A friend and budding jam magnate, Bonnie Shershow, recently asked me for some editorial advice, which I was happy to give, and then rewarded me with a half-dozen jars of her preserves. We never have six unopened jams in my house. For awhile I can hold the line, the spirit being willing, but the flesh… …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Turkey Soup with Baby Bok Choy and Rice Stick Noodles
What a crazy few weeks it’s been–mostly due to Jody’s schedule around the opening of TRADE (doing well, thank you very much). Five pounds of additional padding has mysteriously appeared around my waistline, the price for ignoring my bicycle and spending too much time sitting at the TRADE bar nursing a Delirium Tremens in hopes …
Squid… glorious squid… squid, that’s what we live for… Squid with White Beans
You’d think I’d be able to pin down the first time I ate squid. Note that I said squid, not calamari. Squid is the in your face cephalopod that says Eat me if you dare. Calamari, by contrast, is Italian for “tasty bit of something fried in a batter by a female relative.” I mean, …
The horror, the horror… Celery Root Soup with Gorgonzola and Apple
How can something that tastes so good look sooooo creepy? Even the cozy daylight-balanced produce-aisle lighting of Whole Foods can’t dispel the sense that something wicked this way comes whenever I get to the celery root bin. Hieronymus Bosch, H.P. Lovecraft and Arcimboldo rolled into one beat-with-the-heebie-jeebie stick vegetable. You know that scene in one …
The Garum Factory 