Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Saumon en Croute Saumon en Croute seemed like a big project to take on for our annual New Year’s Eve cook-athon. Before the event we practiced, worried that puff pastry was an impossible task for a home cook. Instead, choosing the correct type of salmon turned out to be what
Don’t over power this delicate mushroom I’ve had no trouble finding all kinds of mushroom in good quantity this summer. But, when I find the apricot-colored Chanterelle, I forget I even like the other mushrooms. One scent of this one, and I’ve lost my taste for the hunt for any
It’s February so Steuart is making a hearty seafood stew. Mussels were on sale — so we took a pound of those, about 1/4 pound of shrimp, fresh barramundi also on sale at WholeFoods, and a calamari steak. All together, we spent less than $10 on fish and that made
Julia Child’s story of the first meal she ate in France, in the book My Life in France, was so moving it turned Sole Meunier into a dish of romance for us and Steuart has perfected browning the butter, tossing in the chopped parsley and cooling the sauce with a
Menu for a simple Asian meal The main course was an assortment of sashimi fish, which was to be preceded by miso soup and a half dozen oysters. The table was set for main course, so were eating the oysters with chopsticks. I was on the second oyster before I
By Martha Smith Who knew when I entered the first cookery competition (and lost it) that it would be the beginning of some kind of a new career? In the Sunday Times in Scotland, an article appeared in the food section of the newspaper. It was about an upcoming competition