One reason that cooking is fun is that you can do anything you want. To really have fun be bold and don’t overlook cookbooks. You can learn a lot more from a cookbook than a recipe posted on an internet cooking site. When I say be bold it will help you to do that the […]
Archives for October 2013
Soup for Happiness and Dinner
October 20, 2013 by 2 Comments
My good friend Deborah Madison was in town to talk about her magnificent new book Vegetable Literacy and we got a chance to catch up and talk about the food state-of-affairs. For Deborah, she was sick of hearing about farm-to-table and for me I roll my eyes when I hear mass hysteria in the form […]
What is Scrapple?
October 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Scrapple is one of those regional American favorites that remain a mystery to outsiders. You’ll find it in the mid-Atlantic states. Scrapple is a hog-parts mush formed into solid blocks, or logs, sliced, floured lightly and fried in fat. I first had it in Maryland in the early 1970s and have been wild about it […]
Tracking What’s Trending in the Kingdom of Kale
October 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How kale went from a cellar-dwelling vegetable to a pennant-winning one is an interesting story full of ups and downs throughout history. When I started cooking decades ago, kale was arguably the least popular vegetable on the American table, beloved only in soul food cookery, which is an expression I haven’t seen in years. Today, […]
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