Puttanesca
Puttanesca roughly translates to ‘whore’s pasta’. There is no uniform theory as to why. As summer in Paris came to an end, I told my friends of a peculiar coincidence wherein two married men had made me puttanesca in the space of two weeks.
Oma’s Stollen
Growing up the job of cooking and creating meals was very much my mom’s, and baking was my dad’s. I know my sisters and I are very lucky and I love my folks, but sometimes (and I hate to admit this) I am just like my dad.
The Berries of Summer
What’s more welcoming on a languid hot summer day than a tart, pungent surge of bountiful berry flavor, jewel-toned beads bursting, quenching heat and thirst, sending one’s taste buds into a grateful sun salutation?
Brownie Points
Tis the season to be, well, let’s face it… baking… The chill gloss of a short winter day, the beckoning warmth of a winter kitchen, home for the holidays and all that. Baking, baking, baking. Who couldn’t use a sweet little pick-me-up to get through it all?
Hot and Spicy Cheese Bread
My family owns a bakery in Madison, Wisconsin named Stella’s. And it isn’t just any bakery. It is a famous bakery, famous for its Hot and Spicy Cheese Bread. The bread is everything most people here in New York seem to be avoiding– gluten, butter, and cheese.
Ebi Burgers
Ebi means “Shrimp” in Japanese. I’m not Japanese, I’m Korean and grew up familiar with Donkatsu – the Korean way to say Tonkatsu – a meat that is breaded with Panko then deep fried. Generally it’s a pork cutlet but can be made with chicken as well.
Spring Awakening
Apples to Apples
What more is there really to say about the apple? That humble orb, shiny and ubiquitous -- 24/7, 365 at your local bodega, big box supermarket, fanciest of food emporia, farmer’s market, gas station.
Pa’s Chicken Adobo
Nacatamales de Teco
