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So I may be a bit off season here and should save my discussion on grilling for say…summertime? I present the argument that it is summer in Australia and I have some devoted Aussie readers. As for the rest of you, tuck this bit of info away for next spring or a beautiful fall day. I [...] So I’ve been wanting to talk about base for a while now. For those of you who are die-hard bullion users, welcome to the new century and usher in with all due fanfare…base! I’m not certain how long bases have been around but there’s no doubt for those who use them that they truly are [...] The next in my series of blogs about onions, are pearl onions. These tasty mini onions are just fabulous in a variety of ways…provided you don’t have to peel them! When I had my biz, I once had to sit and peel 10 pounds of pearl onions. Can you imagine? I stank like onions for [...] Vidalia onions are an unusually sweet variety which are grown exclusively in Georgia. They were first grown near Vidalia, Georgia in 1930 and are now considered to be one of the quintessential varieties of onions due to their crisp sweetness. Vidalia onions have in my book, eclipsed Spanish onions which for years were the sweetest [...] For me, fall is reminiscent of not only the crisp autumn weather of my childhood, but also of all things savory. At the head of that class is arguably the oldest vegetable known to mankind – the onion. In honor of fall and in salute to this majestic vegetable, I’m going to start a series [...] Sodium may well be the sixth most abundant element on earth, but it is also one which we in our culture of excess, have abused. Since recorded history and even beyond, mankind has had a fascination with salt. Wars were fought over it, it was shipped to the far reaches of the earth, and fortunes were [...] Popcorn, corn on the cob, polenta, cornmeal, grits….creamed, fried, popped, ground; corn truly is one of the most versatile food products on the planet. It is believed that corn began to be cultivated about 7000 years ago in central Mexico. Corn is the product of cultivating and harvesting a wild grass. This wild grass had ‘ears’ [...] Phyllo, fillo or filo – no matter how you say it or spell it, it is all fabulous. The word is Greek and means sheet or leaf, and that’s exactly what this unleavened flour dough is. It can be found in the freezer section of your grocery store, and these super thin sheets of dough [...] Bored with cooking? I’ve got a great idea for how to avoid the dreaded question of “What’s for dinner. Part review, part rant and mostly extolling the wonders of Marcel’s, a restaurant in Port Aransas. |
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