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.
If you could eat anything, I asked her, what would it be? I have the best kid in the whole world! Don’t you? Mine loves food, and has always been an intrepid eater, but it’s been a while since I checked in with her to see what she’s really into. The other night we […]
When shopping for scallops, the most important question to ask is “Do you have dry scallops?” Next time you buy scallops, ask the fish monger if the they are; if he/she doesn’t know what you are talking about walk away and try not to buy fish from that place again. Anyone who sells dry scallops knows […]
Roast chicken is probably one of my favorite things, but I wanted to try something new, branch out, hit some new pavement, get a little crazy, so I decided to turn down the heat, and made my roast chicken low and slow. I like the concept of cooking things slowly; it really gives the flavors […]
When I was very young; young enough to watch Captain Kangaroo, I loved when the Captain would read books aloud, and Stone Soup was one of my favorites. There are numerous versions of the story. The one I recall from my childhood featured three soldiers, cold and hungry and coming to a small town with […]
According to the Food Lover’s Companion a chowder is a “thick chunky seafood soup, of which clam chowder is the most well known.The name comes from the French chaudièr a cauldron n which fisherman made their stews fresh from the sea… The term is also used to describe any thick, rich soup containing chunks of […]