I spent Labor Day weekend cruising the cotton fields of the Arkansas Delta. By the end of it, there were more doves than any one person could consume.This lead me to invent all kinds of recipes to keep it interesting, as well as churn out some classic recipes from the Italians in the region –…
But first you have to shoot it. Just after sunrise.Preferably over a cotton field.Near sunflowers. Dead ones. Doves love dead sunflowers. I do too. I also love dead dove. It tastes like liver, the pudding of the gods.You can read about dead sunflowers in the last chapter of Food Heroes. I love them. More than…
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…
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…
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…
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'm so happy to share this video version from my new Modern Pioneering series. Fruit roll-ups were a big thing when I was growing up. There were so many iterations at one point that I was in pure fruit candy bliss. Then there were the healthy versions that we'd always find at the health food…