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.
My parents married when I was nine, and by way of an explanation in this age of people marrying after they have children, this was a second marriage for both of them. If I recall correctly, my dad served my (step) mother breakfast in bed every day of their marriage. This may sound really sweet, […]
I was going to save this a surprise, but it turns out I am spilling the beans now… March will be an entire month devoted to three things: kale, quinoa and chicken, and in preparation I have been cooking with all three so I am ready. Last week I cooked up some chicken for a […]
Last week was a double header at COOK Masters program, and though I am still reeling from the whirlwind bread baking class that James Barrett from Metropolitan Bakery miraculously crammed into two hours, The Sauce class left me giddy and literally sauced (and not in a Chris Christie kind of way). The class was led […]
I had more than the requisite number of grandmothers; ours was a Modern Family way before it was fashionable… Many of my childhood memories of them include memories of food, both good and bad. Though they were all technically Jewish grandmothers, my assortment of grandmothers really ran the gamut. There was my maternal, cold, austere, well bred […]
This is not something I say lightly, or often, but I must declare, this grass fed brisket dish may be the best thing I have ever made! It took some time; I started it last night, let it cool overnight, and cooked it again tonight. Believe me when I say it is worth every second […]