It’s Time to Fire Up the Grill and Chill the Red Wine
It’s June. The gardens are in, the deck is cleaned up, and the grill is ready to rock. In theContinue Reading
Category: Eating The Neighborhood
A Sicilian Lesson in Seasonal Eating and Two Recipes
It is early May, and I am currently writing this from one of my favorite neighborhoods in Palermo, Sicily. ForContinue Reading
Tales of a Seder Wine Dinner with a recipe
A Seder Wine Dinner Tale and a Recipe for Passover
Christmas in March, It’s Chili Time
Year: 1981. Place: Elm City Diner, New Haven, Ct. I was in my early 20s when I first began cookingContinue Reading
My Gumbo Comeuppance
I fell in love with gumbo way back in the early 1980s when Paul Prudhomme made his groundbreaking appearance onContinue Reading
July in January, a remedy for Cabin Fever
Winter in the Hudson Valley of New York means snow, ice, and chilling temps. Along with the bad weather comesContinue Reading
The Feast of the Seven Fishes in One Dish
Seasonal recipes from the great melting pot.
