At this point in the summer, gardens are overflowing with eggplant, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn and peppers. It’s hard to come up with new recipes and figure out how what to do with all of summer’s bounty. When seeking inspiration, I turn to recipes I’ve already made. Often an adjustment to the technique, such as…
It’s H-O-T and humid here in the Northeast. And the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven. Fortunately, I have access to a grill and can do most of my cooking outside under a shady cover of trees. Though it’s tempting to grill just about everything, trying to grill cilantro, which…
In the Phong Nha region of Vietnam, they serve a spicy green sauce with BBQ pork. Ingredients include Vietnamese coriander, garlic, lemon leaves, lemon zest, hot pepper and sugar. Its spicy and sweet: a perfect combination. I wanted to recreate the flavors but didn’t have access to lemon leaves. And since I had a ton…
Since my living situation will soon be requiring most meals for two, I thought it was fitting to write about one of my favorite foods to prepare when dining solo — a veal rib chop. Of course, a quality chop may be hard to find in some areas and might be at the high end…
Since I have bound myself to do a travel post on the second Thursday of the month and this one came very early, I’m cheating. Although a trip to Chinatown in NYC might require some of you to travel… But if not, I’m working on a post about Belgium for next week! In the meantime,…
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