Come spring, can’t wait to get my hands on the likes of favas, morels, ramps, asparagus, strawberries, and green peas…some of life’s simple pleasures. Freshly shucked green peas, which bear no resemblance to their mushy, canned counterparts, are simply divine when cooked in a little butter. Notwithstanding, when I look beyond these spring favorites, open … Continue Reading
Sometimes I have a craving for meat. I’ll let you in on a little secret, red meat is not bad for you. However, there is a caveat — you get [health, environmental] benefits from animals that are pasture-raised; animals that spend their days grazing and living in open, green pastures and are attended to by … Continue Reading
This doesn’t exactly look like chicken you say? What are these mysterious skewers of meat?? Heart. Chicken heart, to be exact…hope I didn’t scare you away just yet. I first discovered heart a few years back at one of my favorite Chicago restaurants — Publican. They prepared their heart [duck heart] crostini-style with a sauce … Continue Reading
I have a new love in my life — whole roast chicken. Roasting a chicken is as basic as it gets, and it doesn’t get much better than this. It looks elegant enough to serve at a dinner party and easy enough to prepare any day of the week. Simple, simple, simple but oh so … Continue Reading
Seems like as good a day as any to have lamb — a beautiful, sunny, spring Sunday. While I have a lamb shank defrosting in the fridge and Diane Kochilas’s recipe (form The Glorious Foods of Greece) for lamb stew with wild greens in an egg-lemon sauce — arni me horta avgolemeno — bookmarked in … Continue Reading
