I like trying new things. I’m an adventurous eater and I never back away from something different. When I was younger, my whole family and I used to trek to an annual game feast at a local restaurant for about ten years, through the course of which I tried, amongst others: boar, frog, turtle, bear, […]
Oh how I love you, you stinky little fish! The poor anchovy has such a bad rap, but I’m here to try to convince all you naysayers to rethink this salty treasure. Now I will fully admit that there are a lot of poor uses for anchovies. For instance, ordering that anchovy pizza from the […]
Belonging to a CSA Farm, we end up with lots of butternut squash at the end of a season. This is a coup, since we love to roast it, make stews with it, top pizza with it and add it to pastas, quinoa and brown rice dishes. In our house, butternut squash is never wasted. […]
I love spinach. Sauteed with garlic, spinach is pungent and delightful. Stewed with chick peas, curry and tomatoes, it’s savory and sweet at the same time. Added to bolognese sauce, it nearly disappears, but fills the dish with nutrition. The one thing all of these preparations have in common, my four-year-old tells me, is that […]
I don’t know about you, but any time I’ve gone camping, I’ve always had a boner problem. You know, after pitching your tent, you head off down to the stream with your Chubby to catch the night’s dinner. When you do catch something on your rod, you’re now looking at a major boner problem. I […]
Yesterday evening, at the suggestion of some savvy Chowhounds, a friend and I rode the 7 train to the end of the line, Flushing-Main Street, the real NYC Chinatown. There is nothing like playing tourist in your own city! Flushing is a world apart from Manhattan. Beijing opera music blares from streetside speakers, and open […]
A couple weeks ago at work, one of my colleagues who grew up in West Virginia was talking about this amazing fruit that he grew up eating – the pawpaw. Obviously, I consider myself a foodie, so I was somewhat ashamed of myself that I had never heard of such a thing. According to my […]
