After reading the comments from my last post about my bad Karma, I was genuinely touched by the kind words that many of you had to say about my rotten luck during the month of August. Two weeks ago, to beat the sweltering August heat, I ducked into a theater near Union Square and saw the much talked-about foodie blogger flick, Julie & Julia. I considered writing a response to the movie here but since some other bloggers wrote them so eloquently I didn’t see the need…
Chilled Avocado Soup
Cooking for a Crowd, Cooking for One or Two, Recipes, Worknight Dinners August 27, 2009
A colorful and naturally creamy bowl of chilled avocado soup to help beat the summer heat. When I visited Chicago for BlogHer this summer, I visited a college friend named John. Since he’s fairly new to Chicago and his kitchen was less-than stocked, I had the opportunity to drag him to some of the restaurants in Chicago that I wanted to try. One night, we started with happy hour and wound up at Table 52, chef Art Smith’s “home of Southern…
Worknight Dinner Recipe: Penne All’Arrabbiata
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Worknight Dinners August 24, 2009
Sometimes life calls for celebration. In America, we tend to use food and beverage as a means for celebration. I can’t think of the last time I attended a birthday party, graduation, anniversary or holiday get-together that didn’t involve consuming a larger-than-normal amount of baked brie or white sangria.…
Foodies, forgive me, but I must confess something. I’m not that big on bacon. I love waking up to its aroma on a Sunday morning (if someone else is cooking it) but that is generally where my affection ends. For the past year or more, bacon has been a popular subject for food writers eager to explore the complexity of what once played second fiddle to a plateful of scrambled eggs. People seem enthralled by the salty, crispy piece of cured pork. Not for me.…