Timbale: An Elegant Exercise in Eggplant
September 1, 2010 – 5:51 pm | 3 Comments

Late summer to early fall (that’s now!)  is high season for eggplant, and if you’ve hit a farmer’s market recently, no doubt you’ve noticed the abundant and regal assortment of jewel-toned eggplants on offer.
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Timbale: An Elegant Exercise in Eggplant
September 1, 2010 – 5:51 pm | 3 Comments
Timbale: An Elegant Exercise in Eggplant

Late summer to early fall (that’s now!)  is high season for eggplant, and if you’ve hit a farmer’s market recently, no doubt you’ve noticed the abundant and regal assortment of jewel-toned eggplants on offer.
I like …

News Flash: 2010 Honeycrisps Have Arrived!
August 27, 2010 – 10:35 am | No Comment
News Flash: 2010 Honeycrisps Have Arrived!

For those of you who joined the Honeycrisp apple season late last year and weren’t able to enjoy these crisp, sweet-tart, luscious Platonic-ideals-of-an-apple for more than a few weeks before they disappeared, I am delighted …

A Probiotics Primer
August 16, 2010 – 11:41 am | One Comment
A Probiotics Primer

All this recent talk about yogurt reminded me that it was high time I took up the issue of probiotics, an area of tremendous growth in the food industry… and equally tremendous confusion among the …

Chipotle Chili: I Can’t Believe it’s not Bacon!
May 26, 2010 – 6:40 pm | 2 Comments
Chipotle Chili: I Can’t Believe it’s not Bacon!

You’d have to be blind to miss the fact that bacon is having an extended moment in the foodie scene.  This past year alone I’ve come across bacon chocolate, bacon jam and bacon-chocolate-chip pancake mix …

Spinach Saves the Day
April 29, 2010 – 6:58 am | No Comment
Spinach Saves the Day

No sooner had I started wondering what I should make for dinner last night did I come across the weekly seasonal food feature in New York magazine.  The highlight?  Overwintered Spinach; or, spinach that was …

Fiddlehead Ferns for the Pteridophobic
April 21, 2010 – 8:06 am | No Comment
Fiddlehead Ferns for the Pteridophobic

In preparation for my return to the kitchen after a few weeks of eating-by-the-seat-of-my-pants, I hit Whole Foods last week to stock my fridge with the essentials I’d need to get back on the wagon.
And …