October garden survivors: Leeks meet Allan Benton’s Bacon

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 Posted in cool ingredients, Soup | Comments Off on October garden survivors: Leeks meet Allan Benton’s Bacon

Potato & Leek Soup October 30, 2012 Brattleboro, Vermont With a stand of leeks in our little organic garden patch out back, my wife Barb and I decided that we should make some Potato & Leek soup for a combination Hallowe’en potluck/Celtic music ...

Dried Mexican Chiles

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in cool ingredients | Comments Off on Dried Mexican Chiles

Cooking with Dried Mexican Chiles For a long time, afraid of the heat, I was shy about cooking with Mexican chiles. Then I learned that if something is too spicy hot, one can calm it down – not with yoghurt, or ...

Lemon Confit

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in cool ingredients | Comments Off on Lemon Confit

From Tom Colicchio's "Thinking Like A Chef," a book I unhesitatingly recommend to you: beautiful, freeing and useful. ‘Confit’ is simply a fancy french term that means ‘preserved.’ I toss these in with green beans or roasted asparagus;  chop them up ...