The temperatures have plunged below zero, and the days are now dark. I mean it – it is 3pm and the sun has already set. We barely get 6 hours of daylight now, and it is going to get to less than that before the Winter Solstice. I’m not complaining, mind you – this is the weather to celebrate, to light candles, and to eat … Continue reading The Food, Imagined – Sprouts, Bacon, Radicchio, and Goats’ Cheese
Tomato, the favorite vegetable of the West. If you don’t count potatoes, that is, but I don’t. Those are starches, not vegetables to me. No contraversy intended – simply put, it’s my nomenclature and I’m sticking to it. But, this post is not about splitting hairs, or vegetables, so to speak – it’s about the absolutely easiest and delicious roasted tomato soup you can make … Continue reading Roasted Tomato Soup to Curl Up on Sofa With
There are few things in the field of food, cooking and culinary arts which I detest more than overcomplicated recipes (note, not “complicated” but “overcomplicated” – as in, recipes which are made more complicated than they need to be, as opposed to recipes which are complicated by definition), and political correctness. Though, to be honest, I can’t stand overcomplicated things or political correctness in any … Continue reading Unreconstructed Roasted Chicken
Eat The Roses 