STORY I love strawberries, but it takes me forever to finish a pint, and by the end of the week, my strawberries are mush. They, bless their little red hearts, are a fruit that’s meant to be eaten quickly (or […]
Just returned from the market with more berries than you can eat in a week? Why not freeze a few? To freeze berries you’ll need: 1 colander 1 baking sheet or small tray (if your freezer is tiny) 1 freezer Ziploc […]
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 […]
STORY Sometimes we think things are hard when they’re not. I’d always assumed that yogurt required special aging time, like cheese, and I lived most of my life purchasing little yogurt cups, or big yogurt quarts. Guess what? Yogurt takes […]