There is an article in the October 31 edition of The New Yorker about Homer Sean Brock, the latest molecular gastronomy darling, and his two New Orleans restaurants. Like most of the brilliant, insightful, well-written articles in The New Yorker, I did not finish it...
I’m not going to lie to you: I made this way back in the spring when I was able to get fresh spring peas at the farmers’ market (or as Miss Sarah says they’re called in the south, English peas). But I might try them with regular frozen peas sometime...
This salad, from the August 2007 issue of Bon Appetit, has been one of my favorites for a long time. As you can guess, it is a great accompaniment to a Mexican main dish. Use it as a bed for leftover fajita chicken, or shrimp or pork and it becomes a main dish on...
Children, in the 1970s when I was growing up things were different. As I’m sure you’ve heard, we had 3 t.v. stations, drank Tab, and rode around in gigantic cars with unused seat belts. But did you know that they sold cigarettes in vending machines, and...
Some of you know that my husband, Charles Gerlach, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a bike race on October 1st when he collided with another cyclist (wearing his helmet as he always does). He was rushed to a nearby hospital with an excellent trauma center and went...
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