cooking show. A cool one. Complete with Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale on the radio over your grill and finishing by enjoying desert with you out in your Mary grotto.