Yes! How are those lemons looking? They should be glossy and soft, smell good and lemony, and there shouldn’t be any mold. Are we good? Did we make it? Now try one. Just cut off a bit of the rind, and put it right in your mouth. And that’s what you do with preserved…
sisig
Well, sort of sisig.This is the story.Last week, on our final night in San Francisco, we went to eat at the food trucks at Fort Mason. I know I’ve already told you this part, but I’ve got to set the stage.This is my uncle, Gary. Gary was at the heart of why I was there…
my favorite
This is it.These last weeks of August leading into the first weeks in September–I could live in this time forever. In New England, the shift always comes in one day. Wednesday, it is summer, and the air is hot, and the fan stays directed at the bed all night. Cooking means watermelon, because who could…
carnitas
Due to the events of the weekend, I ended up with a very large pork shoulder in my refrigerator. A VERY LARGE PORK SHOULDER. It had been rubbed with every chile in my spice drawer, and it took up nearly half a shelf of the fridge. There had been a dinner party in the works…
melissa clark and her artichokes
Yesterday I had a surprise visit from my friend Hedley.Since the last time I saw her, she has traveled through India and moved to Pittsburgh, and although I have regularly mourned the loss of Hedley and her sweetheart Zoe from our daily lives, I didn’t recognize it fully until she appeared and I felt a…
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