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.
It’s time for the annual winter cold. I get sick once every winter. Not the flu, but somewhere between that and a cold. You will get sick enough to take to your bed for a day or two. When it happens you need to lean in. You need to succumb, stay home and take care […]
Every Jewish person I know has a strong opinion about what makes a good matzo ball, and a story about the worst ones they ever had. I love, love, love matzo balls, and it’s time to make them! (Quite honestly, I make them other times of year for no more compelling reason than I want […]
Behold my Presto Pressure cooker circa 1989 (or so). If you want this model you will need to scour E-Bay, church bazaars and garage sales. You probably have one that you’ve never used, and if you do I’d like to convince you to pull it out from waaaay back in your cabinets and give it […]
This chicken soup will cure whatever ails you. If you need help using your pressure cooker click here. 1 chicken (I prefer organic) 4-5 carrots, peeled and sliced or chopped – your preference Celery-all the leaves, plus about 4-5 good sized stalks cut in half lengthwise and chopped 1/2 large yellow onion 1 generous tsp […]
It’s too hot to cook chicken soup today, but I feel lousy. After a weekend of fun, and riding the subways of NYC I guess I picked up some bug. It is a steamy day here, not really a day you’d want soup, but when I feel like this, pretty much the only thing I […]