I hate to throw out food. Maybe it’s all those starving kids in Africa or my quickly tightening purse strings, but I try to make use of everything and anything in my fridge. Recently I had more buttermilk then I knew what to do with after using only a small portion in some awesome Rosemary […]
Clams are not on my radar. I don’t think about them, I don’t cook them, and I rarely order them at restaurants. It may have something to do with an unfortunate experience with steamers as a child. Those nasty little tongues still freak me out. Maybe I’m just a philistine. Recently I walked out of […]
Strawberry shortcake is a classic summer dessert. There are few summer dishes more iconic, more anticipated or more delicious. It’s eaten by millions of us every Fourth of July and throughout the summer, in whopping mouthfuls of wispy, light cream and spongy shortcake. For me, each bite evokes childhood memories, sun burns, bare feet and toothy, […]
Nasty, brutish and short? Try hot, sweaty, and uncomfortable. No way to go through the life any way you cut it. Ok, you may not really have a choice, especially in these icky, sticky summer months, but you can at least cool down periodically with this Campari and Grapefruit Sorbet. Campari and Grapefruit you say? Two difficult […]
Hey Guys! Let’s do dinner Sunday, oh and by the way, I’m cooking Pancreas! Delish! So that’s not the normal line you use to intice guests to taste your cooking? Fair enough, but with this recipe it might be. I love sweetbreads. I love sweetbreads when someone else makes them. Preferably a professional. My experience […]
Tomatoes are one of my favorite foods and, happily for me, the summer time is when they get to truly shine (and I get to eat as many as I can stomach). Fresh, juicy, sweet, hulking heirlooms are available everywhere, but especially wonderful if found locally and not trucked or flown in from across state […]
I’m a little Greek. Half to be exact, a fact that I am equal parts proud of and ambivalent towards. I didn’t get the benefit of olive skin or dark hair and I sunburn like an albino (I can thank my mother’s Scottish genes for that one). I do however love Greek food. New Orleans is […]
My favorite time to cook is the summer months. More accurately, it is my favorite time to un-cook. My kitchen is exposed and suffers from poor air circulation. It gets hot and the idea of using the oven for more then a few minutes makes me seriously uncomfortable. Plus, I have little room in my heart […]
Irma La Douce is a drink invented by the Boston Chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails for their 2007 Chartreuse Party. It is named after the 1963 Billy Wilder movie starring Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine, based on the French musical by the same name. We were introduced to it by […]