One benefit of being a food writer and cookbook author is that eating is pretty good. One is either recipe-testing, taking photographs, or writing about food. Guests and children love it too because someone has to eat all this stuff. However, when does a cookbook writer have “down time” in terms of cooking? When my […]
Grilled Beef Short Ribs for a Lazy Summer Day
June 28, 2017 by Leave a Comment
About 10 years ago, braised beef short ribs were very popular in restaurants (maybe they still are—I don’t eat out often enough to know) and home cooks joined the bandwagon. Due to the nature of the short rib there is no way you will be cooking this when you come home from work because it […]
Savory Pie in a Cast Iron Skillet
April 3, 2017 by 1 Comment
There’s something fun and easy to old-fashioned cooking in cast iron, such as this savory pie made in a cast iron skillet and topped with puff pastry. Savory pies were far more popular in the early part of the last century than they are today. They are waiting to be rediscovered. This recipe is not […]
Grilled Porterhouse Steak Very Rare
September 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Grilling a whole, thick, big porterhouse steak that can feed four people is not only a great treat, but tricky enough to require some attention. In Florence, this very same steak is known as bistecca alla Fiorentina. In the region around Florence, a tall, lean, and heavy breed of cattle called Chianina is raised: a […]
Summer Grilling That Filet Mignon with Bacon
June 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Summer is about to be upon us and that means grilling is the dominant form of cooking. I like to grill everything but sometimes I just want to keep it simple. A simple meat to grill, although expensive, is filet mignon. Now and then I find a whole filet mignon (in older times called chateaubriand) […]
Cozy Braised Beef Short Ribs for a Winter’s Eve
January 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In the first decade of this century beef short ribs became enormously popular with restaurants and one would find it on menus as often as one found veal scaloppini on 1970s restaurant menus. On a cold winter’s eve, perhaps this weekend, a long-braising casserole of beef short ribs sounds perfect, don’t you think? However, due […]
The Best Meat Lover’s July 4th Grill Party Appetizer
June 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When you’ve got a barbeque going I’ve always thought it silly and wasteful to spend all that time building the fire and then grilling that steak for all of 10 minutes. Nothing wrong with a steak but letting things cook long and slow–a real BBQ always seemed more fun and a great way to precede […]
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