Irish-born local chef Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve was on Kojo Nnamdi’s show yesterday explaining that our American version of St. Patrick’s Day is a bit off the mark. Apparently plates groaning with corned beef and cabbage, and long nights of Guinness and Bushmills, are not how the Irish mark this occasion. In Ireland, St. […]
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It was daughter’s birthday this weekend and she requested her favorite food: steak. Normally I would seek out grassfed steak. It’s not only the most flavorful–depending on the cow, of course–but also the healthiest. Perusing the meat counter at Whole Foods, however, my eyes landed on these bone-in beauties. I can’t hardly count they number […]
I was seized by an impulse to clean the deck this weekend and when the deck is fit to sit on, we want to eat there. Here’s one meal that requires little more than a bottle of wine: grilled local sausages consisting of a Italian rope delivered from the local dairy, plus brats and lamb […]
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