Food, cooking, and travel
Caution – this may turn into a rant! I love watching Top Chef but every once in while, I see something irritating. On a recent quick-fire challenge, the chefs needed to transform one of their signature dishes into something that could be handled by home …
I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard Tom Colicchio of Top Chef fame and Hubert Keller, one of America’s best and most famous chefs, both say that the single most important skill a chef needs to develop is how to use salt. Michael Ruhlman’s Ruhlman’s Twenty, one …
Today is the first day since last weekend that I’ve felt good enough to sit at my computer. It has been so long since I’ve been sick that I’ve forgotten just how much it can take out of you. I started sniffling and coughing a …
I know, I know. New Year’s was yesterday and you’re supposed to wish people Happy New Year’s on New Year’s Eve which was two days ago, so I’m late. I know. I’ve been too busy watching mummers, cooking special dishes, analyzing real historical bond income …
