I cook because I love to eat. I garden because I love to cook.
About once a month on Friday afternoons after work and school in the 1970s, my parents would put my brothers and I in the back seat of the car – no seat belts required in the back seat – and drive to a cabin they …
Sometimes the main course is easy, but a side dish eludes you. Sometimes you need to concoct an accompaniment to the main meal, but it’s got to be quick. Sometimes you need simple and easy. Sometimes you want the side dish to be healthy. Sometimes …
As the first real snow of the season falls outside, my thoughts turn to warmer times and I’m thinking about my garden. January is the month to begin planning for the growing season ahead. It is time to order seeds, check supplies, and make sure …
Before I learned how to sear a duck breast or make shrimp cocktail, before I made chicken piccata or sea scallops in brown butter, there was chicken with green peppercorns. I don’t know where I found the recipe, but I loved it as soon as …
One of my favorite spots to eat in Huntington, NY, is the Argentinian restaurant Café Buenos Aires. The menu veers towards grilled meats. But that’s not why we eat there. My wife Marci and I go for the tapas. We sit at the bar, order …
As the New Year approaches, my attention turns to appetizers; they are the perfect way to celebrate New Year’s Eve. A wide variety of one or two-bite treats signifies the festivities of the evening and the abundance we all wish for in the New Year. …
My thoughts on food are probably different from a caveman’s. I get to decide what I want to eat every night of the week. And living near New York City, I am a relatively short drive from markets selling food from every culture in the …
Spice cookies are the cookies of my youth. They taste of cloves, ginger, cinnamon, molasses; spice cookies have always been there. Bake sale, thank you gift, contribution to a meal, something to munch on with a cup of tea or glass of apple cider; nine …
When we had Green Chicken growing up, I never wanted to invite a friend over for dinner. I was even embarrassed to divulge what was for dinner if Green Chicken was on the menu. After all, what kid wants to eat Green Chicken? It sounds …
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 …
