A few weeks ago, I taught a cooking class and made lunch at a friend’s home for nine beautiful ladies. It was interactive, light, open, and such a BLAST. I find genuine joy in teaching others the simplicity of good food. I’m a food purist, and find that if you can teach people the most […]

There is this fish market near my house where the people are warm and real, and the fish is out of this world. It doesn’t leave me wanting much else from a food establishment. Being that the fish is far above par, it has resulted in a bit of a food shopping conundrum. I can’t […]

Olives snuggled together remind me of the roundest animal scales or tiny picturesque ruffled mountains and hills. You see them at the specialty store in their little bins, with their confetti flecks of spices and seasonings oilily clinging to them. You see them in the condiment aisle, fat or miniature but always bursty and filled […]

They say, “they” being the food Gods of the universe, that one is considered a good cook when and only when one has mastered the seemingly daunting task of roasting a chicken. Apparently this is the measure of kitchen skill. I suppose I can understand this, as few things are more elegant or special. Or […]

Blue cheese day in my cheese class is not a day I, my taste buds, or my stomach in particular will ever forget. Yes, part of my masters program consisted of me kicking and screaming because I was forced to take a class that consisted of tasting twelve different cheeses per class, along with perfect […]

Succulent doesn’t seem like an appropriate word to describe….peas. Peas, the adorable tiny sweet spheres surrounded by their canoe like casing. It’s like they want to come out and say, hey! I always picture them with smiling faces in my head. But succulent is totally appropriate to describe them if they’re prepared the right way, […]