Fruit vinegars are a great way to enhance the flavor in almost anything and a good way to use an over abundance of fruit. You can use them to deglaze the pan of a roasted chicken or pork chop, add them to green salads and fruit salads, or add them to sparkling water for a…
It seems impossible that I'm finally writing this. But I am.
Two years ago I set out on a personal odyssey. I had grown up in the country where I fished and foraged, and used my hands, but now night after night in the corporate world, sitting blurry-eyed, scrutinizing excel spreadsheets and watching the cafeteria…
If I was sent to that proverbial island and there was one food I could take, it would be liver mousse. I can hear your collective gasp. Most people are reviled by the stuff, but I call it God’s pudding. It’s slightly sweet and very rich and I could eat it endlessly.
It serves as the…
When I was a line cook at a restaurant in the Hudson Valley long ago, I used to pick daylilies right before dinner service.
It was my favorite thing to do.
Not because I'm a girl and I like picking flowers...but because it was an escape from the brutal kitchen. An excuse to leave and experience a…
I'm so thrilled to share this new little invention with you. It's called "The Food Heroes Map" and is a constantly evolving map of food heroes from across the world.
Are you a food hero? Add yourself to the map!
Do you have a food hero that you adore? Add them to the map!
Below is…
When I was a child growing up in the Hudson Valley, I used to sit on a rock by the side of our creek, push a fat worm onto a hook, and catch my trout. Then I would fry it in a skillet and eat it for breakfast. It was a normal pattern in my…
So as you've probably heard by now, I have this new friend named Julia.
Julia has a Meyer lemon tree.
Julia also has a plum tree.
Julia also made that lovely lemon tart for the Tuscan photo shoot we did not too long ago.
Want to know how to make it?
Well, you'll have to ask Julia. But this is…
I finally posted my book tour schedule for this fall and I'm going to be taking my horse and wagon around the country hawking books.
I'm going to yell about it from town squares.
So if you see a strange girl doing that sort of thing in your town, say sometime starting in late August, it's probably…
Last week I took part in a "Tuscan Photo Shoot." I was the food and food styling girl, and the other two masterminds were photographer Nicole Hill Gerulat of A Little Sussy, and prop/model stylist Danielle Gold.
Nicole is an excellent photographer so I didn't bother taking any money shots, but I did take the…