Tag Archives: love of food We love pie, but it seems like the two times of year Americans eat, make and talk about pie (well maybe that last is just me) are Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July. In the Fall we want seasonal pies like apple, sweet potato, pumpkin and pecan. But it’s summer now, so a pie-maker’s fancy naturally […]  Yesterday was Tuesday, and another rainy day here in Philly, and there is a certain type of rainy day cooking I resort to. It has rained so much, my coleus have doubled in size, but my verbena is simply drowning, and I’m not sure it’s going to make it. It’s raining so much I can’t […]  Though I have yet to solve the code to finding the right partner, I have found many perfect marriages- of flavor. One of the things I enjoy most about cooking is putting complementary favors together so that each enhances the other. Flavor and spice combinations can be like a flag; tomato sauces taste Italian when […]  For years cooking for my (step) mother made me nervous, and then suddenly it didn’t. Growing up I thought she was the best cook in the world; she instilled my love of food in me. For my parents’ first anniversary they were given a copy of The Underground Gourmet, and in the late 60s and […] Most people have a cravings for sweet or salty, soft or crispy, mild or spicy. I love salty and crunchy and I really love fried chicken. Shortly after I moved into the house I live in now, the city, and especially my neighborhood was buzzing about a new fried chicken spot that was going […] |
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