On Sunday, I attended High Tea at the Carlyle with my friend Chloe.It was a Columbia University alumni event, and we sat at the table with my good friend Erich and his partner Mark
My friend Sara hosted a Housewarming BBQ with her new roommates. I went, with my baked beans and potato salad in tow. There were burgers, and hot dogs, beer pong, and plastic cups full of Coors Lite and a lemonade drink […]
Having difficulty finding spices at your local grocery store? Don’t want to drive around to the ethnic district in search garam marsala? Try these online spice merchants: Penzeys – great general spice store. You can buy spices in tiny quantities […]
Don’t tell my mother, but frozen mixed vegetables were one of the things I hated most as a child. While there were benefits (they were cheap and rather colorful), there was also one major drawback (they tasted like the plastic bag they came in). And really, is there anything quite as terrible tasting as a frozen lima bean? I can’t think of anything. (Feel free to comment or email me if you think there is something worse. If I agree, I’ll do a follow-up post.) So after many, many meals involving mixed vegetables, I devised a solution.
The day after the Great Flood of 2010, I needed a quick and easy dinner to cheer me up (my roommate and brother, too). I made us the following recipe. It’s absolutely fantastic!
Since a few folks have asked me, and I haven’t posted my own tutorial on how to truss a chicken, I thought I would post an informative from Chow. It takes just about a minute.
STORY Some years ago, when I was an undergrad, I met a man because of potato salad. We were at one of those end-of-the-year picnics that colleges routinely sponsor (Yay, free food!), but the food was mediocre (Boo, food services!) […]
STORY Couscous is often my go-to side dish because it takes minutes to prepare (about 10-15 minutes), and it soaks up ingredients so beautifully. I like sprinkle pistachios (or almonds), dried fruit, and chopped vegetables with cilantro over the couscous […]
STORY During Sean’s last visit we ate a lot of meat… a whole lot of meat. So much meat that while I was preparing our protein-heavy breakfast of lamb bacon and pheasant eggs, it dawned on me that we needed […]