Many years ago, I worked in cable television to support my culinary habit of wanting tasting menus at fine restaurants. Thank you Charlie Trotter for helping me part with many hard earned dollars. In my business, we had a group of customers we referred to as “truck chasers.” These delicious … Read More
Brussels sprouts are a polarizing vegetable. It seems people either love them or they hate them. Admittedly, I played on the latter team until now. The latest rage in vegetable preparation, shaving raw vegetables so thinly that even the toughest and most bitter of the pack are desirable, made me … Read More
from top and clockwise: feta cheese, grilled lemon chicken, hummus, red bell peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, kalamata olives, pita triangles (center)
Tragedy – I am addicted to the lazy susan.
Comedy – Some nights I’m too lazy to turn it.
Ever since I bought the lazy susan, I cannot stop making smorgasbord dinners. … Read More
Aged wine & imported cheese, salty meat & sweet jam, peanut butter & bananas, Justin Bieber & Snoop Dogg – these are things that delight us on their own, yet elevate to another level with the right partner.
Such is the case with this inspired and effortless pairing between … Read More
A few of us in my extended family of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins of every possible ordinal number, have a name for using leftovers and it’s not reinvention a la Food Madonna. At our gatherings, namely Cousins Weekend, we cook, plate, and graze all the live long day. And … Read More