Tomato gazpacho just doesn’t do it for me. Over the years I’ve tried to love it, and each time a little voice in my head says, You don’t need to do this again. I love the idea of tomato gazpacho–fresh tomatoes, red onion, celery, peppers, a splash of acid in the form of red-wine …
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Back to Paris – Potted Peppers
Some weeks ago I wrote about a spring visit to Paris where our son Oliver and I had a great meal at Chez Janou. In iconic French fashion a nearby blackboard listed daily specials, including an hors d’oeuvre of Poivrons grillées au feta. Grilled peppers with feta. Sounded straightforward, simple. Okay, I could go with …
Drowning, Not Swimming – Striped Bass Poached in Olive Oil
Some years back Jody and I signed on to attend an Oldways conference in Crete. Before we left people kept taking us aside. “Greek food, you know about it, right?” Dramatic pause. “It’s terrible! Everything is SWIMMING in olive oil.” Cue pitying gaze. This is the point where I’m expected to observe that while Greek …
You say pistou, I say pestle
Okay, you were expecting a disquisition on Potted Peppers this week. I’m sorry, but for technical reasons we’ve had to postpone it. In the meantime, console yourself with these Mussels with Pistou instead. We’ll get the Potted Peppers out in a few weeks. All things come to those who wait. In April I met our …
The Garum Factory 