by Brian | Jan 19, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Every time I walk through the market and see a red pepper, I stop. “Keep moving,” Suzen used to say. Used to. I found this recipe and now she is the one who grabs a handful of the bright red flavor bombs. You can buy sweet chili sauce in the same stores, but they...
by Brian | Oct 17, 2017 | Recipes
I don’t remember when I first ate a red pepper. Sometime in my thirties I expect. My mother believed in canned vegetables. The only Italian food we enjoyed came in cardboard boxes made by Kraft. It was a different world. My first pepper experience was intense. One...
by Brian | Jun 12, 2017 | Recipes
In his most enlightening new book, Simple Nature, Alain Ducasse offers Ten Principles for great cuisine. Among those are: Cook and Eat Seasonally and Eat More Vegetables and Less Meat. This is not a vegetarian cookbook but the role of vegetables and fruits dominates....
by Brian | Jun 5, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Ikaria is the tribute by Diane Kochilas to the native island of her family. Sunny, dry, even dessert-like, Ikaria is a land where people careful manage their resources, making every plant and animal and fish count. Here’s a perfect example, the Everything...
by Brian | Mar 23, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I posted this a couple of years ago. My deli is still there. Hummus display is even bigger, more flavors. Gee, chipotle hummus. I prefere this dip! My corner deli in Manhattan is run by Koreans, what else? The refrigerator case is overflowing with hummus, in...
