This is Part Five of my week-long celebration of eggs. L and I have one simple, sacred agreement that goes like this: I agree not to bring blood sausage into the house and she agrees to stay married. What she has against a “pudding” of congealed spiced pig’s blood and fat, I will never understand, […]
This is Part Four of my week-long celebration of eggs. Today, 20 tips for storing and cooking eggs. Generally, eggs work best at room temperature. If eggs have been in the fridge, warm them up for five minutes in warm tap water before using. However, for poaching or frying, use eggs straight from the fridge, […]
This is Part Three of my week-long celebration of eggs. Our timid winter sun shone for two whole days this weekend and the light was glorious. But the snow is still there and the temperature is still well below freezing. I am now officially tired of winter and am quite ready for a week-long celebration […]
It’s Day Two of my week-long celebration of eggs but, it’s also Super Bowl Sunday. So, here’s the dilemma I faced: how do you fit the wholesome, goodfoodness of eggs onto a menu that consists of the greasy, fatty jumble of nachos, chicken wings, corn dogs, meat-lovers pizza and beer? And, no, egg batter doesn’t […]
One of the questions I’m sometimes asked, almost always while eating, is “what would you want as your last meal?” I always give the same answer: “How about you?” I say in my best imitation of Hannibal Lecter, “more Chianti?” It really is a morbid question when you think about it and your mind ends […]
There is something close to atavistic about the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking; it’s an aroma that takes you back to your childhood, even if your mother didn’t bake. The heavy, almost cloying scent is strong enough to lure even our teenage zombies, blinking in the daylight, from their lairs. Bite into the cookie […]
Sometimes lucky little things happen that change everything for the better. Things like meeting a life partner at a party that you weren’t planning to go to but got dragged to anyway; or having an errant bullet stopped by the bible you always carry in your breast pocket; or, better yet, discovering a spectacular new […]
There is no shortage of rules about eating. From the Bible (do not eat that apple) to Michael Pollen (Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants); from Scarsdale to South Beach; from kosher to Special K, the list of diet restrictions and advice goes on and on. And, while I refuse to adhere to any […]
“I need to make an unusual dessert for French class homework,” our daughter announced the other night. “What can I make?” “French class?” I asked reflexively, dumbly, before I could help myself. “Yeah,” she said as if unusual dessert is a normal part of French class (she meant to say “like, duh?”), “What can I […]
I am not easily duped by gimmicky sales pitches. I don’t believe for a minute that I can rocket my abs from flab to fab in five minutes a day (or eight hours a day, for that matter). I do not buy anything sold with the words “instant” or “miracle” or “magic.” I do not […]
Meats, Roots and Leaves 