Recipes
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. Partly because of the whimsy attached to it, but mostly because every year I shared it with my kids. I’ve learned how to put aside the nostalgic feelings I experience present day, as my daughter now has 3 kids of...
Recipes
There are some ingredients that beg to be put together in one recipe. In summer, it’s cucumbers and tomatoes or peaches and cream. But fall is filled with the flavors and aromas of apples and cinnamon, sweet potatoes and maple syrup, or ripe pears and pungent...
Articles
I think about food most of my waking time. It’s my job. I am passionate about my profession, but also love shopping and studying ingredients from all over the world. I am fascinated with the ingredient itself, and how home cooks prepare it. But I find that there...
Jamaican
I’ve been posting all week from a live project I’m working in the mountains above Negril Jamaica. I’ve mentioned in many of the posts, that I have been traveling to this spectacular place for over 40 years. I’m often asked what makes a place...
Articles
When make-at-home meal kits showed up in the marketplace a few years ago, I sort of poo-pooed them. I thought, why would people want to have someone else pick out and then slice or dice their vegetables? Over the past year, I’ve sampled several of the companies that...