Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Turkish people claim to have a hundred ways of preparing eggplants. For them, it is the king and queen of vegetables.                                                                        – Claudia Roden, Arabesque One of the pleasures of a blog like this is the … Continue reading →

A pinch of spice, a frizz of crushed leaf, a scraped zest of citrus may be the secret ingredient that adds a smile to a dish, but the homegrown tomato is the essence of flavorful summer cuisine. The taste, its … Continue reading →

To others, the stunning realization of how much time is needed to feed themselves is accepted more philosophically. They agree with La Rochefoucauld’s aphorism: To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.                                      … Continue reading →