Cooking

  • My Sous Chef Doesn’t Do Dishes

    Those of you who know me know that kind offers to help out in the kitchen from friends and family alike are usually greeted with a quick “no thanks, I’m good.” On the rare occasions that I do accept help,… Continue reading

    My Sous Chef Doesn’t Do Dishes
  • Cookbook Year: Let’s Try This Again

    In January 2021, I sat down and declared that I would cook from one cookbook a month. I made rules. I polled my friends on Facebook. I made a Tofu Basil dressing that coated a bowl of potatoes in something… Continue reading

    Cookbook Year: Let’s Try This Again
  • The Limit & The Luxury of The Recipe

    Have you ever made a recipe so often that it begins to evolve? Maybe you start combining two versions of a recipe, taking what you like best from each. Or you use an ingredient in a different way and it… Continue reading

    The Limit & The Luxury of The Recipe
  • A Culinary Resolution: An Update

    In an effort to cook more out of the cookbooks I own, I decided that for 2021, I would cook out of cookbooks I own, but have not used much (if at all). Generally, I would make an effort to… Continue reading

    A Culinary Resolution: An Update
  • A Culinary Goal for 2021

    Each new year, January brings with it an inner struggle for me. I appreciate the New Year – fresh start mentality, but I also shudder at the thought of lofty resolutions abandoned and the feeling of failure this engenders. I… Continue reading

    A Culinary Goal for 2021