Nancy Lowell has spent a lifetime loving, eating, cooking, learning and reading about food. She has owned a small restaurant in Delaware County, New York, a catering business in New York City, worked for fifteen years for Whole Foods Market, and served Breakfast at Tiffany’s during her time working in corporate dining.
I think when I am very old (which I plan on being one day) I will look back on my life and find that every scary, shaky, too emotional moment was addressed with increasing resilience and comfort food. Everyone has something that they consider comfort food, and many people have different foods for different levels of crises. […]
Last week I wrote about my college friend John who hated white food, and today I’m writing about what could be my favorite food color—orange. Fall is undoubtedly my favorite season, and soup probably my favorite thing to cook. The methodical chopping and preparation of all the vegetable, the fragrant sautéing them in butter or […]
The first Labor Day in the USA was in September of 1894, and though it was a day to honor the laborers who actually built the nation (rather than those who financed it) it was a hard won fight. I did not spend my Labor Day chilling and grilling, I spent it as I did […]
I had a plan for today’s post and perhaps I got what I deserved for waiting until the last minute, but it feels like I got punked by Costco. I was ready to roll with a post comparing two rotisserie chickens; Costco and Whole Foods Market. I invited some friends for dinner, and made charts […]
It’s summer and crab cakes are an iconic summer dish, so off I went to buy some crabmeat and share the recipe with you. The first store I went to had crab in a can in the fish case, and it was on sale for $16.99; a steal! I asked the man behind the […]