By this time, I believe everyone is familiar with the McDonald’s “pink slime” Chicken McNugget video. What appears to be a heaving mound of Pepto-Bismol pink soft serve ice cream, barely contained in a cardboard box, we discover, is the fast food giants’ processed chicken matter waiting to be fried into McNuggets.
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Category Archives: Entrees
A Taste of Chacala
March 5, 2012 – 10:57 am
Back in late October, I plugged into the Google search window, “Iyengar workshop February”. What turned up was great fortune in terms of discovering a phenomenal Iyengar yoga instructor in NYC’s dynamic Lara Brunn, a truly special lodging in Mar de Jade, (tucked into the base of that lush volcanic jungle yonder), and the tiny [...]
Layered Summer Vegetable Soup
August 18, 2011 – 2:57 pm
The August vegetable explosion is on! Tomatoes are ripe and richly flavored, squash is thin-skinned and tender. All are available in peak abundance at local farmer’s markets. This “soup” of vegetables simply stewed in their own juices cooks, as if by magic, with a simple layering of the ingredients in a pot. I culled this [...]
A funny thing happened on the way to the allergist
August 5, 2011 – 10:12 pm
A honeybee sting nearly killed me when I was eight. It happened as I was running barefoot across a clover-scattered lawn to a neighbor’s house for a swim. I don’t recall much else – apparently I soon went into anaphylactic shock, passed out in the pool and woke up the next day at the [...]
Fried chicken, as summer, comes but once a year
August 3, 2011 – 3:35 pm
At least that’s how it works in my house. It’s indulgent and special, a delectable treat. So give it your all, make it celebratory, in fact. Which means…
Yes, Soup For (Just) You, When You “Serve Yourself”
April 12, 2011 – 11:40 am
Sweet Potato Soup with Chickpeas, Chorizo and Kale (here I used the vegan chorizo by Field Roast), from, Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One, Joe Yonan If I were permitted only one word to describe Washington Post Food Editor Joe Yonan’s first book, Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One, what [...]
Escape from Siberia Tour ’11, Part 1: Tacos al Pastor
March 1, 2011 – 6:06 pm
With my toes glazed fittingly in OPI’s “My Chihuahua Bites” and ace-traveling companion, Karen, in tow, I flew off to the western coast of Mexico to escape the winter Siberia of Cleveland. Disloyalty, shmoyalty. Our unrelenting bitter, gray sludge of winter could smack the smile right off the perkiest pom pom princess, and any opportunity [...]
Savory Wild Mushroom and Green Garlic Custards a la din din
May 11, 2010 – 4:37 pm
Wednesday evening, April 21. IACP 2010 Opening Reception: The ballroom of the very zexxxy The Nines was alive and buzzing with energy emitting from many of the 900 attendees of the 32nd annual IACP Conference held in the fantastic host city of Portland, Oregon. The large main room was jumping with guests exalted practically to [...]
Messin’ up the Kitchen With…Jessica Jerome
March 30, 2010 – 12:38 pm
During very wintery February, Kari and Herb gave us a peek into their well-cultured enterprises with the first installment of Messin’ Up the Kitchen With…. Schizophrenic Cleveland weather aside, the calendar now says “SPRING”, which triggers thoughts of fresh, green, planting, and the sweet vegetable garden in my friend Jessica’s backyard.
Sunday Duck
March 16, 2010 – 6:22 am
An easy Sunday celebration of local bounty: slow-roasted fresh duck from Plum Creek Farm. Rubbed with sea salt, lazily glazed with a dulcet slick of Ohio Honey, and left to roast at 325. Basted, when I entertained the notion, and “done”, when my eyes, nose and fingers told me so. Simple.
