It’s early spring. Among other things, that means it’s ramp season — the springtime delicacy also known as wild garlic. Last year I celebrated ramp season at the Hudson Valley Ramp Festival. If you’re not too far, I highly recommend a visit. This year’s festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2014, in the … Continue Reading
Greetings from Dublin. You might be thinking, what are you doing in Dublin? Well, drinking Guinness, listening to lots of great, live music (“sessions”), taking in the sites, and, oh yeah, I’m enrolled at the Dublin Cookery School (photos from a very busy first week below). Cooking school in Ireland? Does that sound crazy? At … Continue Reading
I have a new (at least for me) culinary discovery, miso butter — nothing more than miso (used red miso, because that’s what I had on hand, but you can easily substitute any miso you like) mixed with butter. Miso + Butter = Umamilicious…to say the least. Today I made sockeye salmon en papillote (salmon … Continue Reading
I have good days in the kitchen and my fair share of bad ones. Some days I’m just not happy with anything I make (believe me, there are days I feel that way; you just don’t get to see those). But, other days, it all just seems to fall into place. Those moments when I … Continue Reading
Have been wanting to make homemade almond milk for quite some time. It was on my mental to-do-list. I even bought a bag of [raw] almonds several weeks ago and a nut bag for straining the milk, but it just didn’t happen. Not sure why. Maybe I anticipated it to be more of a process, … Continue Reading
