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The road to hell is paved with…
I was reading my own blog and berating myself over just how much rewriting I needed to get to when I realized that most every entry features a recipe of something I can actually make. Lentil soup? Got...
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Cooking with Memsahib: Delhi-Style Lamb
Five things I love that are from India: Bollywood Bindis Bhangra Burfi Basmati rice Oh yes. And the food, of course. Ah, Indian take-out. Is there anything that a good chana dal over rice won’t cure,...
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Toot Sweet
Some things just can not be rushed. Other things go best with planning. Or a few minutes of thought before execution. Or barring any of the above, a recipe. I didn’t really have any of that Sunday...
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L’Shanna Tova (My ongoing trouble with roast chicken)
Out of the blue I decided to have a Rosh Hashanna dinner party. It was sort of my turn to host a dinner for my circle of friends anyway. And I get points for touching on the major Jewish holidays. “If...
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The turkey of best intentions
I happily accepted my friends’ invitation to come to their house for Thanksgiving and partake of their hospitality. Also, somewhat less enthusiastically, of their turducken. Mostly I wanted to punk...
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20-20-24-hours to go, I wanna be Nigella
I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater. I cook what I want to eat – within limits. I have a job – another job, that is, as an ordinary working...
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The complete idiot’s guide to making lasagna
“Lasagna,” I texted Debbie. “Not veggie!” she texted back. Debbie was my guinea pig the last time I tried to make this most basic of dishes. I tried a “light” vegetarian version on her three years...
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Agneau de Calvary – Watson’s Good Friday lamb recipe
St'Agneau To mark Good Friday, I present to you a recipe based on Julia Child’s roast lamb. It comes directly from my friend, the writer Bruce Watson, a well-known subversive. He wrote it. He conceived...
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First Time Irish: Corned Beef and Cabbage
On St. Patrick’s Day, I traditionally toast my grandmother, Florence, with a quick shot of Bushmill’s whiskey. She died this day more than 20 years ago, and I still miss her, God rest her soul. She...
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