Just for the record, I could not survive without garlic.  In my cookbook, Garlic is King.  Thankfully I was finally able to get my hands on the stuff after reading about it everywhere last year!  Thanks to the kind folks from Black Garlic Love who sent me a free sample, I was able to get a taste at last.  I was not disappointed. [Read more →]

Sometimes, things don’t work out as planned.  But that’s not always a bad thing.  Especially when one is talking about pie. [Read more →]

Its been hot outside lately.  Freakishly hot, the air the kind of steamy haze that sticks to your skin oppressively.  I can barely stand it. [Read more →]

Some people crave nicotine, others, chocolate.  Me, I can pretty much count on getting an intense craving for tomatoes every couple of weeks.   [Read more →]

Alright.  It should be screamingly obvious by now that I have an absolute culinary crush on Thomas Keller.  There might as well be a poster of him á la Tiger Beat on my kitchen wall. [Read more →]

Farro is what I eat when I want to get in touch with my inner vegetarian. [Read more →]

Amazing how a 12-pound slab of pork belly could be dragged home for 15 blocks in pouring rain, slaved over for two days and then mindlessly devoured in a matter of minutes by a ravenous few.  But it was worth it, big time. [Read more →]

I told you there would be another meatball post.

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In the world of professional cooks, the phrase “do you want to come over for dinner?” often translates into “can you come to my house and cook us dinner, pleeeease?“. [Read more →]