Last week I talked about tasting honey. In my opinion, honey can be overpowering – rich, sweet, even palpitation-inducing – on its own and tastes best in combination with more savory ingredients…like tea, or nuts, or meat. The very different flavors balance and enhance each other. And, honey is a great binding agent for pulling together [...]
So Sweet It Is – Tasting Honey from Around the World
June 21, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Crockpot Cochinita (Puerco) Pibil: Yucatecan-style Pork with a Telenovela Twist
June 14, 2012 by · 3 Comments
The last place I expected to find a good recipe for Cochinita Pibil, was in the comments of an English-language website that recaps Spanish-language telenovelas. If you’re asking yourself how I wound up reading the comments on that site, I have both an easy and a more complicated answer for you. The easy answer is [...]
Super Simple Stir-fry Formula
May 24, 2012 by · 5 Comments
My first recipe experiments were in a shared dorm hall kitchen during my freshman year of college. Unfortunately, those meals were mostly forgettable. What I do remember is that my neighbor, homesick for her native Korea, thought I made the perfect taste-tester. She would cook dishes that were unfamiliar and exotic to my rural Utah [...]
Poached Salmon in Foil Packets – Two Days, Two Ways
May 10, 2012 by · 8 Comments
I was browsing. Just trying to mind my own business. But, then I heard a deep voice – a la Michael Clarke Duncan – ask, “What’s for dinner?” Standing next to me was the butcher – as imposing as his voice, arms crossed as if proudly surveying the meat, poultry, and seafood refrigeration units that [...]
