Pinch me… am I really doing this? Applying Italian mentality to the month of August? We lived in Italy for the better part of a year (our family blogged all about it on familyfrolics—our family blog). And watched their routines and absorbed their rhythms. After almost 9 months of being there, I started to live [...]

I knew it.
I had my favorite kitchen tools as a cook. But then I went to culinary school. And wondered if my favorite, lovingly-worn out kitchen toys would start getting less attention. Get left on the shelf, forgotten in a drawer—icons of a novice cook. I remember watching myself… would my preferences completely change [because [...]

Looks like a conversation gone sideways.
Hehe, couldn’t resist. It would take me hours to fillet this pile of fish. It is on my life’s ‘bucket list’ to master the art of prepping, cooking [and eating] seafood. At some point I hope to work for a fish monger, as a means to this proficiency. Are you [...]

Why did you buy celery root?
Because its ugly, that’s why. And it promised to challenge me to learn something new. I know very little about celery root, but since I made the investment to buy one, I now have the motivation to find out how to cook it—at least once.
I have heard of celery root [...]

Sure I learned how to fabricate a chicken and make bechamel; we clarified butter and practiced our knife cuts. We used chinoise to strain our sauces and hailed the art of cooking an egg. We used bain maries and whisked emulsions, studied food culture across the US and learned to look at plate presentation with [...]

I would sooner buy a dish than a new scarf, or a hand-held, battery powered, cordless, triple speed, multi-attachment blender than say, new makeup or jewelry. My cash flies out of my pocket when I see glassware that I must have, but I can walk right past clothing stores and perfumeries. Good wine or a [...]