Food, Photography and Bon Mots
I’ve got a problem with dark green leafy vegetables. (There. I said it.) I can “do” spinach. But…just mention the word kale and I…er… turn green. Collard greens? Don’t even go there. Ever. Chard, however, has always been a leafy green vegetable that straddles the…
Apples and potatoes? Why not? This recipe brings together an eclectic mix of ingredients into one delicious whole and the magic of the salad is the dressing which incorporates a whole lot of crunch and a piquant sweet and sour dressing. It’s pretty,…
You’re pretty sure to be the only person to bring this salad to the next potluck. It’s unusual. This recipe is adapted from one that appears in Hetty McKinnon’s imaginitive salad cookbook, Neighborhood. I find myself repeatedly going to her cookbooks when I want…
Olive oil in a cake? Yuck. Don’t get me wrong. I love olive oil. I regularly drive to Los Alamitos’ Antica Olive Oil store to buy the best olive oils I can find. There, I enthusiastically swirl, sniff, sip and swallow the various offerings freshly poured…
One of my favorite cooking magazines, Cook’s Illustrated, runs a quirky “Quick Tips” column that I love. In a two-page spread in each issue, cooks around the country send in ingenious “hacks” they have developed to get around some of cooking’s daily annoyances. (Did I…
In my quest to understand the nuances of selecting the best olive oil for my table, I came across this video that I thought I would pass along. The video features olive oil judge and restauranteur Johnny Madge. He gives a convincing lesson on how…
