This morning I was scouring the internet for some new ideas for dishes to experiment with. There are a couple of events coming up and I’ll bring a dish, so it would be fun to try some new things. Saveur always offers something fantastic, and I spent easily an hour wandering through their [...]
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Jack had to have a bit of surgery this week (he’s fine, he’s fine!) and when I got home from finding out, I didn’t even take off my sweater. I gravitated to the kitchen and started pulling out flour. This is the result, a wheaty loaf, using a small amount of buckwheat in a poolish [...] At CR’s urging, I decided to give the deconstruction of fish & chips a try. (For background on the Top Chef deconstruction challenge, read about it here.) My challenge was to create a dish that would deconstruct fish & chips and end up tasting like the original. Since the only ingredients in the traditional offering [...] (Photos from a cell phone camera.) Last weekend, CR offered Saturday breakfast out in the world, and I sleepily pulled myself together, thinking we were going to the usual spot, The Egg and I, which is not far away. Instead, he steered toward the highway and when I asked where we were [...] Ms. Glaze wrote a wonderful post about being promoted to Chef de Partie and what that means in a French kitchen. It’s really worth reading. Here’s a snippet: I want to throw up. I want to toss myself into the toxic waters of the Seine or walk into a big black endless hole or [...] Fridays, on the new, improved schedule, are for artist dates. This gloomy, crackling cold morning (it has been well below zero at night), I am going to go to yoga class, even though my muscles are still sore from Tuesday. Then out to find some new cooking tools: a zester, which I do not [...] In honor of the holidays, a beloved recipe for one of my required holiday undertakings. Adapted from a recipe I found long ago in Martha Stewart Magazine–but I have served them proudly to anyone who loves The Real Thing and have been mightily praised, so you’ll find them authentically wonderful. Be warned–this is [...] My uncle sent me a link to a wonderful e-zine he enjoys reading, and I’m sure many of you will love it, too. David Rosengarten’s Tastings. (I am probably the last person to know about it, as is often the case.) One recent mailing included an ode to garlic, which is definitely one [...] |
Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including Rita Award Winning THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING. Her newest book HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE is available NOW!
A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television. |
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