Chad Warner
Field dossier · rev 2026
04 · Food Pizza, smoke & a Peruvian streak

Food is memories.

"Food is memories."— José Andrés

A working recipe box — the dishes that come back from the road and land on the table at home. A serious pizza obsession, a smoker that earns its keep, and a Peruvian streak carried back from years lived and travelled there.

05 · Recipe box

The recipes

#RecipeThread
01Better-Than-IKEA Swedish MeatballsComfort
02Cajun Garlic BreadBread
03Carapulcra LimeñaPeruvian
04Chad's Guide to Pizza at HomePizza
05Charred Salsa Verde ChickenChicken
06Detroit Style PizzaPizza
07Fresh Tomato Red Sauce (Quick Salsa Roja)Sauce
08Hickory-Forward Turkey RubSmoke
09Pizza DoughPizza
10Pizza SaucePizza
11Salted Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chunk CookiesDessert
12Slow Roasted Plum Tomato SauceSauce
13Smoked Peruvian Yellow PotatoesPeruvian · Smoke
14Smoked Pollo a la BrasaPeruvian · Smoke
15Smoked Venison BackstrapGame · Smoke
16Spicy Mexican QuesoMexican
17Ultimate Soft Dinner RollsBread
18Venison Rump Roast: Bacon + Reverse SearGame
06 · Threads

The three obsessions

Read the box and the patterns show themselves — the same person who plans a road trip plans a bake.

  • PizzaDough, sauce, Detroit-style & a whole home guide
  • SmokePollo a la brasa, venison, turkey rub
  • PeruvianCarapulcra, pollo a la brasa, yellow potatoes
Cross-reference
The Peruvian dishes aren't a trend — they came home from Peru. See the Travel log.
Full recipes

Every recipe, step by step.

The complete method for each dish lives on the current site.