Grandma Annie would have wanted it that way.
Read MoreBack when I was a teen, the butcher shop was the wild wild west of the food market.
Read MoreIn the South, the typical fruit used in a French clafouti (a type of baked pancake) is adapted for a grape I only know from my part of the world: muscadine or scuppernong.
Read MoreLike most things in life, cornbread is all about the respect it is accorded.
Read MoreThis stack of breaded green tomatoes reminds me of a stack of poker chips. Metaphors don’t lie.
Read MoreCram these Madjul dates full of aged balsamic vinegar, parmesan cheese, lemon zest, parsley, salt, pepper, and olive oil, and bam.
Read MoreI have my own ridiculously long list of obsessions in the kitchen
Read MoreDid it really matter for a magazine shoot if the food tasted good?
Read MoreFor me, the disturbance often takes the form of figuring out the sequences for the next day’s cooking orders.
Read MoreLet’s not label it, especially something as cold and clinical as OCD
Read MoreBelieve it or not, ice is critical for all of the fucking blanching I do.
Read MoreChanneling my dad in the kitchen
Read MoreWhen is less more and when is less simply less?
Read MoreHard to imagine anything better than this simple soup. Refinements perhaps. But better?
Read MoreOur mom told us that we were allergic to chocolate. It was a bold-faced lie.
Read MoreIt took forever to get up the nerve (and ability) to put fried chicken on the menu.
Read MoreThere is almost total randomness between the introduction of a (new) southern dish to the Tel Aviv palate and how it will fare
Read MorePeople often ask 3-star Michelin Chef Thomas Keller what he would choose for his last meal. His answer, as with most things, is instructive.
Read MoreConfessions are tricky. Ask Augustine.
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