Category Archives: Family I woke on a Monday in April, 1965 on a strange new planet. No one had come to wake me for school, and I’d had a restless night, waking twice, each time going into my parents’ room, and finding the bed made, and no one there. Both times I called downstairs for them, the first […]  Pan roasted; just saying it makes me want whatever is going into that pan. Pan roasting evokes warmth, and comfort, texture and depth. I am a huge fan of pan roasting, and the cold weather, and the seasonal produce are a perfect match for this easy and aromatic technique. Lately I have made […]  I think the second the first leaf hits the ground anywhere in the US an alarm sounds everywhere, and pumpkin flavored everything hits the shelves, the coffee shops, and donut emporia; IT’S PUMPKIN SEASON! People across the land rejoice. Social media lights up like, well, like a Jack O Lantern. There are plenty of […]  It is a shame that boneless-skinless chicken breasts are the go-to chicken for most people, rather than the far superior (in my estimation) bone-in, skin on,chicken thighs. I think there are a number of reasons for this, and none of them have anything to do with flavor. Some people can’t deal with chicken bones (or […]  This is a huge admission, but to be honest, I have never made gnocchi before. In culinary school we all served a stint in the Italian restaurant Caterina de Medici. We spent fourteen days there, seven in the kitchen and seven in the dining room where I very dramatically set my hand on fire while […] |
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