"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust
In search of uncommon vegetables to use in recipes, I turned to Melissa’s. The California-based company has since 1984 been a provider of produce to chefs and supermarkets, including my own neighborhood...
My daughter has always been a great cook, something I hope comes from her girlhood days helping me in the kitchen. But she gives a lot of credit to the website SeriousEats.com which provides...
Few would argue it’s an eating time of year. And I, for one, am ready for a break from the bounty. Rare standing rib roast, succulent roast turkey and glazed ham are...
My soups for the sick — or isolating — got their start with a new cookbook. I deliver them to the doorsteps of those among my friends who have been affected or afflicted...
This year’s Thanksgiving, pandemic style, has helped me sharpen my math as I pare down traditional recipes for just the two of us. Dividing a recipe for four in half is pretty...
Like a lot of you, I’m eating way too much bread these days. It’s comfort food, and, much like other carbohydrate-rich things, it tends to pack on the pounds. I’ve gained 5...
I think today’s shrimp stew recipe originated in Spain, discovered by me when I was there last year to learn about saffron— where it came from and how it was used. The...
Loving Lozere: Least-populated part of France a great destination for solitude and long walks My seatmate was losing it. Trembling from head to toe, she was dripping with sweat and gasping for...
Still the cultural and religious center of Spain, Toledo once was the country’s capital. Because the hilly small city dozed off the grid for decades, it’s remarkably well-preserved and retains the imprint...
I’d hoped a visit to Consuegra for the annual Saffron Rose Festival would help me learn why this spice is considered more valuable than gold. Not far from Toledo, directly south of...
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