Economy vs Taste Growing up in my family you used margarine in cooking and baking and you reserved butter for…
It's All In The Name Some years ago, I ordered Risotto Alla Milanese in a highly regarded and somewhat snooty…
Nose To Tail Fergus Henderson has many wonderful quotes. My favorite is his query about why couples shopped for a…
My Biscuit Background My mother-in-law was a marvelous cook. She was also by necessity a frugal one. She counted it…
The Farm Bill And Us Hearing about the Farm Bill every five years probably elicits not so much as a…
Pandemic Preoccupations During the pandemic (known as DTP), the Italy Insider gave me a gift of a year of Master…
The Other Red Meat Last month I wrote about one of my pet peeves, — the marketing and reengineering…
Market Memories One of the endearing pleasures of living over the shop, just off our Market Square was (and still…
Souffles Are Easy Do you have eggs, milk, butter in your fridge? Sugar, and chocolate in your cupboard? Guess…
Desert Island Cookbook Of all of the pear dessert recipes, this one is the one I have always wanted to…