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.
Christmas morning demands a special breakfast and these Christmas morning potatoes will delight everyone, including the cook, because you can get them ready a day or two ahead, and finish them off right before you want to eat them. These crispy nuggets of deliciousness are truly decadent, and though they’ll make your breakfast extra wonderful, […]
This has been an unseasonably warm weekend in Philadelphia; Saturday was in the high 60s, and Sunday reached 70° making it difficult to think about things like Christmas shopping and roasting vegetables. I’m quite sure it will get cold again, though the long-range forecast shows temperatures in the 40s and 50s through Christmas, and when temperatures […]
Cathy Goodwin -This is so simple I could probably make it myself! And it’s fairly healthy. If you live in Philly, Rineer Farms at Rittenhouse Market (and elsewhere – they’re on Facebook) has amazing bacon. I wonder about onions too? I tend to add onions to everything. 😉ReplyCancel
January 4, 2016 - 6:41 am
nrlowell@comcast.net -Cathy, this is about the easiest way to cook almost everything! ReplyCancel
The gift of a chef’s coat is wonderful for many people. Last week we were cleaning out the offices at work, and having gone through a name change, the old chef’s coats are now obsolete, so I asked if I could take one for my daughter. When I gave it to her (before I even washed […]
Amy Bee -It seems like you are downplaying your accomplishments. Maybe most people graduate from the school, but what about the people that never apply at all? You didn’t have to hone your skills; take your goals/dreams/wishes seriously, yet you did. School is often not proof of talent, but proof of persistence. (At least that’s a positve spin on it.) I enjoyed reading your multiple angle and thoughts on the subject.ReplyCancel
December 10, 2015 - 9:40 pm
Phil-I also (as an accountant/consultant) have a nuanced relationship to work weeds. Sometimes you just have to don the uniform to be taken seriously, and let your skills cement the relationship.
But I’ve been around for a few decades, and my client base has inexorably reduced (a culinary term?) to jeans and sweaters.ReplyCancel
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 […]
Happy Hanukkah! Whether you’re celebrating or not, you’re going to love these latkes! There are as many opinions about what makes a good latke as there are about matzoh balls, but I have never met anyone who didn’t love them! Even if you won’t be celebrating, if you have never tried one, it’s time. They […]
Cathy Goodwin -Love your food posts (even though I can’t cook and they make me very hungry!) These sound awesome.ReplyCancel
December 9, 2015 - 7:02 am
The Gift of a Chef’s Coat » Chefs Last Diet-[…] The gift of a chef’s coat is wonderful for many people. Last week we were cleaning out the offices at work, and having gone through a name change, the old chef’s coats are now obsolete, so I asked if I could take one for my daughter. When I gave it to her (before I even washed it) she was ecstatic. She especially loved the cloth knot buttons; mine have more conventional plastic buttons. If I’d realized how excited she would be I might have saved it for a special occasion—like maybe Hanukkah. […]ReplyCancel
Cathy Goodwin - This is so simple I could probably make it myself! And it’s fairly healthy. If you live in Philly, Rineer Farms at Rittenhouse Market (and elsewhere – they’re on Facebook) has amazing bacon. I wonder about onions too? I tend to add onions to everything. 😉
nrlowell@comcast.net - Cathy, this is about the easiest way to cook almost everything!