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Habanero Hot Sauce

How to Make Hot Sauce: Habanero

As you well know, I have a thing for hot sauce. At one point I thought I had tried all of the bottles in the store. Then I made this whiskey hot sauce for my book Food Heroes. I felt it was my job to preach hot sauce to the world. Then I found one more recipe to try... it was magical. Lots 'o fresh ingredients like cilantro, cherry tomatoes, onion, garlic, and eight habaneros. Are you ready for this? Can you handle the heat? "You can't handle the heat!" Name that movie. Once they're all roasted in a lovely kind of way, you blend everything together. It's yellow and sublime. It tastes like... the sun. Actually it's mildly addictive and flavorful, despite the burning lips. How about you? Do you like hot sauce? Or are you a wimp? I'm just wondering...

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Valentine's Day Root Soup

A Saint Valentine Menu

Here's the thing about Valentines Day. I think it's strange. It is impossible to get into a restaurant. Flowers double in price. Bad quality chocolate makes the rounds. Lots of pink lacy undergarments abound in various store windows. Saint Valentine, was a Christian martyr. I don't think he thought very often about Victoria's Secret's latest line. I…

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Tuna Preserved in Oil

In some parts of the country, the summer albacore run is in its prime. But even where tuna isn’t plentiful, this preserving technique is a must have. It falls somewhere between fresh and canned tuna, the Italians called it "conservata," the old tradition of preserving protein in olive oil. It is usually imported from Spain or…

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