because a few “judges” sit around the 4-H tent and decide that 2BC is the best chard (after eating a few corn dogs, fried doughs, etc.), it certainly isn’t going to make me check the couch for some loose change...

cart for my birthday. It has room on the counter for the cutting board, a little drop leaf where a cookbook can go, a utensil drawer and a cabinet, as well as a caddy for knives. But that’s what it took to have a prep area...

Oh, god, we met someone who was like that once. He wouldn’t eat anything except plain hamburgers cooked well done – nothing on them or chicken fajitas. And I use the term “chicken fajitas” loosely. They...

with a great health benefit, I’ll try it over and over. And I will more-or-less cheerfully suffer through some things I dislike for healthful effects: Brewer’s yeast, fish oil, red raspberry leaf tea. Of course, I...

and its complexity is the methodolgy—the searing, the cooking time, quality of ingredients, # of ingredients etc. I’ve also noticed that what’s called a mole is being loosely defined and at times limited to mole...

down Mass. Ave., amazing Puerto Rican near MIT, Vietnamese in the Financial District when I was temping, a cheerful Brazilian place by the Fenway for a $12 dinner splurge... Chinatown was right near the bus station, so I could...

the line on prices for absolute top grade imported from Japan “true” Kobe beef. It’s cheaper to buy a pea, roast it, and guild it with 24 karat gold leaf prior to having the liveried servers carry it into the...

and seasoned with sherry, salt and pepper. To top it off, I put a slice of ripe tomato, a leaf of lettuce, a dollup of mayo and a smear of dijon mustard. I serve that burger with homemade french fries, fried twice in olive oil....

chopped fine 1/2 cup chopped flat leaf parsley 1 teaspoon chopped garlic 1 teaspoon of fresh sweet basil chopped 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves chopped 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 can diced tomatoes 1 small can tomato paste Cayenne...

), with a roasted beet puree (for the magenta), resting in the trough of an endive leaf (like a bun) to balance the flavors and colors on the plate. See ... not that hard.

Not to try to end this spool – it’s no longer a thread – but I’m personally loosing track and I just want to apologise to any and all that I might have poked in the eye in a literary sense. I stand by what...

was at least 1/2 way through with their respective pieces of meat. The sides were lacking as well. The “creamed” spinach appeared to be steamed leaf spinach with some milk poured on top of it (not even chopped). The...

about heading home). Otherwise, I run a pretty loose ship. Part of it is necessity because my friends/family are just those kinds of people, and part of it is that I have been to parties where I’ve gotten the impression that...

: MEALS: 1. Chicken enchiladas 2. Chicken vegetable soup (I don’t follow a recipe – I just add diced carrots, onions, celery, and chicken to my stock, seasoning with S&P, sweet basil, a little flat leaf parsley, and...