My aunt opened a restaurant in Wisconsin some thirty-plus years ago and made quite a name for herself. She was way out in front of what’s become the eat-local-and-organic movement, and she did it really well, if I do say so myself. She’s earned some well-deserved accolades over the years, and especially since selling the [...]
I have a head cold. I desired truly spicy food to deal with it, so I approached Nathan and asked for a suggestion. Nathan suggested a place he’d heard good things about but hadn’t tried: Szechuan Gourmet, on W 39th st. Conveniently, it’s not far from Penn Station; I figured I’d go down there, grab [...]
23 lb turkey (the smallest of the 21 turkeys my mom raised this summer)(taking forever to cook, of course) Saveur’s Multicultural Stuffing Mashed potatoes with lots of warm cream and butter (Kate’s on starch duty this year; making both of the above) Kale from my mom’s garden (olive oil and garlic) Green beans (steamed — [...]
The ever-excellent Michael Pollan pens an op-ed about the farm bill. Good stuff, and important for everyone who’s subjected to a daily onslaught of high-fructose corn-syrup and other highly processed “foodlike products” as a result of it. (Hint: that’s every American.) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/opinion/04pollan.html … Americans have begun to ask why the farm bill is subsidizing high-fructose [...]
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