food + cooking
There are Other Fish in the Sea…
Because Chilean sea bass is so scarce, I haven't eaten the stuff in years. Chefs nationwide have boycotted it.
10.16.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- seafood,
- sustainability,
- ian knauer
food + cooking
Please Try This at Home
The beauty of home cooking is its simplicity, how it bears the fingerprint of its cook in a much more pronounced way than in a restaurant.
10.15.07
- Keywords
- lesley porcelli,
- cooking + technique,
- restaurants
food + cooking
Pure Honey, from the South Bronx
I went to a honey tasting the other evening, and though some of the samples were from as far away as New England, the theme of the tasting was local honeys.
10.14.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- honey,
- robert sietsema
food + cooking
The World’s Best Figs, but the Supply is Limited
In the sunny Cilento region around Salerno, south of Naples, the harvest of white figs is just now wrapping.
10.12.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- fruit,
- mimi murphy,
- italy
food + cooking
My Sandwich
Prosicutto is precious, after all, and best savored in small quantities.
10.12.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- italian,
- pork,
- sandwiches,
- robert sietsema
food + cooking
European Delights
It’s grouse season in London—and mushroom season in Paris. For people lamenting the creeping international sameness of restaurants, this is good news.
09.11.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- ruth reichl,
- mushrooms,
- paris
food + cooking
Oozers Are Losers
And I think I can safely boast that I have the most beautiful compost pile in Berks Count, Pennsylvania this time of year.
10.10.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- tim stark,
- tomatoes,
- farming
food + cooking
On The Naming of Things
Every faddish restaurant sells you overcooked mini hamburgers. But that’s not why I object to the fad. I object to it because everyone calls them “sliders.”
10.09.07
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- culinary culture,
- restaurants,
- meat
food + cooking
I’ll Show You a Candy Apple
In Minnesota, we have heard the call of the future, and it is sweeter than you can fathom.
10.05.07
- Keywords
- dara moskowitz grumdahl,
- ingredients,
- dessert,
- candy,
- midwest
food + cooking
Pepper Power
In our house the hot summer belongs to tomatoes and basil, but early fall, that’s prime pepper time.
10.03.07
- Keywords
- robert pincus,
- ingredients,
- seasonal,
- vegetable
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