Sure, call it cole slaw. If you are a patient cabbage slicer, or have a Cuisinart handy, make slaw. I am often just cutting cabbage thin enough for a hurried weeknight dinner. We have some kind of salad with every meal but breakfast, and cabbage keeps so well it’s our go-to when the forgotten […]
Yes, I posted a roast chicken recipe very recently. I do not need a Twelve Step program for chicken addicts, okay? I can quit making roast chicken any time I want. I just don’t want to. And I have an excuse; Whole Foods had Mary’s Air Chilled chickens on sale for half price last week. […]
We live a ten minute drive from acres and acres of farmland dedicated to fresh produce, so our local farmer’s markets are embarrassingly good. Asparagus is typically $2 to $3 a bunch, and has that wild, fresh-out-of-the-ground taste. I know lots of people put cheese or hollandaise sauce all over their asparagus, and only […]
Watching chefs who innovate a dish, work within challenge parameters, and win or lose based on execution. Yay! We are back to what Top Chef is all about, after last week’s detour into game show/Survivor hell. There were even kind of boring points, which is fine. Do I need to get every piece of […]
Anyone seen the 70’s Depression-era flick “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?”. Don’t bother if you haven’t. Suffice it to say it is really earnest. Jane Fonda is one half of a dance team trying to win some much-needed money by outdancing, over several days, dozens of other couples. To get the flavor, you can […]