Salad Bar Soup
The name of this soup strikes me as particularly hokey. However, salad bar soup is precisely what this is. I was in Whole Foods on a strategic apple research sortie, which I had to squeeze in before...
View ArticleFiddleheads, Foraging, and Spiceman’s F.M. 1410
Sometimes sitting in the middle of Dallas, one gets the feeling that they couldn’t be in a more urban setting. Sometimes, squirrels and mosquitoes seem to be the only wildlife and St. Augustine grass...
View ArticleSweet and Sour Cabbage
“Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head” —Ambrose Bierce I like cabbage. What can I say? It is not very sexy or fascinating. It just is what it is. But I...
View ArticleRoasted & Salted Baked Potatoes
This is not a revelation. It is a baked potato. However, for those who are devoted to the simple spud, this is a good thing to know. I love a simple baked potato. Simple…well, I mean piled up with...
View ArticleEsquites
I have been forbidden by my family to cook another dish involving limes for the foreseeable future, so enjoy this while you can. I’ve been going a bit overboard. I can admit that. But, before the ban,...
View ArticleSweet Potatoes with Greens
Sometimes Linda Maturey, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Recently she was in my kitchen sampling a sweet potato dish which contained Garam Masala. The savory and fragrant tones of the spice...
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