I didn’t forget, you know, I’ve just been at loose ends since we got back from the other side of the planet. And yes, I know, it’s been a while, but I was stuck in kitchen reruns and lethargy. My taste buds have been resurfaced by the complicated flavors of Southeast Asia and I am …
By Your Intrepid Substitute Blogger If you’ve read Fish Wednesday the last couple weeks, you know I don’t like fish. But I have to admit that this Wednesday, there was little chance of me sweating over the idea of eating fish or cooking fish: I was deep in preparations for our much-delayed Soup Swap. We …
By Your Intrepid Substitute Blogger The idea of eating fish weekly — outside the summer barbecue season when I’m happy to throw Alaskan king salmon on the grill and serve it naked so you can taste the smoky goodness is less than appealing to me. I don’ like fish. Well, I don’t like most fish. …
The thing about being an adventurous cook is that sometimes you miss the mark. You read a recipe and it sounds okay, and you trust it because cookbooks have a certain amount of credibility to them. I should know better, after the *** efffing ***** book that I helped out as a test chef on: …
How I love to have company on Fish Wednesday! If that company happens to be my absent much too long husband, well, welcome home and let’s have a bit of a feast to celebrate, shall we? I asked J. how long it had been since he’d had a home cooked meal – not so long …
When you really devote yourself to eating sustainable seafood, you end up in some tight corners. Case in point: I was feeling pretty okay as I tossed the Canadian Rockfish fillet in my basket, but when I got home and looked up the fish on my favorite source, I realized it was, again, not that …