Spring and lamb go together perfectly. Lamb is my favorite red meat, and if it weren’t so expensive, I’d probably serve it more than a few times a year. But with Easter coming, I couldn’t resist. I generally buy the leg, bone in, but couldn’t find one that hadn’t been boned and tied already. When [...]
I’ve always wanted to roast a chicken on top of a beer can. Especially since I don’t own a vertical roaster. Why bother, when a beer can works just as well? One less piece of kitchen equipment to store. Skimming through old copies of Cook’s Illustrated recently, I came across this recipe for Peruvian Garlic-Lime [...]
The last post about Italian White Truffles was all a bit of fluff…Seriously, I really doubt I ever make anything with a whole White Truffle again. As Spencer said, “I don’t care how much it costs…it’s still just a fungus!” (that’s why he didn’t come to the truffle party!) However, I got bottle of White [...]
I knew last Christmas would probably be the last where we played the Santa game. I guess I saw the writing on the wall before that, but chose to ignore it. Spencer and I discussed it, Sophie was 11, sharp as a tack…she knew we reasoned, surely she knew? We three girls went back East [...]
Of all the places I’ve traveled, India is one of the most captivating. Stepping off the train in Jaipur, located in Rajasthan, (north eastern India) was like entering the set of an Indiana Jones movie. The auto rickshaw we picked up at the train station, was open on all sides, and as we clutched our luggage, [...]
I took a one-week class in North African Cuisine when I was in cooking school. I am not sure why I chose that speciality class over the sushi class, (I know, what was I thinking?) In any case, you want to know how to roast goat or peacock? I’m your girl. Maybe it was the [...]
