There’s an old Southern tradition of eating black eyed peas and cabbage on New Year’s Day to ensure health and prosperity in the coming year. Some say it dates back to the times of the Pharaohs while others claim it was a meal created out of necessity when Southern towns were under siege during the [...]
Monastery style cheeses are among my favorites. When I buy cheese for myself, I inevitably gravitate toward one of them. Even if I’m just snacking on something at work, there really isn’t another type of cheese that I find more satisfying. This family of cheese includes those that have been washed or smeared with brine, [...]
A few nights ago, I treated myself to a lovely dinner at Eastern Standard here in Boston after a day at the movies. I haven’t been there in some time, and I happened to be in the neighborhood, so I figured I would stop in a have a bite to eat. As usual, the bar [...]
Eggs are one of the most underestimated foods in the entire lexicon of culinary delights. The great Madeleine Kamman used the first hundred or so pages of her famous book, Making of a Cook, to give instruction on the many ways an egg can be used, and it’s also said that the number of folds [...]
I did it! I took myself to the movies… three times in fact. I almost never go because I hate waiting in lines, I hate crowded theaters, and I really hate discourteous movie-goers. Why is it that someone always has the need to run a commentary on everything going on in the movie while everyone [...]
For Christmas, I received enough cooking DVD’s to keep me busy for a very long time. Among them was a re-release from Knopf called The Way to Cook by Julia Child. I’m already a pretty huge fan of Julia Child but watching these has solidified my admiration for her as a teacher. They were first [...]
When I did my masters degree at the New England Conservatory, I took a class called “Writing About Music” taught by one of my favorite teachers of all time, Helen Greenwald. I discovered with her help that I really enjoyed writing and perhaps to some degree that’s what spurred this blog. The point of the [...]
My quest for mulled wine began a week or so ago when one of my Facebook friends posted a status update searching for a recipe for it. I’d never made it before, and I didn’t want to be left out on what I felt was a challenge, so I went to the Internet and started [...]
This is an idea that I got from a friend at work. Turkey is inexpensive this time of year since grocery stores are trying to get rid of it. You can usually pick up the drumsticks for less than $2 a pound. I like to roast the meat and then you can use the bones [...]
Christmas at the Majestic was a fantastic affair. Since I had to work at the restaurant on Christmas Eve, I wasn’t able to spend Christmas Day with family in Louisiana, so I decided to bring Louisiana to Boston for myself and my friends. Company started arriving around 4:30 and the party continued through the evening [...]
