Today I’m cooking with one of my favorite spirits, Pernod Classic. I’ve had a bottle in my cupboard for as long as I can remember, and it usually found its way into brothy concoctions of herbs, …
Golden Turmeric Coconut Cauliflower Soup
turmeric coconut cauliflower soup Let’s talk turmeric. The “Queen of Spices”, so called because turmeric, due to the active ingredient curcumin, has powerful healing properties. It helps maintain and …
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Saison Steamed Mussels + Fennel, Saffron, & Preserved Lemon
This is last night’s dinner, and the truth is I didn’t want to share the recipe with you. It’s so good I wanted to hoard it for the hypothetical cookbook I’m not writing but rather have been …
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Winter Greens + Ginger Soup
This is home lately. I’m trying to enjoy it while I can, before I’m on the road again. I fill my days with work and when I can’t work anymore, I dream about swimming with whale sharks & teach …
Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple Brandy Soup
I saw them and, of one mind, hundreds undulated around the steeple in the pale, orange sky. A ballet of starlings. Traffic started and stopped around me, 5 pm on a Friday. I was trying to get to the …
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Main Street Meats: Fennel, Leek, & Orange Pork Osso Buco
When my local butcher, Main Street Meats, called me up and asked if I wanted to create something delicious together for the launch of their new cooking blog, of course I said yes. One of the driving …
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