My wife has decided that her favorite part of the high-protein lifestyle is the Bearnaise sauce, thick with butter and egg yolk. In this case, I decided to celebrate a hard week of catering with a fine New York strip steak from Whole Foods. I seared it hard in an iron skillet, then finished it […]
Catfish Veracruz. Preparation time: 10 minutes Shopping: none. We made this dish the night before so I had leftover sauce as well as two leftover raw catfish fillets. Still, making this unusual sauce with tomatoes, olives, capers, cinnamon and cloves–a Mexican classic–does not take terribly long. I found I had most of the ingredients already […]
Just when I thought our “food appreciation” classes would be leaving Guatemala to continue our virtual world food tour our friend Grace, who works at the local library, e-mailed that she had located a Guatemalan cookbook. After paging through many intriguing recipes, I decided we must extend our stay another week so we could make […]
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