I cook because I love to eat. I garden because I love to cook.
For several years in my mid-to-late teens, I was obsessed with White Castle. There was no local branch of the fast-food chain near my neighborhood, so at a very young age, I was ignorant of its considerable charm. My initiation was with friends from summer …
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 …
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. …
Small Plates Saturday Night has become a tradition in our household, even more so since the pandemic has made dining out a gamble we do not feel is worth the risk. I cook three, four, five, six small dishes, while relaxing and pushing the pressures …
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 …
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 …
