(Hat tip to The Kitchen Witch for the rant inspiration!) As I write this, it’s not even a full week into 2020 and Australia is burning, Puerto Rico has had a series of earthquakes (you can donate to World Central Kitchen which already has headed to Australia and Puerto Rico to help), and we might…
Mushroom cappuccino from Vegetables Unleashed and the power of creativity.
Between his cookbooks and the PBS series Made in Spain, it’s not difficult to find mentions of the brothers Adrià in José Andrés’s work, and Vegetables Unleashed is no different. Whether it was a technique he learned during his time there or a whole dish he recreates, Andrés is always conscientious to give credit where…
Cooking our cookbook shelves 2020: this time with more books!
Back in 2017, I took on the task of cooking something from every one of our cookbooks on our bookcase dedicated to them as a productive way to deal with the aftermath of the 2016 election (well, in addition to calling and emailing my senators and representative whenever something crappy was being proposed) and the…
Garlic soup, Basque-style, from Basque Country.
With winter starting officially as of this past Saturday, I’m finding myself seriously craving some soup. I’m more than ready to make some pressure cooker pho, pasta e fagioli, and even some carrot-ginger soup in the next few weeks, but the soup I am planning to make before all of those is a Basque-style soup…
Yet another evening at Fogo de Chão Baltimore, freshly-renovated with some indulgent new menu items.
Full disclosure: Fogo de Chão invited us to this dinner, but all opinions are my own. Back in early November, on the first day of our Nashville trip, while we were walking around and getting our bearings, we passed by a Rodizio Brazillian steakhouse and Michael made a comment about how we should go there…
Preparing for the Feast of the Seven Fishes with Mimi Thorisson’s seared scallops and cauliflower puree with orange-caper sauce.
As I write this, we’re a week out from Christmas Eve and we’ve only started discussing what we might want to eat at my in-laws’ home for the Feast of the Seven Fishes. I did a little brainstorming on Black Friday over snacks and glasses of wine with my in-laws, but nothing terribly finalized, and…
The Manhattan Food Project’s gift guide for 2019.
As I’m writing this gift guide, I’m listening to a live-stream of the impeachment hearings, which is possibly the most 2019 thing I could be doing, but here we are. This year has been one filled with trials and tribulations, but I could offset at least some of that with travels to new-to-me cities, excellent…
Images (not from) New York, return to Miami edition.
This year has been an…interesting one, to say the least, but I’m happy I can say that a major highlight was really getting to know the city of Miami much better. Prior to our first trip in April, the only time I had spent in the 305 was an afternoon in a mall when I…
Turkish Çilbir from Lucky Peach’s All About Eggs, featuring slow-poached eggs.
In recent months, I’ve become rather preoccupied with mastering egg cookery. This may seem like such a basic thing to do, but eggs are both delicious and very easy to fuck up, and there are few other simple pleasures like diving into a plate of perfectly-scrambled or poached eggs. While hanging out the morning after…
Images (not from) New York, Nashville edition.
Our flight home from Barcelona was somewhat fraught–there was a potential issue with the aircraft, and our pilot wanted to make sure that it was resolved before he embarked on a transatlantic flight. The delay took over an hour to resolve (thankfully we had Uno to help pass the time while we sat at the…
