This was an experiment born of necessity: I was intending to make Basil Chicken with some Thai basil a coworker had given me from the garden. I forgot the basil at work, it went bad, and I was left wi… more →
From Bookshelf to Dinner Tablewrote 2 years ago: I’m not sure if it’s a back-to-school thing, or a weather-getting-cooler thing, or a nee … more →
wrote 2 years ago: This article from the New York Times appears to have two titles: “Sixties accuracy in every si … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been thinking of doing a blog post on this topic for awhile but am happy to have been sco … more →
wrote 3 years ago: There are many, many brilliant food humour sites — The Gallery of Regrettable Food’s Mea … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I have no official confirmation of this, for that would require walking up a flight of stairs and as … more →
wrote 3 years ago: This was an experiment born of necessity: I was intending to make Basil Chicken with some Thai basil … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I’d been hoping for opportunity and ability to come together so I could try this one out for a … more →
wrote 3 years ago: One thing that’s often sadly neglected in modern studies of Colonialism is that it’s a t … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The toasted cheese sandwich is a staple long beloved by moms everywhere: quick and cheap to make, ta … more →
wrote 3 years ago: My return from Detroit happily coincided with the arrival of my long-awaited verjuice from Deborah P … more →
wrote 3 years ago: English food culture has been beef-based for a long time; at least as long as horses were able to re … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I would venture to say that the single greatest British contribution to the world’s cuisine ap … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The second Remove generally incorporated lighter dishes to refresh the stomach after the heavy-duty … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The first remove was where the culinary big guns came out on the 18th Century British table. The big … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Soup was a relatively new and trendy addition to the menu in the 18th Century. Prior to its inventio … more →
wrote 3 years ago: 18th Century meals were a transitional stage between the medieval and modern dining styles. You stil … more →
wrote 3 years ago: My girlfriend Cat and I recently celebrated our first Valentines’ Day. Sadly, we did it apart … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Not all 18th Century cooking was needlessly complex. Hannah Glasse, the 18th Century’s Rachael … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Today we’re going hardcore and and adapting a Ragoo of Veal straight out of Hannah Glasse … more →