Food should be a means of establishing connections with each other, sharing our values, and positively affecting the world we live in.
If you're still trying to think of something fun to do on Valentine's Day, I have a suggestion for you. Last week I attended the first "Hoppy Hour" event scheduled by the Giant Eagle Market District in Robinson. Hoppy Hours are beer tastings intended to showcase various breweries, where you can sample selections from the …
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Now that the holidays are over, you may be sick of fruit cake. But I want to tell you about a very special fruit cake. I didn’t realize this until now, but the making of this cake started in the fall of 2012. Remember when I found those very interesting pears growing wild by a …
Even though we got a brand new italian loaf pan at the USA Pans sale on Saturday, I used my brotforms (coiled cane bread molds) to shape the loaves I made this morning. How did you spend your "extra hour" when you turned the clocks back today for the end of Daylight Savings Time? The best way to spend it is in the kitchen, of course. 😉
The best bakeware is made right here in Pittsburgh, and you can get some for yourself at USA Pans' biannual factory sale.
This year has been great for wild mushrooms. In the past two weeks I have foraged around 5 pounds of grifola frondosa, "hen of the woods."
Check out “The Brooklyn Brewery Mash” in Pittsburgh, October 22-27, 2014.
Do you like pie? Food trucks? Deluxe popsicles? The city? Dogs with blue mohawks? In short: do you like fun? Then come to the next Garfield Night Market on October 4--maybe I'll see you there.
Rick Easton slaves in front of hot ovens for 36 hours at a stretch so you don't have to. It's madness but a delicious kind of baker's madness. Bread lovers, rejoice!
Restaurant Week in Pittsburgh is in full swing! Don't let the rest of it go by without trying Verde's new menu and revitalized restaurant service.
When I was fourteen, my brother and I made ourselves sick from eating my abuela's homemade cherries in liquor.
Dinner with Daniel 