Category Archives: condiments/jams/pickles I spent most of Saturday slaving over a hot stove, and much of Saturday evening cleaning up from the mess I made after a day of canning. Based on the state of my kitchen you might think I made about twenty things when in fact I made two. I made a batch of the tomato jam I […]  I am a little ashamed and need to unburden myself; I bought caponata, in a jar. I can make it, I have made it, in fact I’ve posted a recipe for it on this blog; a slow cooker caponata. Writing a food blog comes with a certain amount of pressure (albeit internal) to make things rather than buy […]  Today I begin year three of The Chef’s Last Diet. When I began writing I had big dreams of what this blog would become. I imagined thousands, not dozens of people reading the quality content I’d be creating. I started planning my cookbook, and practicing for my appearance on the Today show, explaining to germaphobe […]  Yes, I was born and raised in the USA, and no, I don’t like ketchup. If there were a national sauce ketchup would be ours. People put that stuff everywhere, on fries (OK, I get that), hamburgers (OK, if you mix it with equal parts mustard), hot dogs (why), eggs (if you do this in my presence […]  Last Fall when I attended Natural Foods Expo East I got a press bag filled with fun stuff, including Pure PB from Crazy Richard’s and I’ll confess it got forgotten in the back of my pantry, until I was sent a jar of Crazy Richard’s crunchy peanut butter to cook with and blog about. Now I am going peanuts […] |
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