For anyone who enjoys a little baking, making holiday treats is one of the best traditions of this time of the year. Making that special cookie or sweet for our loved ones can be very fulfilling and fun. But it can also be tricky: lots of people I know have special dietary requirements, so sometimes …
going commando ("recipe free") in the kitchen
Cooking a creamy cold-weather soup from a leafy green base is a good time to "go commando" in the kitchen. (Cook without a recipe, I mean. What did you think I meant?!)
foraging in the city: wild pears!
Every fall I manage to find something to harvest from the urban environment: chestnuts? Quince fruit? Figs? This year I found some wild pears, and Tom from Wild Purveyors helped me try to identify them (and eat them up, of course!).
old fashioned
Careful preparation of a classic cocktail makes a rare night out even better.
putting the garden to bed
The harvest from my backyard garden continues well into the fall, with pumpkins, herbs, scallions, and a great selection of delicious greens.
tomato time
In keeping with my philosophy of preserving the harvest, I roasted many tomatoes. Roasting tomatoes is a very simple process, and also allows me to use fresh herbs from the garden: marjoram, oregano and thyme.
turnip revelation
Yes, yes--more about my garden. I am really enjoying my garden this year. So far it has been great and not a lot of damage from the usual visitors. This season I've tried something new. Ok, maybe not so new--turnips are turnips, right? But these are Tokyo turnips. I've always liked turnip greens, but truth …
good food is good baby food
Why do our daughters eat the same food we eat? Is it because it's good? Because they have a Spanish papá? Who can say?
6 de Mayo Demo
Everybody is Mexican on Cinco de Mayo--even a Spanish chef!
tapas class at The Market District
This past weekend I stopped by the Market District cooking school to teach a class on tapas. I have taught many classes at this location and it's always fun to see the old crew at the cooking school, and the many friendly Market District members I have come to know in my experiences there. …
Dinner with Daniel 