Food, Photography and Bon Mots
OK. Let’s get the full disclosure out of the way. I have a big problem with some brassicas. Put a plate of kale (or mustard greens or turnips or Brussels sprouts) in front of me and the color drains from my face. I’m not proud…
This Persimmon Nut Bread recipe comes from James Beard. Beard shaped American cooking for 40 years. He wrote two dozen cookbooks, wrote a weekly syndicated cooking column, operated an eponymous cooking school in Greenwich Village and lived an altogether colorful life. In 1990, Carl Jerome,…
Got holiday anxiety?
You deserve a little private celebration during these busy holiday weeks.
This elegant little Pea and Fennel Cream Soup certainly fits the bill. It is bright-green beautiful, comfortingly creamy and oh-SO-easy to prepare.
This recipe is adapted from one that appears here.
My good friend Sarah often invokes the help of her “parking angel” when she negotiates impossibly-crowded parking lots. I’ve seen her angel in action a couple of times. Parking spaces do indeed seem to open up–even at Costco! So, in this season of everything…
Cookies. What a beautiful word. No need to feel guilty about eating them either. ‘Tis the season. Being a cookie addict aficionado, imagine my delight when the New York Times ran a special cookie feature this week by cookbook author and food stylist Susan Spungen. I…
