Some people eat to live; others live to eat. You can probably guess which camp I fall firmly into. The ...Read More
When I was 25, my cooking skills had progressed beyond “rudimentary” to “functional.” I’d acquired a few cookbooks and kitchen essentials, while developing enough technique to feed myself. But I was a slave to recipes and measuring cups. Had you ...Read More
I once dated a girl -- and I'm 99.9% sure she would never read this, so I feel okay writing about it -- who was a picky vegetarian. Not a vegan, but a vegetarian who disliked many fruits and vegetables. ...Read More
Hot and sour soup sounds so deceptively simple. Hot. Sour. How difficult can that be? Well, plenty, at least for this home cook. In the past when I've made the soup, it's turned out, ehh. A few problems emerged: the delicate ...Read More
I can't say I know a whole lot about the town of Shrub Oak, except that it's home to a BBQ spot called Bob-B-Q's and a Thai restaurant called Bangkok Spice. The latter I know because my friend Michael has ...Read More
Eric Gabryonwicz made a comment during our Tavern interview that didn't make it into the video. He said, "The Hudson Valley is growing into a food capital." As I surveyed the enormous Harvest-on-Hudson dining room at the HV Restaurant Week kick-off reception, ...Read More