A few weeks ago Grandma Pellegrini sent me an email. Yes, she does email. She also does facebook. It is the dawn of a new era.
She said: "I'm just sitting down to enjoy my soup and my latest triumph in the kitchen. I decided this morning to put my various cast iron baking pans to…
Guess what this is...
I'll give you one clue...
It's not a leotard.
Okay, I'll give you another clue...
Now guess?
Okay, okay, geez, one more clue!
Red quinoa!!!
If you've never heard of it before, you're not alone. It's been slowly rising to stardom recently but hasn't reached full celebrity status yet. It's a grain-like crop grown for its edible seeds.…
Say that 20 times fast.
I made a soufflé. I was determined. I had a 102 degree fever and I made a souffle nonetheless. That should tell you how determined I was.
So although this may seem like a strange journey with strange pictures taken by a semi-delirious girl, I can guarantee you will see a soufflé…
Tenderloin. Is there anything better?
Please name it.
Go ahead... I'll wait...
.... .... ....
That's what I thought.
Tenderloin...the stuff of Gods.
There were dozens of deer aging in Paul Michael's snazzy cement hanging room at deer camp. And he let me go in and pull the tenderloins from as many as I wanted. Christmas come early, I say! I…
One of the great and glorious things about squash from the garden is that it lasts until long after the garden is dormant for the winter. Right now in fact, there are 12 squash lined up along the windowsill.
Grandma P. needed something tasty to bring to the church potluck a few weeks ago and since…
When you have eighteen chickens and thirteen Guinea hens in your life, there are a lot of eggs to contend with. It is definitely a nice problem to have. I went on a quest recently to find eggs in the store with yolks as bright as the ones my chickens produce, and I have yet…
My grandmother and great-aunt had an apartment together on the top floor of 34 Morton Street in New York City in 1941. It was a nice walk-up apartment building, and they paid $80 for it.
They were very frugal, and so had various dishes they cooked together that they considered their specialties. One was called "Slum…
It ain't pretty, but it's gooood.
Just remember as we go on this journey together that we believe in certain principles around here. That animal protein or vegetable protein, if you're going to eat, something has to die. And if I'm going to kill something in order to eat, then I want to use every part…
The Native Americans used to eat the warm heart of their prey in order to inherit their spirit. It was also a way to honor the animal, and use every part of it. So on my deer hunt in the Delta a few weeks ago, I decided to "go native."
And I'm glad I did. It…