Category Archives: eating well Who doesn’t want to shop like a chef? Have you ever seen a chef shopping? If you do, follow them around and watch what they buy. What chefs and professional cooks prepare at home isn’t the sort of fare you get a restaurants. Most professionals make simple, well prepared food. They use good ingredients, […]  I don’t know Ina Garten personally, though I did go to see her earlier this week. She was appearing at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and I felt like I couldn’t pass up a chance to see her. The place was packed, and I was curious about what it was I was going to […]  I am not Italian, not one tiny bit, but I LOVE meatballs! And sauce too. I have made lots of meatballs in an attempt to get them just right, tender, flavorful ones that hold their shape. The last time I made them I had intended to write a post, but they weren’t that good, certainly […]  Thanksgiving cooking is pretty stressful. This is probably the biggest meal you will cook all year, and the time when a lot of people are cooking things they don’t normally cook under stressful conditions, and with a timer running! It is also when you have the opportunity to expose your loved ones to illness if […]  I have a lot of barley in my pantry, no doubt the result of poor inventory procedures… So I’m making some more soup. It has gotten quite cold, quite fast here, and soup will warm my hands and belly. Like a lot of people, I grew up on Campbell’s soup, occasionally we’d get Progresso, if […] |
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