Full Gastronomic Tilt

Remember how I told you about the amazing world-travelers Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll, better known as the couple behind Uncornered Market? In between some stateside downtime, Audrey was kind enough to answer a few of my burning questions. Thank you, Audrey! Read on for some fascinating food-and-travel-related tidbits.
A bit about Audrey and Daniel, from [...]

It was my friend Dan who enlightened me to the difference between short ribs and spare ribs. One blustery night last fall, he called excitedly - he was Braising! Short Ribs! Dinner that night would represent a pinnacle of achievement in terms of the taste : effort ratio.
As he continued on about the ease [...]

Dinner plans, via text message:
“Have leeks & potatoes. Thinking something rustic/French. Ideas?”
“Gratin! With thyme and carm. onions.”
“Perfect. Gruyère?”
“I’ll get it. Bringing wine, too.”‘
Gratin: n. French origin, from grater (to scratch), typically refers to any dish with a lightly browned top crust of crumbs, butter and/or cheese. A base of potatoes is traditional. (see also: delicious)
Many [...]

This guest post is courtesy of the fantastic and talented Rachel Edidin.  Many thanks, Rachel! ~L
Food allergies make cooking a challenge–all the more so if you’re dealing with more than one.  It’s not too hard to find information on cooking without nuts, or eggs, or wheat, or dairy, but for anyone who’s allergic to [...]

Depending on who you ask, Twitter is either the next hot thing or so yesterday. An annoyance, or the thing that renders you unable to remember life before it came along. I fall guiltily, almost accidentally, into the latter camp.
It began innocently enough, when a particularly NET-worked friend of mine kept poking [...]

Even novice cooks know the high mistress of kitchen mastery: Julia Child. Many see her freewheeling encyclopedic knowledge as an inspiration for them to move beyond the basics of peel, chop, dice, blend and assemble.
I am not one of them.
Every time I see a recipe title in French I involuntarily curse, shuddering ever so slightly.
The [...]

I love soup. Though I’ve been known to make a huge pot of soup in the middle of July (in my sweltering, non-air-conditioned kitchen), winter is soup’s time to shine. Soup has countless variations, is simple to prepare, tasty, nourishing and a comfort on cold nights.
So when my friend Devon said that she was [...]

(photo* courtesy Christopher Greene)
Growing up in northeastern Pennsylvania and being of Polish descent on my father’s side, pierogi were a cornerstone of my childhood. Everybody ate them and loved them with the sort of fierce passion normally reserved for a favorite pizza joint. (Old Forge pizza is a story for another time.)
Everybody’s grandmother made them. [...]