Wiping down the last straggling crumbs from a six-week long Kitchen Boss season two, recipe test. I’ve been stuffed to the gills with tasty eats since the end of October – oof. Take a gander at that beautiful pie – look Ma, no wood burning or high-end oven at Pizzeria Heidi. One doesn’t need pricey [...]
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Future Perfect
September 18, 2011 – 10:48 am
All I want is a yurt somewhere. Perched up high in the cold night air. With one enormous chair, oh! Wouldn’t it be loverly?
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 [...]
Hot Buttered Ginger Peaches
August 9, 2011 – 11:04 am
Summer is fleeting and peaches are ripe for the picking and eating. Out of hand, over the sink with sweet juices running down my chin and arm, sliced and steeped in a quenching peachy lemonade, or pureed and churned into cold ice cream. These are a few of the ways I’ve been indulging in the [...]
What’s Old is New
December 5, 2010 – 9:26 am
Inspired by Florence Fabricant’s November piece on Armenian preserved walnuts, this little bit o’ sweet and a little bit o’ nutty in my bourbon was the kindliest conclusion to a long week of recipe testing and development.
A change of art
November 10, 2010 – 2:24 pm
Some people swap out their closets with the change of seasons.
Home
November 1, 2010 – 8:03 am
As much as I’ve loved living and working in New York as part of the kitchen crew of Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn (if you have not yet tuned in – you must!), I’ve loved less that my temporary digs are without a kitchen that’s useful for much more than boiling water for coffee [...]
Presenting “The Spice Trade” – a New monthly feature at Ohio Authority
April 17, 2010 – 8:11 am
I’m thrilled that Ohio Authority (with a special nod to editors Ivan Sheehan and Sarah Sphar), Ohio’s premier online magazine, has taken me on board to pen The Spice Trade, a new monthly column. With contributions stemming from a multi-talented community of informed writers, Ohio Authority keeps a knowing finger pressed to the pulse of what’s happening right [...]
I’m Guest Blogging at The Nourished Kitchen
February 13, 2010 – 8:02 am
Mama Jenny has been gracious enough to let me chime in at her fabulous,The Nourished Kitchen, a blog dedicated to the celebration of whole, real foods. I invite you to come read about my own seasonal savior and discover how you can naturally ease away those winter blues. Okay, the solution is not a chaise [...]
