Celeriac is so ugly. It is warty and rough. It looks like a large turnip with a serious disease. But it’s flavor is so delicate and refined, that it actually feels beautiful in my mouth. It feels earthy and designer and French. It will never look as beautiful as it tastes, not whole at least,…
Scary Fall Stew
Some food can be a little scary. We tend to shy away from food that we don’t understand. I totally understand this urge. I mean, we’re talking about things that we are putting in our bodies here. There’s a lot at stake. Best to stay with the familiar. Or not. Because when we eat something…
roasted vegetables
Well the girls have suckered me into throwing them a dinner party. A party for just them. At some point during the tantrum that was being thrown as I was flinging some local pork product onto galettes before my last salon dinner party, I agreed to this. (Anything! As long as you are sleeping in…
beef stew
I worked at the market yesterday, and I think that thirty hours later I am just starting to thaw. It never quite got above 35 degrees, and while all the happy tourists lucked out with a sunny crisp day for looking at their precious leaves, that is just too damned cold to stand in one…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 