A paw full of spice makes everything nice
My Nana made the best stuffing. It was dark brown, mushy and looked like something the Adams Family might have a conversation with before eating it, but it was also damn good. Digging into it was quite the adventure. What was that I just found? A bit of celery? Sliced mushroom? A scrap of turkey? …
Whatever happened to anchovies? Once a popular pizza topping, if you dare to order anchovies on your pizza these days then you are shunned as some weirdo with dubious tastes. After all, who puts fish on pizza? Can’t say I blame the naysayers. Just the sight of the little fish conjures up ideas of rank,…
I have created a monster. Several, monsters in fact. As someone who loves to cook and lavish food onto others, I have found that my beloved friends and family have developed high expectations. If we go out for dinner and they are somewhat unsatisfied with their order, they look up at…
The devil is in the details. No where does this idiom ring truer than in the cooking of seafood and pasta. Although cooking seafood and pasta seems fairly simple and quick, one must really do their homework to excel with a tasty dish. For example, boiling…
I created this recipe when mentioning to my husband that I would perhaps make a pork ragu for dinner but only on the condition that he run to the store and bring back what I needed. What he came home with was a plethora of pork and pork products and a challenge-to make a…
Every Sunday night, I sit down with a pen and paper in hand and menu plan for the week. Sometimes I know exactly what I want to eat in the week ahead and sometimes I ask for suggestions. After all, this family is a democracy and is inclusive of other…
For years I stopped cooking with mushrooms altogether after my husband had a bad experience. At the time, he was living in rural China when it all went down. The mushrooms were bought from the local supermarket, cleaned properly and cooked thoroughly. Everything seemed OK but little did he know that some mushrooms were…
I love John Dory. Not the person…I don’t know anyone by that name. No, I love the fish. That’s right, I am in love with a fish named John Dory and I seriously can’t believe I’ve gone this far in my life without trying it until this year. …