Cooking for the pantry
Monday morning I was making a wrap sandwich to have for lunch. Now you have to realize that this is about 5:45 am, because I need to get to work by 7:00 am and I have a half-hour commute, I haven’t showered yet, and I …
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Now where do I go for Gołąbki?
I suppose I could make them myself. After all, a gołąbki (usually pronounced in the U.S. as galumpkee) is essentially ground meat (pork or lamb) wrapped in cabbage leaves. How hard can that be? That’s not the point, though. I just feel the need to mark …
Fresh herbs
I tend to go through serial obsessions in the kitchen. Every once in a while I’ll stumble across a new ingredient or a new technique and then spend the next several weeks exploring it. This past spring and summer I was in a Middle Eastern …
Where can I get lamb’s lettuce and other mysteries of life
The last time I was in the UK, I was in Marks and Spencer assembling ingredients for dinner. Those of you in the US may not know about Marks and Spencer, but it is the absolute British equivalent of giant old school retail, except that …
It only takes a little
Last night was one of those nights where I started off without having any idea whatsoever about what I wanted to make for dinner. All day long at work I was trying to come up with something I wanted to do for dinner and essentially …
Return to Le Relais de L’Entrecôte
One of the most popular posts I’ve ever done for Kilt in the Kitchen was It’s More than a Steak with Green Sauce. It’s about one of our favorite restaurants in Paris and at the story of a sauce that is so good it has …
More things to do with zucchini
Summer is traditionally the time for farmer’s markets and fresh fruits and veggies. Think of summer and images of corn, strawberries, watermelon, and tomatoes come immediately to mind. Zucchini is another one of those vegetables that seem to be everywhere this time of year, but …
The key to successful urban planning is providing a sufficient number of boulangeries
My true love and I have been traveling to Paris since 2004 and we have always stayed at the same hotel – Citadines Didot Montparnasse. It is located in the southern part of the 14eme arrondisement in a residential middle class neighborhood, far from Notre …
About bread
When I was 10 years old my family spent a year in California’s Bay Area and one of our regular treats would be a Sunday afternoon dinner at Tarantino’s. Overlooking Fisherman’s Wharf, it was (and probably still is) a white tablecloth restaurant featuring seafood from …