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The best thing I ever ate (1991)
Commercials for that Food Network show The Best Thing I Ever Ate got me thinking about some of the best food I’ve ever had, and the first thing my mind landed on was the Caesar salad from Rojo’s, which...
View ArticleThe water in meat. Plus, a recipe
Here’s a great recipe I threw together last night for dinner. It’s completely meatless, using only the weekend’s leftovers and normal pantry items: I heated a tablespoon of sesame chili oil in the wok...
View ArticleUmami artichoke soup recipe
Somewhere along the line I picked up an excellent cookbook called Soups of Italy: Cooking over 130 Soups the Italian Way by Norma Wasserman-Miller. Her short history of Italian soup in the first...
View ArticleFrom French Chef to Fat Chef in fifty years
Fifty years ago Julia Child celebrated butter and cream, teaching us how to craft soufflés and beef Wellington on The French Chef. When her show was originally on the air, the average weight of an...
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Meatless Monday: Potato leek soup with a twist
Fennel and artichoke hearts add an earthy twist to Julia Child’s excellent potato leek soup – a quick entree I learned to make forever ago from her Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In addition to 2...
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Herb and nasturtium biscuits à la Julia Child
Cooking with flowers – this is one of my 2013 New Year’s resolutions, so I couldn’t resist sneaking nasturtium petals into Julia Child’s herb biscuits this morning. Her classic recipe produces light,...
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