I've decided that I might be insane. For example, I drove up to Dallas last night after attending a very important pumpkin carving party where I ate ribs and chicken legs like a cave woman.I couldn't tell how fast I was going because for some reason the speedometer on my car changed to kilometers so…
I first learned about Farmer Al and Frog Hollow Farm while working on my book Food Heroes. I was told by a legendary explorer of good taste that hands down the best fruit in the country came from there. My friend had in fact done years of research on this and went on to introduce…
These are the peppers from my garden this year. You can call me Peter Piper. Thank you.
Pickled Peppers:The truth is, that they were planted by my brother's mischievous friend Francesco. But Francesco dropped off the radar screen sometime in mid-summer when the weeds became unruly and it was time to separate the men from…
On a scale of 1-5, how ambitious were you with your garden this year?I started out extremely ambitious. Like, I'm-the-best-farmer-in-the-world-ambitious.Then I had my ego handed to me on a platter made of corn stalk nubs, meticulously gnawed down by the chipmunks.
Pickled Swiss Chard:But there were a few successes. In fact, there were many in…
In just a few hours, I'm going to be picking up two of my favorite people from the airport, Todd and Diane from White on Rice Couple. Then we're jetting off to Joshua Creek Ranch, the place where I shot that magazine cover a few months ago, and guess what we're doing there? We're shooting…
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I get such a craving for Asian food sometimes. I’m not very good at cooking it myself, there’s something about the flavor combinations that aren’t intuitive to me while cooking, but are so delicious when put in front of me at a dinner table. In my recent piece for Tasty Kitchen, I featured one of…
Right now, I'm on a mini road trip from Little Rock, Arkansas to Austin, Texas. Don't worry, I'm not the one driving as I write this. I've been traveling as much as ever, without a kitchen most days, save for the times when friends and family let me take over theirs. As many people witnessed,…
I'm pickling a lot these days. That seems to be the way it goes with summer gardening. You hoe and weed and till and sow and water and worry and then it all comes pouring in at once, faster than you can eat it.When I have this problem, I pickle.Folks, get ready for a lot…