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.
Quiche is the kind of satisfying and easy meal you can throw together in practically no time. Making the crust takes the most time, but you can use a pre-made one (if you must) or keep a stack of your own in the freezer. A frozen crust will thaw in the time it takes you to […]
Always on the lookout for vegetarian friendly recipes I was intrigued by a recent recipe from Cooks Illustrated for black bean burgers. I have made veggie burgers before, but these looked good, and easy. If you’re familiar with Cooks Illustrated they spend lots of time perfecting recipes so I don’t usually fool with them much, […]
I rarely wait until the day of to write a post, and here I am Saturday morning, trying on possible ideas that might interest you or me. I though about writing about my disdain for all things grape flavored—none of them taste anything like grape. Or perhaps a post about the practice of writing daily, […]
Left to my own devices, especially when I am feeling busy (don’t you detest that word?) I could conceivably eat chicken for dinner every night. Fortunately for me my daughter doesn’t eat chicken, beef or pork, so whether I feel like it or not, I must come up with something besides chicken for dinner. We often default to pasta, […]
When I was in college my friend John told me he disliked all white food “Including cauliflower?” I asked dumbfounded, who doesn’t like cauliflower? As a kid my family ate cauliflower two ways, raw with Durkee’s Famous Sauce and steamed whole and covered with cheddar cheese. I wasn’t then, nor am I now a fan of […]