Month: November 2019

Have Turkey? Make Soup – How To Make Stock

Have Turkey? Make Soup – How To Make Stock

The first thing you should do when you wake up the day after Thanksgiving – when family is moving slowly because they are still full from the big feast or are out shopping on Black Friday – is use the turkey carcass to simmer a 

Lucy, Carl, and Early Thanksgiving

Lucy, Carl, and Early Thanksgiving

Every year our friends Carl and Ly showed up at our door for Early Thanksgiving and our dog Lucy, who passed maybe eight years ago, barked incessantly…but only at Carl. It would go on for at least 15 minutes, and sometimes more, much longer than 

I Am Not a Baker – Mushroom and Leek Galette with Gruyere Cheese

I Am Not a Baker – Mushroom and Leek Galette with Gruyere Cheese

I am not a baker. It’s not that I have disdain for baked goods; in fact, I rather like them. It’s the precision of baking with which I have trouble. Exact measuring is not my style of cooking. Perhaps that’s why after receiving my Master’s 

How to Roast a Chicken (or Turkey)

How to Roast a Chicken (or Turkey)

Years ago in graduate school the department in which I was studying held all kinds of student-organized events so we could socialize and get to know each other. There was a Friday afternoon happy hour. We had an international dinner, when everyone brought food from