Years ago Julia Child and Robert Mondavi started a group called American Institute of Wine & Food and I happen to be a member of the local chapter here in the nation’s capitol. Mostly what the group does is organize dinners to meet the chefs and sample the food a local restaurants. I rarely go […]
I am waking these days to the sound of the furnace clicking on. The recent plunge of the mercury adds a sense of urgency around the garden. We are bringing in the last of the tomatoes. The basil needs to be turned into pesto and frozen. We have a sudden taste for the deep flavors […]
I swear, there should be a warning label on chicken breasts. First, they don’t have any flavor. Secondly, they don’t cook the same as the rest of the bird. But nobody wants to talk about it. The truth about chicken breasts constitutes one of the ugly secrets of the culinary world. First, as to flavor: […]
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