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.
Spring officially started over a month ago, but it has been a slow, reluctant one this year. I haven’t felt the urge to switch out my clothes for the boxes in the attic, and I am still sleeping with an extra blanket on my bed. The cherry blossoms are blooming, the forsythia and crocuses have […]
We’re just about at the midpoint of winter and there’s one soup I can’t stop making, because it is perfect to warm me up on these cold days. A few weeks ago I was at the grocery store and there was a family pack of short ribs on sale. I put them into separate bags […]
The winter solstice is the day with the shortest daylight hours. It doesn’t feel like it, but starting today the days will be getting longer for the next six months until the summer solstice. As far back as I can recall I’ve been interested in the four days of the year that mark the change […]
I think the second the first leaf hits the ground anywhere in the US an alarm sounds everywhere, and pumpkin flavored everything hits the shelves, the coffee shops, and donut emporia; IT’S PUMPKIN SEASON! People across the land rejoice. Social media lights up like, well, like a Jack O Lantern. There are plenty of […]
As soon as I feel the first nip in the air I start planning what fall soups I’ll be making, to me fall=soup! I love soup, and I love Autumn, so I am feeling pretty happy at the moment. Last week I stopped at the grocery store on my way home from the gym. […]