I cook because I love to eat. I garden because I love to cook.
Plants cannot live without sunlight. Photosynthesis converts light energy from the sun into chemical energy of glucose, the food that all plants need to survive. But too much sun might be a death sentence, depending on the plants one desires in their garden. As we …
I was a messy eater as a little kid. In practically every photo of me as a child, my face is dirty, often covered with food. I have no idea why my parents didn’t believe in napkins. The long-term fallout has proven minor, but I …
From growing and processing crops to transporting food and dealing with waste, food production has one of the biggest environmental effects of any human activity. Impacts include habitat destruction and loss of biodiversity when we clear land for agriculture, water pollution associated with animal waste …
We eat based on the weather. While some ingredients are at their peak only in certain seasons – think summer tomatoes – the atmospheric conditions also influence what we crave. In the summer, who wants a rich, heavy stew? Instead, we dine on much lighter …
A weeknight dinner might need to be quick, but that does not mean it needs to be unhealthy, tasteless, or inelegant. This Greek dish, shrimp in a simple, slightly spicy tomato sauce topped with salty feta cheese perfectly fits the bill. As it makes use …
When we were in graduate school my wife Marci and I would take a break from our studies on Friday at ‘happy hour’ with our friends and classmates. At some point, we all inevitably got hungry. We wanted to socialize late into the evening after …
We moved to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in the mid-1990s so Marci, who married me halfway through our time there, could carry out her dissertation research. The restaurant we grew to love most was a Greek place, called Zorba’s, of course. But it …
Let’s start by recognizing that putting a linoleum floor in an updated kitchen is a poor choice, even if it was the 1970s. Besides the fact that aesthetically you can do much better, linoleum melts. But more on that later. We went to the movies …
Thanksgiving can be a stressful day. Cooking for a crowd is never easy, and with so much emphasis on the food, everyone is focused on what comes out of the kitchen. That can be a lot of pressure. Central among the concerns, is the turkey. …
